Presentation slides from session on empathy and communication between those with the engineering mindset (geek stance) and the rest of the population. Presented 14 November 2016 in Toronto
From Technical Debt to Technical HealthDeclan Whelan
Everyone agrees that technical debt is a burden on software innovation that we would rather avoid, and certainly clean up whenever possible. However, in most organizations, people don't prevent technical debt nearly as much as they should, and they don't ever get the time to clean it up. Why, then, if there are clear incentives to deal with technical debt, is it a rampant problem?
In this session, we will focus on how to deal with technical debt on several levels, including the individual developer, the team, the software value stream, and the larger organization. While technical debt may manifest itself in a developer's IDE, the problem starts long before the developer decides to copy and paste some code, or creates an overly-complex and under-documented class. The pressures on teams and individuals to take on more debt than they should come from many sources. Therefore, the solutions to the technical debt problem must extend beyond the team.
This slide deck is about nurturing a learning culture with an agile team. The main ideas are that effective learning is what enables teams to respond to change and deliver exception value. The presentation highlights some key
An Agile Mindset - What I believe (Poster - 11x17 size)Claude Emond
These beliefs are the building blocks of my AgiLean mindset. They are the foundation of my project management practice and the reason (I believe) my projects and those of my clients, family and friends, OUR projects have been successful....when they were. They are presented here and offerd to you in «poster form». Feel free to share and distribute this document if you live aor want to live by the same beliefs and values. I believe in YOU, I believe in ME, I believe in WE.
Visual Scrum 5 years from idea to realityVanesa Tejada
5 years ago I presented my ideas about how to visualize information depending on roles and needs. This is my talk at CAS2016. It shows how those ideas became real boards we use on a daily basis to drive our business.
From Technical Debt to Technical HealthDeclan Whelan
Everyone agrees that technical debt is a burden on software innovation that we would rather avoid, and certainly clean up whenever possible. However, in most organizations, people don't prevent technical debt nearly as much as they should, and they don't ever get the time to clean it up. Why, then, if there are clear incentives to deal with technical debt, is it a rampant problem?
In this session, we will focus on how to deal with technical debt on several levels, including the individual developer, the team, the software value stream, and the larger organization. While technical debt may manifest itself in a developer's IDE, the problem starts long before the developer decides to copy and paste some code, or creates an overly-complex and under-documented class. The pressures on teams and individuals to take on more debt than they should come from many sources. Therefore, the solutions to the technical debt problem must extend beyond the team.
This slide deck is about nurturing a learning culture with an agile team. The main ideas are that effective learning is what enables teams to respond to change and deliver exception value. The presentation highlights some key
An Agile Mindset - What I believe (Poster - 11x17 size)Claude Emond
These beliefs are the building blocks of my AgiLean mindset. They are the foundation of my project management practice and the reason (I believe) my projects and those of my clients, family and friends, OUR projects have been successful....when they were. They are presented here and offerd to you in «poster form». Feel free to share and distribute this document if you live aor want to live by the same beliefs and values. I believe in YOU, I believe in ME, I believe in WE.
Visual Scrum 5 years from idea to realityVanesa Tejada
5 years ago I presented my ideas about how to visualize information depending on roles and needs. This is my talk at CAS2016. It shows how those ideas became real boards we use on a daily basis to drive our business.
In this session, we show some empathy for engineers - and also show those with the engineering mindset how they can demonstrate empathy for others. From Agile 2016 conference.
Reinventing Organizations for Enterprise AgilityMichael Sahota
We present an alternative view to fitting agile into larger organisations. Inspired by Fred Laloux’ book “Reinventing Organisations”, we offer a coherent and comprehensive model for organizational development which encompasses the past and guides us into the future. Agile finds its place in these concepts, and becomes a means to move between the model’s stages.
