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Comment by Pamela Meyer on October 13, 2011 at 11:07am

We are happy to share the slides from this event, too. The file is too large to post. Please email us directly at caea@depaul.edu and we will email it to you.

Comment by Regina Spellers SIms on October 13, 2011 at 10:25am

In my presentation I shared that according to Johansen (2009) there are ten new 21st century leadership skills that professionals will need to master. Including:

1) Maker instinct (leaders approach their leadership with commitment of a job and energy of a passionate hobby) 
2) Clarity (leaders being clear about what they are making but flexible about how it gets made) 
3) Dilemma Flipping (turning problems that can't be solved into opportunities) 
4) Immersive Learning (learning by doing) 
5) Bio-empathy (understand, respect and learn from nature) 
6) Constructive depolarization (calming tense situations and bringing people from divergent cultures towards constructive engagement) 
7) Quiet transparency (ability to be open and authentic about what matters to you without self-promotion) 
8) Rapid Prototyping (ability to create early versions of innovations) 
9) Smart mob organizing (creating, engaging and nurturing social networks) 
10)Commons creating (stimulate, grow and nurture shared assets that can benefit other players)

To assess yourself along these skills see the link below: 

http://www.bkauthorapps.com/lmtf1/quiz.php

 

•Leaders Make the Future: Ten New Leadership Skills for an Uncertain World. Robert Johansen (2009).

Comment by Pamela Meyer on October 12, 2011 at 7:59pm

Additional resources mentioned during the 10.12.11 News from the Field conversation:

Book: "The New Social Learning" by Tony Bingham and Maricia Connor a href="http://www.amazon.com/New-Social-Learning-Transforming-Organizations/dp/1605097020/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1318467362&sr=1-1?">http://www.amazon.com/New-Social-Learning-Transforming-Organization...

 

IBM CMO Study: http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/cmo/cmostudy2011/cmo-registratio...

 

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Comment by Julie Benesh on October 11, 2011 at 8:16pm

Here's a question that came up for me as I participated in the healthcare-related sessions at the Chicagoland Learning Leaders Conference, all of which emphasized collaboration in the design of learning. We know how important "interdisciplinarity" is in providing seamless customer service in most any industry, and particularly patient care, and we know that social learning enhances outcomes. So,,,

If to teach is to learn best, to what degree do we as learning professionals walk our collaboration and social learning talk in our own process of producing learning? ...and is there an opportunity to crank it up a notch?

Comment by Carol Taylor on October 11, 2011 at 3:01pm

Here's another reflective question.... 

In the learning community many white papers, blogs, articles, and survey results  describe “social learning” as a viable methodology that supports the transfer of knowledge.  As a learning professional, what opportunities will you seek to gain a greater understanding of the “social learning” movement and how to adopt it in your arena?

Comment by Regina Spellers SIms on October 11, 2011 at 12:14pm

I When: October 12th, 2011, Noon – 1:15pm Where: DePaul University, Loop School for New Learning (14 E. Jackson Blvd., Room 1451 Chicago, IL 60604)  Join us for the new series where colleagues who attend important adult learning conferences return to share highlights from their experience.    Presenters will share highlights and best practices from this year's Chicagoland Learning Leaders Conference and the International Transformative Learning Conference. In anticipation of our presentation tomorrow here are some thinking questions to open our discussion: How will you or do you enable learning to assist people to adapt to a rapidly changing complex work environment?  How do you or will you address workplace issues that are ambiguous?  How is your organization like McDonald's French fries?   I look forward to your insights!  ~Regina