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Did You Know – The Sequel?

Posted: June 9th, 2010 | Author: Patrick Smits | Filed under: Business Performance | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Did You Know? started a world – wide discussion. At the moment it knows its 4.0 version as you could read in my previous post. But I felt the need to give somewhat more background and resources for you to help continue the discussion. We use the discussion in our Strategic Sales Management Program when we reflect upon Vision, and Strategic Planning.

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Did You Know? is intended to be a conversation starter. As you use the presentation with various audiences, leave plenty of time at the end for questions and discussion. Questions such as the following are good ways to start conversation:

  • What are your initial reactions to what you saw in the presentation?
  • How are these changes manifesting themselves in your personal lives? Professional lives?
  • What do we think it means to prepare students for the 21st century? What skills do students need to survive and thrive in this new era?
  • What implications does this have for our current way of doing things?
  • Do we need to change? If so, how?
  • How do we get from here to there?
  • What challenges must we overcome as we move forward?
  • What supports will we need as we move forward?
  • What kind of training will we need to move forward?
  • What kind of commitments will we need to make (with each other, our students, and our community) to move forward?
  • Who’s scared? Why?
  • What will we do next? What are some concrete actions that we can take in the near future?
  • Is it possible for a teacher to be an excellent teacher if he/she does not use technology?

The original blog post by Karl Fisher:

Blog post Fishbowl

The Wiki that completes all background information:

shifthappens.wikispaces.com

Congratulations for the Xplane guys with the design work:

www.xplane.com

Have fun discussing.

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Doctors call in FI team

Posted: June 18th, 2009 | Author: Patrick Smits | Filed under: From the news | Tags: , , , , , , , , | No Comments »
Flickr.com, CCL, azmil77

Flickr.com, CCL, azmil77

Britain’s top children’s hospital has turned to the world of motor racing for help in moving sick babies at maximum speed and with minimum risk.

Doctors call F1 team

This is a nice example of creativity at work. It is applauded to call upon expertise from different domains in order to share best practices. The outcome could be even more exceptional if this process would be facilitated by experts with experience in change management and HPT.