Posts Tagged ‘change’
Secrets and lies, openness and closure…
Posted by: mimanifesto on: July 6, 2011
“Every relationship between two individuals or two groups will be characterized by the ratio of secrecy that is involved in it” So said German philosopher Georg Simmel over one hundred years ago. And with the birth of Education Scotland perhaps, or even, hopefully, we can look forward to a new era of openness and transparency [...]
Organisational constipation and the laxative style of leadership
Posted by: mimanifesto on: March 8, 2011
In this day and age, organisational hierarchies are getting flatter and flatter, with decision-making devolved from traditional top-down levels of organisation to a more project-based responsibility. Of course, there’s a delicious irony with this and this is younger career-oriented ambitious folk, who are stoking the pressure for hierarchical change, do themselves expect recognition and promotion [...]
Thinking about change again…
Posted by: mimanifesto on: September 29, 2008
I’ve been thinking quite a bit about change recently – Stephen Heppell’ s quote about us witnessing the death of education but the beginning of learning really struck a chord with me, particularly with the work I’m currently doing. I’ve written in TESS before about this whole challenge of change issue.. http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=2333023 SLF08 last week [...]
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