Mike Wagner
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2 months ago
in Lessons for Critical Reading on Angela Maiers Educational Svcs
This lesson reminds me a great deal of the writings of E.D. Hirsch.
His distinctions between authorial meaning and the significance a reader takes away from the author's text informed a great deal of the translation theory I was taught when working with Hebrew and Greek texts.
In other words, I really groove on this!
Plus, I really liked your "rabbit" illustration in the slide show.
Keep creating...words that matter,
Mike
His distinctions between authorial meaning and the significance a reader takes away from the author's text informed a great deal of the translation theory I was taught when working with Hebrew and Greek texts.
In other words, I really groove on this!
Plus, I really liked your "rabbit" illustration in the slide show.
Keep creating...words that matter,
Mike
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6 months ago
in The "Be Unique and Get With The Program" Dilemma on All Things Workplace
I have a friend who would refer to his fellow students from a well known radical campus as "800 students all non-conforming in exactly the same way."
My thinking is that we can unite around shared outcomes or we can unite around behavior.
It's amazing to see how often we unite around behavior forfeiting the"what and how" innovations we all would prize should they be offered.
Why do we do that?
Keep creating...your unique "what and how",
Mike
My thinking is that we can unite around shared outcomes or we can unite around behavior.
It's amazing to see how often we unite around behavior forfeiting the"what and how" innovations we all would prize should they be offered.
Why do we do that?
Keep creating...your unique "what and how",
Mike
1 reply
Steve Roesler
Mike,
Wouldn't it be unbelievably useful to find the answer to that question?
At minimum, it has been my observation that the human condition prefers to caste blame before finding "cause." And blame is often tied to a sort of scapegoating using people we "don't like." Why we don't like them is very individual.
Yet, as you point out, when we're working on something we're supposedly focused on a shared outcome of "what" and "how." It looks as if "who" often plays much more of a role than it should.
Wouldn't it be unbelievably useful to find the answer to that question?
At minimum, it has been my observation that the human condition prefers to caste blame before finding "cause." And blame is often tied to a sort of scapegoating using people we "don't like." Why we don't like them is very individual.
Yet, as you point out, when we're working on something we're supposedly focused on a shared outcome of "what" and "how." It looks as if "who" often plays much more of a role than it should.
7 months ago
in A Very Smart Obama Supporter on The TrueTalk Blog
"to learn NOT to be who they already are..."
The challenge that faced Saturn in its early days of becoming a "different kind of car company" was similar. And it is the reason I was given a chance within that organization --- I had no experience in the dysfunctional side of auto industry sales and marketing. There was nothing for me to unlearn.
Saturn was was not willing to take a chance on people being able to unlearn who they were!
But Tom, can't "hardening of the categories" happen at any age? I hate to rule out McCain or Clinton just because of their age.
As always, thanks for stirring things up.
Keep creating,
Mike
The challenge that faced Saturn in its early days of becoming a "different kind of car company" was similar. And it is the reason I was given a chance within that organization --- I had no experience in the dysfunctional side of auto industry sales and marketing. There was nothing for me to unlearn.
Saturn was was not willing to take a chance on people being able to unlearn who they were!
But Tom, can't "hardening of the categories" happen at any age? I hate to rule out McCain or Clinton just because of their age.
As always, thanks for stirring things up.
Keep creating,
Mike
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tomguarriello
Well, Mike UNLEARNING is enormously difficult, as you know from the Saturn challenge. And, while age doesn't necessarily equal rigidity, McCain and Clinton look like old pols without motivation to do anything differently while Obama looks to be ready to deeply innovate. At least that's the way I see it. Good to hear from you.
Wow- that comment took some critical reading-see it's a life skill! With these lessons we can begin to help even our youngest students begin to differentiate between the authorial meaning in text and what each reader brings as we grapple with what is most important.
Keep commenting-you always make me smarter!