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Well that was bizarre #rhizo15

Aaron

Week 1 (maybe) #rhizo15 My son wakes up; he’s 16 and sometimes cranky. He comes in to see what I’m doing, but he doesn’t walk into the room complaining loudly so that’s a gift. “I’m writing about learning objectives,” I say. “But I think I’ve gone off on a tangent.” “A tangent? What are you, 16?” “You think only 16 year olds go off on tangents?” “Well they’re better at it, for sure. No one knows what you’re talking about.” “Do you know what a learning objective is?” “Hah! It means you have a learning objective, you’re dumb as fuck … Continue reading Well that was bizarre #rhizo15

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What is the work?

Aaron

  Dan Pontefract, author of Flat Earth: Creating a Connected and Engaged Organization, was having a contest.   It is over, so I won’t win a book, but I’m going to go buy his book anyway as I really like the way he is thinking about work and connections…  and it gave me a chance to process some of what I was thinking about over the last weeks and last week in particular.  The question he’s asking is “How do you define the word ‘work.’” I was in Toronto taking a refresher course in a planning method we use a … Continue reading What is the work?

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The Future is Stupid #rhizo14

Aaron

SMITH: Your work has a deep sense of privacy to it. But yet you’ve often collaborated with others and you have assistants. There is a comfort in having people to work with. And now you’re even using other people’s language in your works. HOLZER: It can be kind of gruesome at times, making things alone. [laughs] I don’t want to be too dramatic, but it’s hard. It’s necessary to start most work alone. But I’m tickled to death when I can pull somebody in or join someone, whether it’s borrowing poetry or traveling with an associate. Company makes my day. … Continue reading The Future is Stupid #rhizo14