During a recent workshop at the Computers in Libraries conference, the workshop members and sketched out some ideas. I have incorporated those ideas into this image. What are we missing? What pieces will come first? What are we out of our mind about? … [Read more...] about The Future of the Book
Knowledge Economy
Planet Money: 4.2 Million Americans Were Hired In January (And 4.1 Million Quit Or Got Fired)
Interesting Planet Money background conversation on the current labor market. Worth a listen. I think they misinterpret the "quit" data, pointing to construction as an example of solid labor confidence because so many people quit in the current period, vs. manufacturing or government where quits were almost non-existent. My take is that construction labor often has less … [Read more...] about Planet Money: 4.2 Million Americans Were Hired In January (And 4.1 Million Quit Or Got Fired)
5 Reasons Best Practices Suck
Best practices are like vampires that can suck an organization of productivity, drain its creativity, and bleed its initiative. I’ve helped IT departments from automobile manufacturing companies merge. I’ve also helped banks and Internet companies merge. In all cases, I watched people who were, weeks before, like many other of their species, seeking best practices, encounter … [Read more...] about 5 Reasons Best Practices Suck
Balancing the Education Equation with Execution, Transformation and Innovation
Education Innovation In a society driven by industrial age economics and measurements, it isn't surprising that we have slowly transformed the first knowledge economy work, education, into a factory, complete with six sigma performance objectives and assembly line views that treat all children of a given age or class of learner the same. Of course, individual educators and … [Read more...] about Balancing the Education Equation with Execution, Transformation and Innovation
Learning Model Attributes
I had a briefing this morning with the education technology provider and publisher Cengage. During the discussion, I brought up a few of the things I have learned while speaking on education over the last couple of months. I want to reiterate those here because I think they are important elements of any learning model that we eventually develop. Before we can start discussing … [Read more...] about Learning Model Attributes
