The Other Side of Complexity
Oliver Wendell Homes once remarked that he placed little value on simplicity that lay on this side of complexity but […]
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Expertise, Consciousness and Enlightenment
Life has developmental stages. In our teen years many of us move into the natural search for independence and control. […]
High Quality Learning Experiences
The mastery of the generation of high quality learning experiences requires learning to go beyond the role of expert. It requires a higher level of commitment and engagement that takes the teacher or administrator from being an information giver to master facilitator. The ego moves out of the center of the system.
Expertise and the Paradox of Power
There is a great paradox which cannot be understood or resolved by fear-based, conventional logic. Yet resolving it is a key to positive leadership.
The Limitation of Experts
Cultural change cannot be led by experts with the right answers. Culture change is led by facilitators who stimulate collective learning and the co-creation of the emerging future.
Expert Role or Learning Leader?
Ryan said that learning is often blocked by the common assumption that a speaker must be the expert who knows all the answers. Under the assumptions of expertise and authority challenge tends to lead to conflict.