As a leader in an organization on its agile journey, you’ll notice at various pain points that increasing agility struggles with existing organizational structures, governance systems and management expectations. We’ve understood for a while that the prevalent ways of how we run organizations are not compatible with Agile. We’ve tried to package Agile in a way that makes sense to people in organizations working the classical way.
Learn what’s new and essential about this model: the idea of organizational models developing with the evolution of human consciousness, progressing in clear stages. Now being a time where a new organisational model is emerging, and what that looks like. Learn how self-management, wholeness and evolutionary purpose shape organisations where agile will flourish and which agile can help bring about.
Build Your Own Value Stream Map by Paul J. Heidema and Junbin HuangPaul J. Heidema
A workshop session facilitated by Paul J. Heidema and Junbin Huang at the Toronto Agile Community 2016 conference. It comprised of: what is a value stream, how to build a value stream map, hands-on exercise of building a value stream map in a small group, and debriefing at the end in a large group.
Case study on a transformation of a 100 person department.
What I did (that made the difference):
1. Uncover what’s really going on
2. Share observations in a loving and caring way
3. Help people choose their own reality and destiny
Agile Toronto 2016: What do you mean when you say "leadership"?Jason Yip
The word leadership can trick us into believing that we are talking about the same thing when are actually not. This presentation explores different leadership accountabilities and how they might manifest in different roles. I also describe different patterns of how this might play out using a couple specific examples from ThoughtWorks and Spotify.
Whole Agile - Unleashing People & Organizations Michael Sahota
In order to fully unleash the potential of workers we need to augment Agile/Scrum with Valuing People and rewire Organizational Governance.
Valuing People is about building a place where the whole person is welcome. Where there is safety, trust and authentic connection.
Organizational Governance refers to the approaches we use to run organizations: organizational structure, planning & control, roles & titles, compensation, performance management, information access, leadership and power. It has been well understood that these typically impact Scrum significantly.
Analysis With an Agile Mindset WorkshopKent McDonald
Analysis is often portrayed as eliciting and documenting requirements, frequently in terms that sound a lot like asking people what they want and writing it down. Analysis is about understanding your stakeholders and their needs, identifying the best solution for satisfying those needs in your particular context, and then building a shared understanding of that solution. Requirements play a part in that work, especially around describing the need, but they are certainly not the end product.
In this session, Kent McDonald will guide you through an approach to analysis in an agile manner. You’ll see examples of techniques that will help you understand stakeholders, context, and needs and then determine and describe possible solutions. You’ll then get an opportunity to try those techniques out on a case study. Along the way you’ll find out how to use analysis to determine if you are doing the right thing and how to determine how much analysis is just enough.
Key takeaways:
- Identify and understand potential users with user modeling.
- Determine the appropriate design approach for your project using the Purpose Based Alignment Model.
- Use decision filters to clearly state the desired outcome of your project and provide team with information for decision making.
- Identify and describe backlog items in more detail using collaborative modeling.
From dysfunction to cross function in 8,593 easy steps- team building at the cbcJade Stephen, PSM II
When it comes to scaling Agile, there is no one size fits all solution. Frameworks like Scrum and XP prescribe roles, events, artifacts, and rules that make it very clear how interaction should take place within a team. When we begin to add more teams to the mix, communication between teams becomes more complex. This complexity threatens to reduce our transparency and damage our culture. How can we share information, build our culture and work together, all while keeping with Agile values?
During this session Sam Lightowler and Jade Stephen will take an in depth look at the successes and failures of CBC Digital Operations when it comes to cross-team collaboration and information sharing. We will discuss what meetings and techniques have helped us build a one-team-one-product mindset, a sense of community, and a culture of Collaboration, Learning and Improvement. We will also discuss what we have tried in the past and how learning from those experiments helped us evolve into the agile-friendly and unified team that we are today.
Successful Agile Transformation - The NCS StoryNUS-ISS
Presented by Mr Lee Chee Yong, Agile Practice Lead of NCS Agile Competency Centre at ISS Seminar - Agile Software Development: Swift and the Shift on 18 July 2014.
