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About the primacy of relational thinking and practice for personal, neighborhood, corporate & poliical life. Likes/RTs usually just interest/bookmarks.

Somerville, MA
Joined January 2008
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RT @rahmanrahmanee: This is unfortunate. I have family members waiting in Qatar. I have fought alongside the US SOFs for over 16 years. I h…
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Applications for our Business and Nonprofit Accelerators are now open, and we're inviting founders who are serious about their faith to apply. Apply or learn more at praxislabs.org
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How context affects human behaviour. From the book ‘The Laws of Wealth’ by @danielcrosby
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Fresh from the oven. A conversation with Julie Dirksen, @usable learning, on how to apply behavior change techniques to instructional design. The eLearning Coach Podcast. > buff.ly/3F5qwSE
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“Team characteristics are not a consequence of the individuals’ characteristics, but of the relationships between the individuals.” Bob Marshall
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A new street we dreamed up in norf London..half of it is affordable housing ….lovely sunshine yesterday
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The new "Communities of practice within and across organizations" guidebook is out & it's free! It's written by @WengerTrayner, global experts in facilitating communities of practice & it's a summary of wisdom they've accumulated over decades. Content includes: a) What are communities of practice? b) Roles and responsibilities c) Cultivating communities of practice d) Facilitating meetings & activities e) Using technology f) Evaluation wenger-trayner.com/cop-guide…
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“In organisations, real power and energy is generated through relationships. The patterns of relationships and the capacities to form them are more important than tasks, functions, roles, and positions.” Margaret Wheatley
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Many now see ChatGTP as synonymous with AI, when it is a tiny slice, even a distraction. Rather than descending into a cat and mouse assessment game, look at AI for learning as a whole. Tons on AI in all three...
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A Brief History of Kids Today Are Spoiled 🧵
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We summarized some of the key "social scientific insights for the COVID19 pandemic response" nature.com/articles/s41562-0… These insights described the role of shared identity, communication, leadership, cooperation, social inequality, media, misinformation, in the pandemic.
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An underrated way to succeed at anything is simply to be ten times better. Everyone wants to have a unique idea or be a monopoly but you can just be ten times better instead. In a lot of areas, no one is really trying. The world is coated with a film of inertia.
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thread of skills
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"we" has gotta be the most stupifyingly imprecise word in the English language if you ask "what should we do about the state of the planet?" without defining if you mean we (3) or we (8 billion) then infinity dopey-ass bad answers will follow
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The new episode of the Great Minds on Learning podcast has dropped! @DonaldClark looks at the work of a group of theorists who explored learning in the context of team-working, the family and society. Listen: greatmindsonlearning.libsyn.… #learning #learningtheory #teamlearning
.@DUALIPA shows off her interview skills and asks Stephen about his faith and his comedy. #LSSC
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People need models more than they need critics. In fact sometimes it seems that people are starved of any model. To light a single lantern, to enchant even a single thing, is divine.
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We’re thrilled to announce a new eBook curated by @JaneBozarth: The 2021 L&D Gift Guide! Download for free and start browsing gift ideas that are perfect for your spouse, friend, or fellow coworker with a passion for learning: bit.ly/3x06wvH
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Incredible — brain implant translates paralyzed man’s thoughts into text with 94% accuracy
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The ubiquitous organisational hierarchy diagram ... with the real relationships!
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