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Comment on Learning for effective practice by John Gray

John Gray — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:02:57 +0000

Thank you, Dr Sophia.

The final paragraph in the post now gives a link to download the paper I’ve since written. I’d be interested if you think it might help people move away from policing and towards recognising monitoring and evaluation as integral to improving practice and improving services.

With best wishes,

John

Comment on Learning for effective practice by Dr.J.D.Sophia

Dr.J.D.Sophia — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:12:06 +0000

Not all practioners are inclined towards M and E [Monitoring and Evaluation] with the right approach, especially with learning attitude rather consider it as policing task. Looking forward for your paper on how M and E facilitates self-assessment and learning process of organisation.

Thank you
Sincerely
Sophia

Comment on More on collaborative working by Andrew Woodgate

Andrew Woodgate — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:29:10 +0000

nice – I like the spirit of curiosity and openness which the poem encapsulates. A very Gestalt approach to life.

To take the analogy further, what is it that lovers do (or don’t do) which help their relationship? How could those things be translated to the organisational plain?

Some quick thoughts from me: whisper sweet nothings, hold hands, gaze at each other, hold the Other in unconditional regard, feel excited, feel validated, feel loved, respond with heart + body + mind + soul….

It’s a long way from the standard ‘heady’ target-driven approach to consortium building.

Comment on Star formation and partnership-building by Andrew Woodgate

Andrew Woodgate — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:43:49 +0000

very interesting. I suppose we’ve long been used to mapping out interpersonal systems using ‘constellations’ – so why not apply that methodology to consortia?

cool – very creative x

Comment on In-store book printing by katherine

katherine — Fri, 08 May 2009 10:42:01 +0000

I agree John, I would use a service like that too!

Comment on From parenting to management (2): The five unspoken requests by Lace Jackson

Lace Jackson — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:13:29 +0000

I completely agree with the five unspoken rules applying to the workplace and more importantly leaders and managers realizing the impact of not being aware of them. People still have a social need for groups particularly to form a relationship with thier work colleagues. When needs are not met and the emotional intellegience of an organisation is sadly lacking we inevitably ‘reap what we sow’, and end up with demotivated staff and a rise in compliants, bullying and sickness.

This is avoidable and after all hearing these five unspoken rules even if not spoken can change this.

Comment on Experiential learning by John Gray

John Gray — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:55:37 +0000

Thanks, Rick, for this resource – a new one for me.

For anyone else interested, here’s a downloadable version: : http://www.theworldcafe.com/articles/aopq.pdf

John Gray

Comment on Experiential learning by Rick Cross

Rick Cross — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:14:11 +0000

Having observed Bryce working in this way in a number of different contexts it seems that a key skill is the art of asking powerful questions and working within a group size that optimises the contribution of all participants.

THE ART OF POWERFUL QUESTIONS
by Eric E.Vogt, Juanita Brown and David Issacs
may be of interest

I can e-mail a pdf file if you are interested

Comment on We’re all connected by Living as though other people matter « Waffle and Daub

Living as though other people matter « Waffle and Daub — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:36:24 +0000

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