The Power of an Agile Mindset - Linda RisingAgileSparks
I've wondered for some time whether much of Agile's success was the result of the placebo effect, that is, good things happened because we believed they would. The placebo effect is a startling reminder of the power our minds have over our perceived reality. Now cognitive scientists tell us that this is only a small part of what our minds can do. Research has identified what I like to call "an agile mindset," an attitude that equates failure and problems with opportunities for learning, a belief that we can all improve over time, that our abilities are not fixed but evolve with effort. What's surprising about this research is the impact of an agile mindset on creativity and innovation, estimation, and collaboration in and out of the workplace. I'll relate what's known about this mindset and share some practical suggestions that can help all of us become even more agile.
This co-presented experience report at #Agile2016 is about our journey of agile changes in higher education administration, and what we learned from our mistakes.
Performance Reviews are based on completely wrong assumptions. Companies still think that Performance Reviews are great tools to provide feedback, to set goals and to improve the individuals. All this is pure nonsense and in reality Performance Reviews are a cancer for our companies and they need to be removed.
Fred Isbell SAPinsider Projects 2016 Session: Making a Business Case for Clou...Fred Isbell
Building a business case for cloud and digital transformation: Issues, considerations, and best practices
Cloud computing is a disruptive technology and a key innovation for digital transformation. Attend this session to learn how to address innovations in your SAP projects and kick-start new initiatives that embrace cloud, big data and analytics, and social/digital solutions. You will:
• Review the “next wave” of innovation and business solutions, impacting both IT and Line of Business (LoB)
• Get key insights from industry influencers and experts to assist in building a business case
• Explore case studies from SAP projects, including key results and business impact and best practices to managing innovative project
Scrum and Kanban - Getting the Most from EachMichael Sahota
Scrum is the most popular Agile methodology with Kanban a growing second choice. Learn about the core parts of each one as well as how they differ so that you can find the best fit for your team or organizational context. For example, Scrum is great when you want to shake up the status quo and transform the way you work. Kanban is great when small changes are a better fit for the environment. Learn how they work and how you can use them in your environment.
Agile 2012 - An Agile Adoption and Transformation Survival GuideMichael Sahota
This survival guide (based on book) will provide you with essential mental models and a framework to navigate safely through the treacherous jungle of Agile adoption and transformation.
As much of the Agile adoption failure is a result of not understanding organizational culture, you will learn how to use the Schneider model to assess your organization.
Talk by Sue Johnston and Declan Whelan at Agile & Beyond, Ypsilanti, MI, May 5, 2016
The stereotype of engineers and technical professionals as inarticulate, socially inept geniuses inventing problems to solve is not just unkind. It's inaccurate. (OK, maybe not the "genius" part.) Yet the Dilbert image persists. So do jokes like the one about the engineer sentenced to death on the guillotine, who watches the instrument of death malfunction, then tells the operators how to fix it. In this interactive session, we'll show a little empathy for engineers and other analytical folk whose neurological wiring makes them seem different from the rest of humanity. We'll also explore how those with the engineering mindset can consciously adopt behaviours that amplify their value to their teams and organizations - and make their lives easier by positioning themselves for understanding. The analytical mind is particularly valuable when we can turn it off and adopt the perspective of the person we're talking with. Technical professionals are excellent at finding solutions to problems. Unfortunately, searching for the perfect solution to the interesting problem we see can prevent us from seeing other problems that stand in the way of value for others. True collaboration and value creation invite us to see through the lenses of end users and sponsors and help them connect the dots. In this interactive presentation, you will discover: - how to make your ideas meaningful to others by taking their perspective - how shifting your language from "What?" to "So What?" helps people connect your dots - why giving up the need to be smart may be the smartest thing you ever do Join Declan, a professional engineer and developer, and Sue, a communication coach, in a lively discussion of what can happen when engineers and technical professionals shift their mindset from solving problems to creating impact.
