Re-frame & Pivot

I just returned from Design Thinking Bootcamp with DT Academy.  It was an amazing experience with so many insights that I am still trying to assimilate (and will eventually share) into my thinking.  However, there is one the stands out for me, more from a personal level, then from a business application standpoint (though it's...

Day 3 of I/ITSEC: A Reflection

On Day 3 of I/ITSEC, I attended a panel session on  Global Perspectives on Learning and the Need for Learning Science lead by Sae Schatz, Director of the Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative. The discussion was surrounding the challenges the world's military learning leaders are facing (pretty much the same as what private industry is facing):...

Day 2 of I/ITSEC: A Reflection

Day 2 was all about paper sessions, where author's presented research, experiments and concepts they had conducted or developed over the year. The paper's are free for the reminder of 2017 so I will just share a few quick thoughts/takeaways on two of my favorites.  You can find Day 1's reflection here. Also, in the interest...

Day 1 at I/ITSEC: A Reflection

I've been a little stuck, or, as my friend Val pointed out, maybe a bit de-motivated. It happens to us all at some point in our career so I am trying to embrace it and explore things to help propel me out of my current rut. One of these things is attending the Interservice/Industry Training,...

Stuck

I'm just finished listening to a Connectle Con on Transforming HR with Perry Timms, Richard Westney, Gaylin Jee, Nathan Donaldson.  What struck me was Perry Timm's summarizing the conversation with what he called the beginning of  a "manifisto" for transforming how HR professionals (or anyone) can help transform HR (or any function) to support the world...