Category Archives: books
outrospection
The latest RSA animated presentation summarises a talk by Roman Krznaric based on his book The Power of Outrospection. Krznaric offers us this new contrast for introspection, and talks simply and enthusiastically about empathy, usefully ‘de-fluffing’ it as a construct, … Continue reading
a vision of teaching
For several years I have been engaged with ideas of constructivist teaching, curious about the extent to which ‘live’ and novel learning might take the foreground, replacing the reiteration of approved texts and established practices. Creating a lively laboratory with … Continue reading
introversion at work
It’s been good to see a number of writers recently exploring introversion in the workplace, led by Susan Cain in the New York Times. From a constructivist perspective we might see the construct of ‘introversion-extraversion’ not as fixing us at … Continue reading
99 ways to tell a story
A recent project prompted me to dip back into Matt Madden’s wonderful picture book – 99 Ways to Tell a Story (Jonathan Cape 2006). Inspired by Raymond Queneau’s literary exercises, Madden, a comic book artist, has illustrated a story fragment … Continue reading
construing wellbeing
An encounter this week with ‘measurable programmes of wellbeing training for increased productivity‘ led me back to Eero Riikonen‘s chapter on ‘Inspiring Dialogues’ ( in McNamee, S. & Gergen, K. J., 1999, Relational Responsibility – Resources for Sustainable Dialogue, Sage) … Continue reading