In this session, we show some empathy for engineers - and also show those with the engineering mindset how they can demonstrate empathy for others. From Agile 2016 conference.
Reinventing Organizations for Enterprise AgilityMichael Sahota
We present an alternative view to fitting agile into larger organisations. Inspired by Fred Laloux’ book “Reinventing Organisations”, we offer a coherent and comprehensive model for organizational development which encompasses the past and guides us into the future. Agile finds its place in these concepts, and becomes a means to move between the model’s stages.
As a leader in an organization on its agile journey, you’ll notice at various pain points that increasing agility struggles with existing organizational structures, governance systems and management expectations. We’ve understood for a while that the prevalent ways of how we run organizations are not compatible with Agile. We’ve tried to package Agile in a way that makes sense to people in organizations working the classical way.
Learn what’s new and essential about this model: the idea of organizational models developing with the evolution of human consciousness, progressing in clear stages. Now being a time where a new organisational model is emerging, and what that looks like. Learn how self-management, wholeness and evolutionary purpose shape organisations where agile will flourish and which agile can help bring about.
Build Your Own Value Stream Map by Paul J. Heidema and Junbin HuangPaul J. Heidema
A workshop session facilitated by Paul J. Heidema and Junbin Huang at the Toronto Agile Community 2016 conference. It comprised of: what is a value stream, how to build a value stream map, hands-on exercise of building a value stream map in a small group, and debriefing at the end in a large group.
Case study on a transformation of a 100 person department.
What I did (that made the difference):
1. Uncover what’s really going on
2. Share observations in a loving and caring way
3. Help people choose their own reality and destiny
Agile Toronto 2016: What do you mean when you say "leadership"?Jason Yip
The word leadership can trick us into believing that we are talking about the same thing when are actually not. This presentation explores different leadership accountabilities and how they might manifest in different roles. I also describe different patterns of how this might play out using a couple specific examples from ThoughtWorks and Spotify.
Whole Agile - Unleashing People & Organizations Michael Sahota
In order to fully unleash the potential of workers we need to augment Agile/Scrum with Valuing People and rewire Organizational Governance.
Valuing People is about building a place where the whole person is welcome. Where there is safety, trust and authentic connection.
Organizational Governance refers to the approaches we use to run organizations: organizational structure, planning & control, roles & titles, compensation, performance management, information access, leadership and power. It has been well understood that these typically impact Scrum significantly.
Analysis With an Agile Mindset WorkshopKent McDonald
Analysis is often portrayed as eliciting and documenting requirements, frequently in terms that sound a lot like asking people what they want and writing it down. Analysis is about understanding your stakeholders and their needs, identifying the best solution for satisfying those needs in your particular context, and then building a shared understanding of that solution. Requirements play a part in that work, especially around describing the need, but they are certainly not the end product.
In this session, Kent McDonald will guide you through an approach to analysis in an agile manner. You’ll see examples of techniques that will help you understand stakeholders, context, and needs and then determine and describe possible solutions. You’ll then get an opportunity to try those techniques out on a case study. Along the way you’ll find out how to use analysis to determine if you are doing the right thing and how to determine how much analysis is just enough.
Key takeaways:
- Identify and understand potential users with user modeling.
- Determine the appropriate design approach for your project using the Purpose Based Alignment Model.
- Use decision filters to clearly state the desired outcome of your project and provide team with information for decision making.
- Identify and describe backlog items in more detail using collaborative modeling.
From dysfunction to cross function in 8,593 easy steps- team building at the cbcJade Stephen, PSM II
When it comes to scaling Agile, there is no one size fits all solution. Frameworks like Scrum and XP prescribe roles, events, artifacts, and rules that make it very clear how interaction should take place within a team. When we begin to add more teams to the mix, communication between teams becomes more complex. This complexity threatens to reduce our transparency and damage our culture. How can we share information, build our culture and work together, all while keeping with Agile values?
