One of the most interesting aspects
of BAPP is to be able to listen to people’s stories and the sense we make of
the stories of our lives. You may be interested in a recent post of mine on the
topic of memory
making and the seminal research and work of Daniel Kahneman
Like most people, I tend to follow
more than post, and I go in fits and starts! Following the Blogs from BAPP I’m
really impressed by the energy and focus so many bloggers are bringing to the
examination of our collective professional practices. I wanted to just talk
through some of the posts that struck me as interesting. This is by no means to
imply these are the best, or that there are not excellent posts elsewhere, its
just these resonated for me in this moment.
I would strongly urge you to look
across the BAPP Blogs (current and past) and identify the posts that bring
value or insight to you.
So onto some posts of interest to me
…
Firstly, I was struck by Jo’s
honest appraisal of his Network and
his Motivations. We inevitably bring our prior experiences to the ways we
view the world, and I think Jo captures succinctly the tension between why we
perceive we need to engage our networks, and the realities of what we are
willing and able to do. This sentiment is reflected in a number of posts from
others. Carla further explores this sentiment on her blog on the Networked
Professional and restates Jo’s questions about the authenticity of so much
of our engagement with our networks.
I liked the way Bernadette Maps out her Network. I really like the use of mapping for networks, the analogy with mapping terrain and territories is so very strong in my mind, and some other really good maps can be found at More Network Maps and Even More Network Maps.
While on the subject of
drawings, I really liked Kate’s little sketch on her Sources
of Professional Information. Such a small thing, but such a useful way to
think outside of lists and the use of text.
Lauren works through both the Range
and importantly the Value of her Current
Networks. The range is one thing, but we need to be able to say why they
are valuable to us.
Turning to theories that might give
us useful perspectives on the Networked Professional, I though both Anna and
Kym gave us extensive and worthwhile views on the topic. These two accounts are
nuanced differently for a different effect. