On this page Systems (the academic area of study) Systems thinking in practice Systems approaches/methods/tools Social learning and social learning systems On being a systems practitioner Systems thinking in research practice This page has been prompted by a neighbour of … Continue reading
A conversation on my LinkedIn STiP alumni group has sparked me to think once again about the concept of a ‘design turn in my systems practice’. It’s been a while so let’s recap.
I have been thinking a lot about change recently. I have got this muddled mess in my head about it. But as I sat down to write this blog, I realised I have been here before… 30/10/10 – one of … Continue reading
Moving on to the fourth Chapter of Schein’s book on Helping. We now look at the choice that the helper can make about the kind of helping role to take on (which goes back to the background material on social … Continue reading
Aha my motivation to carry on reading and blogging about Schein’s book has been given a helpful(!) boost by a friend who commented in an email that she was enjoying reading it ‘by proxy’…thanks for the help.. Moving on from … Continue reading
So after ‘Getting started‘, I have now read Chapter Two of Schein’s book on Helping. Chapter Two is a bit of a scene setter about the cross-cultural principles underpinning social life and relationships in general – rather than about helping … Continue reading
Pre-amble – I have had this blog written for a while but kept it to a limited audience whilst I thought about it more and waited for my result. I now have my result – a very welcome Distinction – … Continue reading
As I have done my research, a ‘heuristic’ has developed in my mind.
Okay, after all my talk of ‘deductive’ analysis – the first thing I have ‘learned’ from my data – that emerged out of it, was something that I didn’t think to look for at all!! Now it has, I feel … Continue reading
Now that my ‘talk samples’ are coming in and I have transcribed a couple and listened to a couple more, I feel it is time to decide how I am going to analyse them.