During this session Sam Lightowler and Jade Stephen will take an in depth look at the successes and failures of CBC Digital Operations when it comes to cross-team collaboration and information sharing. We will discuss what meetings and techniques have helped us build a one-team-one-product mindset, a sense of community, and a culture of Collaboration, Learning and Improvement. We will also discuss what we have tried in the past and how learning from those experiments helped us evolve into the agile-friendly and unified team that we are today.
Successful Agile Transformation - The NCS StoryNUS-ISS
Presented by Mr Lee Chee Yong, Agile Practice Lead of NCS Agile Competency Centre at ISS Seminar - Agile Software Development: Swift and the Shift on 18 July 2014.
The Power of an Agile Mindset - Linda RisingAgileSparks
I've wondered for some time whether much of Agile's success was the result of the placebo effect, that is, good things happened because we believed they would. The placebo effect is a startling reminder of the power our minds have over our perceived reality. Now cognitive scientists tell us that this is only a small part of what our minds can do. Research has identified what I like to call "an agile mindset," an attitude that equates failure and problems with opportunities for learning, a belief that we can all improve over time, that our abilities are not fixed but evolve with effort. What's surprising about this research is the impact of an agile mindset on creativity and innovation, estimation, and collaboration in and out of the workplace. I'll relate what's known about this mindset and share some practical suggestions that can help all of us become even more agile.
This co-presented experience report at #Agile2016 is about our journey of agile changes in higher education administration, and what we learned from our mistakes.
Performance Reviews are based on completely wrong assumptions. Companies still think that Performance Reviews are great tools to provide feedback, to set goals and to improve the individuals. All this is pure nonsense and in reality Performance Reviews are a cancer for our companies and they need to be removed.
Fred Isbell SAPinsider Projects 2016 Session: Making a Business Case for Clou...Fred Isbell
Building a business case for cloud and digital transformation: Issues, considerations, and best practices
Cloud computing is a disruptive technology and a key innovation for digital transformation. Attend this session to learn how to address innovations in your SAP projects and kick-start new initiatives that embrace cloud, big data and analytics, and social/digital solutions. You will:
• Review the “next wave” of innovation and business solutions, impacting both IT and Line of Business (LoB)
• Get key insights from industry influencers and experts to assist in building a business case
• Explore case studies from SAP projects, including key results and business impact and best practices to managing innovative project
Scrum and Kanban - Getting the Most from EachMichael Sahota
Scrum is the most popular Agile methodology with Kanban a growing second choice. Learn about the core parts of each one as well as how they differ so that you can find the best fit for your team or organizational context. For example, Scrum is great when you want to shake up the status quo and transform the way you work. Kanban is great when small changes are a better fit for the environment. Learn how they work and how you can use them in your environment.
Agile 2012 - An Agile Adoption and Transformation Survival GuideMichael Sahota
This survival guide (based on book) will provide you with essential mental models and a framework to navigate safely through the treacherous jungle of Agile adoption and transformation.
As much of the Agile adoption failure is a result of not understanding organizational culture, you will learn how to use the Schneider model to assess your organization.
Talk by Sue Johnston and Declan Whelan at Agile & Beyond, Ypsilanti, MI, May 5, 2016
The stereotype of engineers and technical professionals as inarticulate, socially inept geniuses inventing problems to solve is not just unkind. It's inaccurate. (OK, maybe not the "genius" part.) Yet the Dilbert image persists. So do jokes like the one about the engineer sentenced to death on the guillotine, who watches the instrument of death malfunction, then tells the operators how to fix it. In this interactive session, we'll show a little empathy for engineers and other analytical folk whose neurological wiring makes them seem different from the rest of humanity. We'll also explore how those with the engineering mindset can consciously adopt behaviours that amplify their value to their teams and organizations - and make their lives easier by positioning themselves for understanding. The analytical mind is particularly valuable when we can turn it off and adopt the perspective of the person we're talking with. Technical professionals are excellent at finding solutions to problems. Unfortunately, searching for the perfect solution to the interesting problem we see can prevent us from seeing other problems that stand in the way of value for others. True collaboration and value creation invite us to see through the lenses of end users and sponsors and help them connect the dots. In this interactive presentation, you will discover: - how to make your ideas meaningful to others by taking their perspective - how shifting your language from "What?" to "So What?" helps people connect your dots - why giving up the need to be smart may be the smartest thing you ever do Join Declan, a professional engineer and developer, and Sue, a communication coach, in a lively discussion of what can happen when engineers and technical professionals shift their mindset from solving problems to creating impact.
