Stephen Jay Gould The Problem Trends and Progress The problem with trends. Trend-watchers need to be cautious that they understand the idea of trends, and that they don't just find them, but that they actively watch them. Trends have a habit of going off the rails. Stephen Jay Gould, in is 1988 Stanford Presidential Address "TRENDS AS CHANGES IN VARIANCE: A NEW SLANT ON … [Read more...] about Stephen Jay Gould on Trends and Progress: The Problem With Trends
Should BYOD Shape Education in the 21st Century?
Should BYOD Shape Education in the 21st Century? BYOD (bring your own device) is being adopted by hundreds of schools due to its positive impact on learning. See how it's shaping education. Source: BYOD Is Shaping Education in the 21st Century I think we must be very cautious about BYOD in education from an access point of view. While employees of companies may well need … [Read more...] about Should BYOD Shape Education in the 21st Century?
Work Experience Design: Google May Get Work Wrong, But it is the Design Not The Open Office
I just saw an item from the Washington Post from last December titled: Google got it wrong. The open-office trend is destroying the workplace by Lindsey Kaufman. The article outlines her horrible experience at a New York ad agency that moved to an open office: lost productivity, judgement about personal routines and the daily experience of working as a member of a twelve person … [Read more...] about Work Experience Design: Google May Get Work Wrong, But it is the Design Not The Open Office
Inheriting Other People’s Thinking
Inheriting Other People's Thinking We have all experienced what I call Inheriting Other People's Thinking. A stack of files, a directory on a server or some other form of "organized" content is given to us, and we are asked to pick up the work from our predecessor. We have just inherited someone else's thinking. The way the files are arranged into folders, side notes and … [Read more...] about Inheriting Other People’s Thinking
Higher Education Strategy: Ten Rules For Creating Good Strategy
Ten Precepts for Good Higher Education Strategy Download the PDF of this post here. Download the expanded version, Planning at the Speed of Change: Creating Good Strategy in Higher Education, here. Higher education faces disruption from innovations in technology and business models. These disruptions threaten the relevancy of existing institutions and create uncertainty … [Read more...] about Higher Education Strategy: Ten Rules For Creating Good Strategy