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Increasing Learning Effectiveness
Through Togetherness
We Are Better Together
Doug Shaw
What Goes Around
Learning Live 2013
about.me/doug.shaw
These Things I Believe
Fear – Just enough is good enough
Connection gives us meaning
Flow beats work-life balance
Conversations are the bond
Vulnerability is courage
Productive beats busy
Artistry is underrated
The Future World of Work
Connections & Relationships
The Oil in the Creative,
Collaborative Machine
Experiment
Adapt
©ollaboration
©ommunication
©reativity
Original?
Dining Alone
All my own work?
Not really:
• Colours from surroundings
• Mood from feelings
• Paint from Paintbox
• Vibe from other people
Our ideas are informed by
many things
I Am Not An Artist
I ask people:
Can you draw/paint/sketch?
They say:
I Am Not An Artist.
We are all artists, never be
ashamed to admit it.
Vulnerability
Vulnerability is the path to
belonging, to innovation, trust
and creativity.
85% of interviewees for Brene
Brown’s research can recall a
time in school that was so
shaming it forever changed how
they thought of themselves as
learners – 50% of those
recollections related to art and
creativity.
Divergent Thinking
1,500
The number of people tested for ability to think divergently –
researchers looking for ability at genius level
Divergent Thinking
98%
The percentage of people who tested at genius level for divergent
thinking – among an audience of kindergarten aged children
Divergent Thinking
32%
By age 8 – 10, the percentage showing genius level divergent
thinking had fallen to 32
Divergent Thinking
10%
By age 13 - 15, the percentage showing genius level divergent
thinking had fallen to 10
Divergent Thinking
2%
A similar study of people aged over 25 revealed that only 2% were
able to think divergently at genius level.
We are routinely teaching creativity
and collaboration out of people.
Collaboration is human, not
mechanised, not standardised.
It operates in the field of mixed
feelings. Get used to it!
Further Reading
Further Reading
Buy a book. Read a book.
Share a book. Repeat.
Without People – You’re Nothing
Photo Credits
• Photos © Doug Shaw – except:
• Cogs http://www.flickr.com/photos/pwhiddon/2435588387/
• Sunflowers http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/vincent-van-gogh-
sunflowers
• Vulnerable http://www.flickr.com/photos/home_of_dreams/3581920427/
• Man Reading Book http://www.flickr.com/photos/alancleaver/4297809244/
• Joe Strummer - Unknown

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We Are Better Together

  • 1. Increasing Learning Effectiveness Through Togetherness We Are Better Together Doug Shaw What Goes Around Learning Live 2013
  • 3. These Things I Believe Fear – Just enough is good enough Connection gives us meaning Flow beats work-life balance Conversations are the bond Vulnerability is courage Productive beats busy Artistry is underrated
  • 4. The Future World of Work Connections & Relationships The Oil in the Creative, Collaborative Machine Experiment Adapt
  • 6. Original? Dining Alone All my own work? Not really: • Colours from surroundings • Mood from feelings • Paint from Paintbox • Vibe from other people Our ideas are informed by many things
  • 7. I Am Not An Artist I ask people: Can you draw/paint/sketch? They say: I Am Not An Artist. We are all artists, never be ashamed to admit it.
  • 8. Vulnerability Vulnerability is the path to belonging, to innovation, trust and creativity. 85% of interviewees for Brene Brown’s research can recall a time in school that was so shaming it forever changed how they thought of themselves as learners – 50% of those recollections related to art and creativity.
  • 9. Divergent Thinking 1,500 The number of people tested for ability to think divergently – researchers looking for ability at genius level
  • 10. Divergent Thinking 98% The percentage of people who tested at genius level for divergent thinking – among an audience of kindergarten aged children
  • 11. Divergent Thinking 32% By age 8 – 10, the percentage showing genius level divergent thinking had fallen to 32
  • 12. Divergent Thinking 10% By age 13 - 15, the percentage showing genius level divergent thinking had fallen to 10
  • 13. Divergent Thinking 2% A similar study of people aged over 25 revealed that only 2% were able to think divergently at genius level.
  • 14. We are routinely teaching creativity and collaboration out of people. Collaboration is human, not mechanised, not standardised. It operates in the field of mixed feelings. Get used to it!
  • 17. Buy a book. Read a book. Share a book. Repeat.
  • 18. Without People – You’re Nothing
  • 19. Photo Credits • Photos © Doug Shaw – except: • Cogs http://www.flickr.com/photos/pwhiddon/2435588387/ • Sunflowers http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/vincent-van-gogh- sunflowers • Vulnerable http://www.flickr.com/photos/home_of_dreams/3581920427/ • Man Reading Book http://www.flickr.com/photos/alancleaver/4297809244/ • Joe Strummer - Unknown