Presentation from UX London 2016 workshop session:
Empathy is at the heart of creating impactful customer experiences. But all too often, customer-centric solutions are designed for hyper-rational stereotypes. Or worse still, are a jumble of nonsensical characteristics which fail to resemble any human being.
We believe that the persona as we know it is becoming obsolete. We have more access to data and quant insight than ever before – but it just tells us what people do. It doesn’t help us understand how they feel, what they desire, or even fear. Perhaps biometric information will give us more insight into what people really feel… But at the moment we have to trust what people say.
So we set ourselves the challenge of redesigning the persona to better reflect what it is to be human. And now we want to share it with you:
Starting wth a mindful mediation, we’ll learn how to become aware of our personal preconceptions and identify biases towards the audiences we design for.
We’ll critique the ‘vanilla’ persona and present some ideas of personas that we believe do a better job than anything we’ve seen in the industry
Then participants will be let loose on creating their own multi-sensory persona based on a task we’ll set, which will be presented back to the wider group for assessment.
This interactive workshop shows how combining mindfulness techniques, empathetic listening, and multi-sensory inputs can help us design for the entire human experience – messy, contradictory and emotional.
A deck that shows the polarities of MBTI and allows you to understand the differences. From where you get your energy Introversion and Extraversion, how you prefer your information to be delivered, how you make decisions and how you approach time
Presented at Agile Australia 2016.
My team has spent 5 years figuring out how best to follow Agile methodologies and maximise the opportunities we have through design. This journey has had many ups and downs. Along the way we have tried many new methods, evaluated, twisted and turned to get where we are today. My guess (and hope) is that there will be many more twists and turns in the future.
One thing I have learned is that the ability to communicate the value of what we do and the way we do it is paramount to the continuous improvement in our practices.
In this presentation I will step through 5 diagrams I frequently draw on whiteboards that not merely explain the way we work as designers but help others to understand why we design. These will be our “designer mindset”.
Take away clear visualisations around experience, design thinking, process, expertise, collaboration and the effectiveness of design. Recreate and iterate these visualisations to enhance your own designer’s mindset.
Design thinking helps to capture audience insights, feedback, aspirations, pain points, wants, and needs. Learn how you can incorporate design thinking into all you do.
Second webinar in a three webinar series on Tools and Techniques for Managing and Resloving Conflict with Amanda Murphy of the William D Ruckshaus Center
Sue Johnston of It's Understood Communication presents at Scotia Agile Conference, Online, June 24, 2021
Being Wrong: What if the smartest thing you can do is give up the need to look smart?
How to help make meetings better when you are NOT the facilitator. Talk by Sue Johnston of It's Understood at Gatineau-Ottawa Agile Tour, Ottawa, 2019.
Conference presentation by Sue Johnston and Jason Little at Gatineau-Ottawa Agile Tour (GOAT) 2018. It's about how we stop underestimating the power of our personal networks and build, refine, amplify and activate them.
Talk by Sue Johnston at Agile + Beyond 2018, June 17.
Looks at the problems associated with people who work crazy hours to save the day, week after week, esp in Software.
Slides from presentation at Agile Tour Montreal 2017 by Sue Johnston and Marilyn Powers on communication gap between product side of business and building side of business
Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
Macroeconomics- Movie Location
This will be used as part of your Personal Professional Portfolio once graded.
