Going digital does not work miracles. It tends to highlight what you already are and believe in – the good, bad, and ugly.
Don’t expect miracles
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From the Blog on Change
When we make things free are we de-valuing teachers?
The expectation of ‘free’ training courses is an undercurrent in aid agencies. When we make things free are we de-valuing teachers?
Bounded Sets
Communities have ‘rules’. They are bounded sets. We can choose to learn from different communities rather than commenting, comparing, and competing.
Convening Choices
There is no ‘right’ way for convening. Sometimes having choice is freeing, sometimes it’s overwhelming and paralysing. Sometimes the opposite is true.
Complexity’s 4 Ds
When we work in complex organisations working in complex environments on complex issues, templates aren’t going to be the answer to the complexity.
Cracking Engagement
Cracking engagement is astonishingly difficult. Start with having people in the ‘room’ who want to be there.
Data sharing is not about sharing data
Data sharing between organisations is not about sharing data. It is about extending trust. And it is scary. But trust always is.
Fear and Imagination
That wasn’t as bad as I thought. It doesn’t matter what the ‘that’ is referring to. Perhaps Seneca was correct – fear is worse imagined than lived.
It won’t happen to me
Optimism bias. In our projects, when potential for harm is pointed out, we tend to ignore it, explain it away, or say ‘it won’t happen to us’.