Notes de l'éditeur

  1. Less Complicated? More Complicated?More Resources? Fewer Resources?Slower Pace? Faster Pace?Less Global? More Global?Connections & RelationshipsLess Important? More Important?Less Collaborative? More Collaborative?
  2. Typically when asked to explore a question like ‘How many uses can you think of for a paperclip?’ we will come up with ten to fifteen suggestions. Someone who is very good at divergent thinking might come up with over a hundred. In the book Breakpoint and Beyond, 1,500 people are tested for their ability to think divergently. The percentage of people who rated above genius level for this ability was an astounding 98%. When they were first tested, the 1,500 people were at kindergarten level in school. The same group were retested at the ages of 8-10, and at 13-15, by which time the percentages had fallen to 32% and 10% respectively. The researchers then tested a large group of adults over the age of 25 and this group returned 2% of people considered genius level in divergent thinking. When you consider the importance work places on creativity and particularly on collaboration – that seems like a pretty alarming tail off in our ability to deliver against a collaborative agenda, don’t you think?
  3. Typically when asked to explore a question like ‘How many uses can you think of for a paperclip?’ we will come up with ten to fifteen suggestions. Someone who is very good at divergent thinking might come up with over a hundred. In the book Breakpoint and Beyond, 1,500 people are tested for their ability to think divergently. The percentage of people who rated above genius level for this ability was an astounding 98%. When they were first tested, the 1,500 people were at kindergarten level in school. The same group were retested at the ages of 8-10, and at 13-15, by which time the percentages had fallen to 32% and 10% respectively. The researchers then tested a large group of adults over the age of 25 and this group returned 2% of people considered genius level in divergent thinking. When you consider the importance work places on creativity and particularly on collaboration – that seems like a pretty alarming tail off in our ability to deliver against a collaborative agenda, don’t you think?
  4. Typically when asked to explore a question like ‘How many uses can you think of for a paperclip?’ we will come up with ten to fifteen suggestions. Someone who is very good at divergent thinking might come up with over a hundred. In the book Breakpoint and Beyond, 1,500 people are tested for their ability to think divergently. The percentage of people who rated above genius level for this ability was an astounding 98%. When they were first tested, the 1,500 people were at kindergarten level in school. The same group were retested at the ages of 8-10, and at 13-15, by which time the percentages had fallen to 32% and 10% respectively. The researchers then tested a large group of adults over the age of 25 and this group returned 2% of people considered genius level in divergent thinking. When you consider the importance work places on creativity and particularly on collaboration – that seems like a pretty alarming tail off in our ability to deliver against a collaborative agenda, don’t you think?
  5. Typically when asked to explore a question like ‘How many uses can you think of for a paperclip?’ we will come up with ten to fifteen suggestions. Someone who is very good at divergent thinking might come up with over a hundred. In the book Breakpoint and Beyond, 1,500 people are tested for their ability to think divergently. The percentage of people who rated above genius level for this ability was an astounding 98%. When they were first tested, the 1,500 people were at kindergarten level in school. The same group were retested at the ages of 8-10, and at 13-15, by which time the percentages had fallen to 32% and 10% respectively. The researchers then tested a large group of adults over the age of 25 and this group returned 2% of people considered genius level in divergent thinking. When you consider the importance work places on creativity and particularly on collaboration – that seems like a pretty alarming tail off in our ability to deliver against a collaborative agenda, don’t you think?
  6. Typically when asked to explore a question like ‘How many uses can you think of for a paperclip?’ we will come up with ten to fifteen suggestions. Someone who is very good at divergent thinking might come up with over a hundred. In the book Breakpoint and Beyond, 1,500 people are tested for their ability to think divergently. The percentage of people who rated above genius level for this ability was an astounding 98%. When they were first tested, the 1,500 people were at kindergarten level in school. The same group were retested at the ages of 8-10, and at 13-15, by which time the percentages had fallen to 32% and 10% respectively. The researchers then tested a large group of adults over the age of 25 and this group returned 2% of people considered genius level in divergent thinking. When you consider the importance work places on creativity and particularly on collaboration – that seems like a pretty alarming tail off in our ability to deliver against a collaborative agenda, don’t you think?
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