Objective:
Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
The Roman Empire A Historical Colossus.pdfkaushalkr1407
The Roman Empire, a vast and enduring power, stands as one of history's most remarkable civilizations, leaving an indelible imprint on the world. It emerged from the Roman Republic, transitioning into an imperial powerhouse under the leadership of Augustus Caesar in 27 BCE. This transformation marked the beginning of an era defined by unprecedented territorial expansion, architectural marvels, and profound cultural influence.
The empire's roots lie in the city of Rome, founded, according to legend, by Romulus in 753 BCE. Over centuries, Rome evolved from a small settlement to a formidable republic, characterized by a complex political system with elected officials and checks on power. However, internal strife, class conflicts, and military ambitions paved the way for the end of the Republic. Julius Caesar’s dictatorship and subsequent assassination in 44 BCE created a power vacuum, leading to a civil war. Octavian, later Augustus, emerged victorious, heralding the Roman Empire’s birth.
Under Augustus, the empire experienced the Pax Romana, a 200-year period of relative peace and stability. Augustus reformed the military, established efficient administrative systems, and initiated grand construction projects. The empire's borders expanded, encompassing territories from Britain to Egypt and from Spain to the Euphrates. Roman legions, renowned for their discipline and engineering prowess, secured and maintained these vast territories, building roads, fortifications, and cities that facilitated control and integration.
The Roman Empire’s society was hierarchical, with a rigid class system. At the top were the patricians, wealthy elites who held significant political power. Below them were the plebeians, free citizens with limited political influence, and the vast numbers of slaves who formed the backbone of the economy. The family unit was central, governed by the paterfamilias, the male head who held absolute authority.
Culturally, the Romans were eclectic, absorbing and adapting elements from the civilizations they encountered, particularly the Greeks. Roman art, literature, and philosophy reflected this synthesis, creating a rich cultural tapestry. Latin, the Roman language, became the lingua franca of the Western world, influencing numerous modern languages.
Roman architecture and engineering achievements were monumental. They perfected the arch, vault, and dome, constructing enduring structures like the Colosseum, Pantheon, and aqueducts. These engineering marvels not only showcased Roman ingenuity but also served practical purposes, from public entertainment to water supply.
Honest Reviews of Tim Han LMA Course Program.pptxtimhan337
Personal development courses are widely available today, with each one promising life-changing outcomes. Tim Han’s Life Mastery Achievers (LMA) Course has drawn a lot of interest. In addition to offering my frank assessment of Success Insider’s LMA Course, this piece examines the course’s effects via a variety of Tim Han LMA course reviews and Success Insider comments.
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4. SLIDES ≠ PRESENTATION
• These slides are designed to be viewed in conjunction
with a human being talking and interacting with you.
• They may make little sense to you if you were not at
the live session.
• Still, if they are useful to you, I am happy.
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I know because I can
relate to it and
connect it to my
experience.
I validate by checking
with others
I know because of
detailed analysis.
I test each detail for
validity, then
recombine and test
again.
WHAT’S GOING ON HERE?
11. WHY THIS MATTERS
When there’s communication breakdown, business suffers
Missed opportunities
Projects flop
People “check out”
Stuck in a rut
This chart is for illustration only, not based on real data.
If it makes you uncomfortable, congratulations! You may be a geek!
21. THE “CONTRAXIUMS”
Inspired by The Geek Leader’s Handbook, by Paul Glen, Maria McManus
Wanting something should be
irrelevant in decisions
Wanting something is
important in decisions
If you say something you don’t
know to be true, you are lying
If you say something you know
is untrue you are lying
Either/or thinking (black or
white, good or evil)
Contextual thinking (shades of
grey)
Future is looming; plan for
worst
Future is promising; invite
possibility
Knows in head, through
analysis
Knows through gut feel
Language is for transmitting
information
Language is for sharing
meaning
Work is for solving problems Work is for achieving a vision
22. Work is for solving
problems
Work is for achieving a
vision
Future is looming; plan for
worst.
