Over the summer I have updated my coaching course for leaders and managers, ready for the next academic year. I designed the course originally just over 18 months ago, and three cohorts later I have learnt a lot about what participants find most valuable. I’ve also had a lot of experiences working with coaching clients who are tasked with introducing AI in their teams, or supporting colleagues who are now using productivity suites such as…
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For the past two months my podcast has been enjoying a well deserved summer break! It’s been good to take a step back from the busy grind of producing the episodes. It’s work I love, but with so much else already going on this summer, it was necessary to pause. Regular listeners look out for the summer special, the first new episode since June, which is out next week! Fortunately for me, edtech’s extraordinary (and…
This summer has come with lots of time outdoors, gardening, looking after plants and going to visit some nearby gardens, like the one featured in this blog post at Dyffryn gardens. I have been craving time away from the screen, and spending time outdoors, walking through the woods with the dogs and pottering about in the garden has been just what the doctor’s ordered. Somehow the louder the clamour of digital productivity becomes, the less…
The first half of the year has been so busy that it’s taken until now for me to revisit podcast interviews, and I’ve found some real gems along the way. One of my favourite interviews to record was this conversation with Marcela and Igor: I loved learning more about a co-leadership model they use to run their organisation and how they approach open leadership. It was especially interesting to hear about sharing documents and folders,…
As part of a Masterclass webinar hosted by the Digital Learning Institute, I am returning to my work on digital productivity. Specifically, digital productivity for leaders in the AI-enabled workplace. It’s an interesting time to think about this topic. The conversation about AI tools and platforms is all about increasing productivity, doing more, faster… with less. But from a leadership perspective, I feel its less about practical productivity hacks and more about exercising judgment. Knowing…
Organising conferences is my guilty professional pleasure… . I fell into doing it at various times throughout my career and I thoroughly enjoy it. I like the preparations, the run up and the excitement of delivering an event, whether it’s for several hundred people in a hushed auditorium or a buzzy online crowd with run-away chatter and endless DMs. Last year I had an absolute blast working on the DS106 Summer Camp with Jim Groom…