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Transformational Travelers - Transforming Education for a Promising Future

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Transforming Education for a Promising Future. Systems Theory and Method. There is nothing more engaging and valuable than learning with and from others. The links below take you to some of my fellow travelers - those who, in my humble and biased opinion, have something important to say and contribute and who are equally, if not more so, active learners as they listen and respond to others. Connect with them and prepare to learn and be challenged! They appear in no particular order.

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About Me - Transforming Education for a Promising Future

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Transforming Education for a Promising Future. Systems Theory and Method. A little history to provide some context. . . Dr Trace D. Pickering (click pix to email me). B: 12/17/1965 to Larry and Karen Pickering, Keystone, Iowa. Moved to Vinton, Iowa at age 6. 1970's: Grew up a typical 70's/80's kid - lots of freedom, fun times with friends. Long hair, bell bottoms, mopeds and sandlot baseball. Caring faculty engaged me, pushed me, and believed in me. Got to coach Chris Street. 1989 - 1990: Center Point/Ur...

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Systems Theory & Method - Transforming Education for a Promising Future

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Transforming Education for a Promising Future. Systems Theory and Method. Systems Theory and Design. Systems Thinking. Managing Chaos and Complexity. Second Edition. Amazon Link: http:/ www.tinyurl.com/6elqpqz. I was first introduced to Jamshid's work in 2002 through Dr. Susan Leddick. While Senge's Fifth Discipline had gotten me excited about systems thinking, Jamshid threw my thinking into another dimension. This the finest book on systems thinking and design architecture I've ever found. Russell Ackof...

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My Reading List - Transforming Education for a Promising Future

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Transforming Education for a Promising Future. Systems Theory and Method. The following links take you to pages that reference and sometimes briefly discuss some of the books that influence my thinking and actions. In the spirit of full disclosure - some are on my list but I haven't fully attended to as of yet! While not an exhaustive list, these are books that have captured my recent attention and/or which have made the biggest impressions. Systems Theory and Method.

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Leadership - Transforming Education for a Promising Future

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Transforming Education for a Promising Future. Systems Theory and Method. Leadership - books on leadership, personal improvement, and other interesting things! The Answer to How is Yes. I have read three Block books now (Community and The Abundant Community) and they are all amazing. Peter is a leader in the development of community building in the networked economy. This book is about how to get things done in a world filled with wicked problems. Linchpin - Are You Indispensable? By Sir Ken Robinson.

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Education - Transforming Education for a Promising Future

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Transforming Education for a Promising Future. Systems Theory and Method. Turning Learning Right Side Up. A fantastic read that ties the components of social systems theory to the problems of education. Like all Ackoff books, very entertaining and in-your-face. 2020 Forecast: Creating the Future of Learning. By KnowledgeWorks and Institute for the Future. www.knowledgeworks.org. The Flat World and Education. By Linda Darling Hammond. Crash Course. A Radical Plan for Improving Public Education. An interes...

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Writings & Musings - Transforming Education for a Promising Future

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Transforming Education for a Promising Future. Systems Theory and Method. Confusing Teaching with Learning - Reflections on Ackoff's position on education and how it influences my own. It is important that we continue to relentlessly redefine what it is to "teach" and to create the educational systems - its functions, structures, and processes - that ensure that true teaching can and will occur. Response to Jason Glass post - beginning of potential article on understanding Wicked Problems. Is it because ...

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Innovation - Transforming Education for a Promising Future

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Transforming Education for a Promising Future. Systems Theory and Method. Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City. I'm a firm believer in reading outside your industry. I heard Brad speak at ThincIowa in 2012 and his Boulder Thesis really spoke to me. This is an excellent book on the power of networks and how they are trumping traditional hierarchies and power brokers. Where Good Ideas Come From. Innovation to the Core. By Peter Skarzynski and Rowan Gibson.