Future is promising;
invite possibility.
Knows in head, through
analysis
Knows through gut feel
Language is for
transmitting information
Language is for sharing
meaning
Wanting something should
be irrelevant in decisions
Wanting something is
important in decisions
If you say something you
don’t know to be true,
you are lying
If you say something
you know is untrue you
are lying
Either/or thinking (black
or white, good or evil)
Contextual thinking
(shades of grey)
WHERE ARE YOU ON THE CONTINUUM?
Inspired by The Geek Leader’s Handbook, by Paul Glen, Maria McManus
EXERCISE
9 minutes
UX?
24. WHAT IS EMPATHY?
When I have
Sympathy,
I feel sorry you have
pain
When I have
Empathy
I understand and
feel your pain
25. The ability to step
imaginatively into the shoes of
another person, aiming to understand
their feelings and perspectives, and use
that understanding to guide our actions.
- Roman Krznaric
Empathy: What is it and why does it matter?
WHAT IS EMPATHY?
26. TYPES OF EMPATHY
• Affective (emotional) empathy
• Somatic empathy
• Cognitive empathy *
* This can be learned
27. COGNITIVE EMPATHY
“Empathy is built through a
willingness to take time to
discover the deep-down
thoughts and reactions that
make another person tick.”
Indi Young – Practical Empathy
33. 5 SKILLS FOR CREATING IMPACT
1. Listen for what’s important to people
2. Describe a rosy future
3. Expose your desire
4. Translate facts into stories
5. Restore trust
34. MAKE LISTENING A HABIT
5 LEVELS OF LISTENING
Listening from our own
frame of reference
Listening from their
frame of reference
1 2 3 4 5
From Tammy Lenski, inspired by Stephen Covey
35. 5 SKILLS
1. Listen for what’s important to people
2. Describe a rosy future
3. Expose your desire
4. Translate facts into stories
5. Restore trust
36. 5 SKILLS
1. Listen for what’s important to people
2. Describe a rosy future
3. Expose your desire
4. Translate facts into stories
5. Restore trust
37. 5 SKILLS
1. Listen for what’s important to people
2. Describe a rosy future.
3. Expose your desire
4. Translate facts into stories
5. Restore trust
38. 5 SKILLS
1. Listen for what’s important to people
2. Describe a rosy future
3. Expose your desire
4. Translate facts into stories
5. Restore trust
39. 5 TOOLS FOR IMPACT
•Check in
•Share your intention
•Journey mapping
•Questions
•The conversation arc
44. Choose a situation where you
had a difficult interaction with
someone. (Or one coming up.)
Imagine you are experiencing
things from their perspective.
Follow the map and record
what you picture things seem
like to them.
What is their experience of the
situation?
BONUS TOOL
EXERCISE5
minutes
THINK
SEE
SAY
DO
FEEL
HEAR
46. WHY EMPATHY MATTERS
• Employees more likely to stay with an
organization they consider empathetic
• Customers tend to stick with them, too
• We create more usable products
• It’s a key element of emotional intelligence
Not just warm and fuzzy
48. WHAT WILL YOU DO?
How can you take these ideas and use
them in your work and life?
49. USEFUL REFERENCES
Paul Glen leadinggeeks.com
• Leading Geeks: How to Manage and Lead People who
Deliver Technology
• The Geek Leader’s Handbook: Essential Leadership
Insight for People with Technical Backgrounds
Indi Young indiyoung.com
• Practical Empathy: For Collaboration and Creativity in
Your Work
Roman Krznaric romankrznaric.com
• Empathy: Why it Matters and How to Get it
Brene Brown brenebrown.com
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Evwgu369Jw
50. OPTIONS DOING DONE
Why this
matters
Perspective
taking
Creating
impact
The
Engineering
Mindset
What is
Empathy?
51. FIND ME HERE!
Sue Johnston
sue@leanintuit.com
@itsunderstood
Waterloo
Region