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July 17, 2010 Taking the stairs

The coffee is kicking in this a.m. and I was struck by the points-of-view represented in two links shared by people I follow on Twitter. I happened to open these links in succession. The first (shared by KM blogger Jack Vinson) is a thoughtful piece from John Bordeaux of Bordeaux Associates: On Change, or Why [...]

June 13, 2010 Strategic challenge: Learning how to collaborate for social impact

In the days leading up to a strategic planning retreat for The Talking Farm, I have been reflecting on “scale” and “impact” — two concepts often discussed in relation to non-profits or social enterprises. Can we/should we/how might we scale to have greater impact? This is a particularly relevant issue — in my view — [...]

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September 20, 2009 A designer’s mindset for workplace knowledge creation and sharing

Nearly two years ago, I wrote a the white paper  A Strategic Design Approach to Workplace Learning and Knowledge Development. Since that time, I have continued to develop my thinking around these ideas while teaching in the Master’s Program in Learning and Organizational Change at Northwestern University. This blog is where I will continue to [...]

October 26, 2006 BAWB Conference: Reflections Part I

The experience of the Business as an Agent of World Benefit Conference left me reflecting a bit more deeply about some of the themes uncovered in my research to understand how successful, socially responsible managers think about their role as an agent of positive social change (see my post on expert manager’s mental model). Conference [...]