thinker – Edventures

Honesty

Kristian Still 31 Dec ’10 1 Jan ’11

A “No” uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a “Yes” merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble. Gandhi As time is perhaps my most valuable commodity, a few less ‘yes’ replies ‘merely uttered to please’ will …

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Carl Sagan

Kristian Still 20 Dec ’10 20 Dec ’10

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. Carl Sagan I felt this was a very suitable, educational quote to mark the anniversary of Carl Sagan’s death. I didn’t know a lot about Carl Sagan when I first heard Pale …

Teams – Day 3 (part 2)2 Nov ’24
Prioritising time to write has not made it to the top of the priorities list until today (the end of half-term). That is a failing on my part. With hindsight, I should have planned and scheduled less. I am not comfortable accepting that “writing, thinking …
Yuimaru – ‘a circle of people’26 Oct ’24
It started with reading sports team Coach biographies. John Wooden, Phil Jackson, Mike Krzyzewski (Basketball), Sir Alex Ferguson, Johan Cruyff, Anson Dorrance (Football), Sir Clive Woodward and James Kerr’s Legacy (Rugby) and Dave Brailsford (Cycling) and there were plenty others. It turns out, many of …
Teams and Vulnerability-Based Trust (part 1)7 Oct ’24
I will be honest, time to dedicate to writing has been hard to prioritise. However, some topics I find harder to resist than others: “organisational design,” and trust are almost irresistible. When my professional work encounters both, I tend to prioritise time to think and …
Thinking about teaching – do26 Jul ’24
Just so you know, I shared the draft post and sought M*’s permission to share her correspondence and redacted names as a professional courtesy. Having arrived at work, the building locked, I checked my personal emails whilst waiting. Below is the email and my reply. …