The Challenge of Building Positive Boundary Objects
Silos can create significant barriers to progress and even everyday function in organizations. How often have you said, “They [Dept A] have no idea what we [Dept B] do!” Despite differences in...
View ArticleDistributed Cognition: Supporting the Knowledge Ecosystem
Distributed cognition is a theory that seeks to model how social and technological influences intersect and influence cognition (Hutchins, 1995). According to this theory, an individual’s knowledge is...
View ArticleLearning Through Boundary Crossing
In a previous post I described the ideal of a knowledge ecosystem in which knowledge is distributed amongst individuals, social groups, and technology platforms. I noted the important role of the...
View ArticleHelping kids become health literate: It’s all about pull
On July 28, 2011, Health Literacy Missouri (@HealthLitMo), moderated a health literacy chat on Twitter (#healthlit). Tweeters discussed how to help young people (children, young adults, and...
View ArticleA new PINOT group on optimizing cross-functional teams
PINOT is a Ning group started by Dr. Allison Rossett and Dr. Rebecca Vaughan Frazee. PINOT stands for Performance Improvement Non-Training Solutions, so the site is all about pretty much everything...
View ArticleWhat’s your team member style?
In a previous post, I discussed a PINOT group I’m involved in (“Harmonious Cross-Functional Teams“). In researching how team members come together (or sometimes don’t) in cross-functional teams, I...
View ArticleCreate Discovery-Based Learning Materials With Themeefy
Themeefy allows you to curate and collect web content and reflections in an e-magazine format. The technology (or what are my powers?) In beta, Themeefy is free though you do have to register to use...
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