No change

I will have to admit that this is one of my favorite internet sites. My daughter loves this stuff, especially this one. I think I may have had it and this one loaded up as fonts on my computer at one point.

I wish this sort of information had been around when I was a kid. But as the internet has made and incredibly broad range of information available it has also made incredible amounts of meaningless entertainment available as well so there is more information but other things to fill in the time for kids these days.

The positive and the negative net out to no change I suppose.

Changing Education Paradigms

There was a very nice link to a YouTube video about Changing Education Paradigms that was sent to me by a colleague that formed the inspiration for my current research report. I have finally managed to include in the references - it forms part of the introduction and helps to provide context. Not sure whether a link to a YouTube video is going to be considered an appropriate reference in a a research report for a Masters paper.  I guess I'll find out.

My all time favorite reference has to be this (full reference below) that I managed to fit into an assignment about Service Management. Not because it was a way to buck the system but rather because human systems generally have more in common than not and that looking at other systems (or industries) can be very informative and inspirational.

Here's the reference: Weick, K. E., & Roberts, K. H. (1993). Collective mind in organizations: Heedful interrelating on flight decks. Administrative science quarterly, 357-381.

Innovation

Innovation = invention + implementation?

Probably more accurately:

• Innovation = Invention (Creativity) + Effort + Persistence
• Change = Innovation + More Effort + More Persistence
• Results = Change + Yet More Effort + Yet More Persistence

By the way

• Invention (Creativity) = Effort & Persistence (go read something about Thomas Edison if you don't believe this)

Short version is results requires effort and persistence whichever way you look at it.

Weird but convenient

It's very weird but I needed to refer to my own blog post to remind myself on the key attributes of transformational leadership. It was convenient though!

Damaged...

Everything is relative. I wonder who thinks this is me.

Working backwards

Short on time, a lot to do, today's post is this.

Roman History

A Story Of Ancient Power In 'The Rise of Rome'. Interesting that books written for students aren't interesting - however a quick review of Roman history is recommended fro everyone - even if you only have time to skim it from Wikipedia.

The Republic was built on a social system with checks and balances that eventually broke down. The system of government was built around the concept of 'no'. Tributes had the veto and there were two Consuls. The Consul Bibulus 'watching the heavens' during the Consulship of Julius Ceasar is possibly one of the things that encouraged the Civil War that ended the Republic. What the Roman Republic tells us is that in organizations built around the concept of 'no',basically a appeal to power becomes the way of getting things done.

The best thing about Ancient History is that it is familiar and useful (it is about people, economies and social systems) and you can see how things turned out.