Readings and exercises for the Strategic Skills for Emerging Leaders program. This page is for the Leadership journal session on 15 September 2020. Session outline Facilitated discussion: Presentation: Journalling and reflective practice Henna Inam (2017) To be an effective leader keep a leadership journal Bullet Journal method - a combination of task management and information …
Learning as we go
Readings and exercises for Strategic Skills for Emerging Leaders. This is the list for the Learning as we go session on 15 September 2020. Session outline Facilitated discussion: responses to the pre-reading (see list below); and reflections on building your professional network Presentation: leadership journal Pre-reading For everyone: Nina A Bowman (2016): Four ways to improve your …
Lessons from lockdown
Readings and exercises for the Strategic Skills for Emerging Leaders program. This page is for the Lessons from lockdown session on 1 September 2020. Session outline Facilitated discussion: where are we now and where do we want to be; responses to the pre-reading Presentation: building your professional network Pre-reading Venkatesh Rao (2020): Leverage curves vs …
Resources for the Strategic Skills program
Readings and exercises for the Strategic Skills for Emerging Leaders program in 2020, grouped by topic: Program launch (kick-off session) 18 August 2020 Lessons from lockdown - 1 September Learning as we go - 15 September Leadership journal - 29 September Ideas and opportunities - 13 October Complexity and decision-making - 27 October Co-designing the …
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Are you listening?
When was the last time you really listened to another person with your full attention? No interruptions, no distractions, no rehearsing what you’re going to say next. Every day we tell ourselves stories about what’s happening: we try to explain how things work, and our opinions and choices are shaped by the environment in which …
Introducing tech tools to an online group
Making your work visible is a central tenet of Agile projects. Sharing your work - showing your work to others, at all stages of the project - invites constructive input and active collaboration. It builds trust and stimulates new ideas. For the Friday Retro program we use a Google Jamboard to share individual retronauts' answers …
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Friday Retro kicks off
A few weeks ago I posted a crazy idea - what if we could run an Agile-style retrospective ('retro') meeting for a group of strangers from many different workplaces? Could it work? Would it help people to navigate this period of upheaval? Today Sally Newton and I hosted the first Friday Retro for members of …
Clarity and focus in 30 minutes per fortnight
Good news for friends and colleagues in the tertiary education sector - Triangle Consulting and the Association for Tertiary Education Management are offering the Friday Retro program free for ATEM members. Starting on Friday 15 May, this get-together will run fortnightly until the end of November 2020. Our 13 April blog post describes the concept …
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Display your favourite photos on your Mac desktop
Are you tired of the same old image in the background of your computer screen? If you have an Apple Mac, PowerBook or MacBook Air, you can change the background to display one or more of your favourite images. No plug-ins or downloads - just follow the five steps outlined below. Copy your favourite images …
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Learning from failure
Entrepreneurs, innovators, scientists, authors, academics and many other successful people have something in common: a record of failure. More precisely, they share an ability to learn from their failures – and they use that new knowledge to keep going. As a new enterprise Triangle Consulting is going to have its share of failures. We had …
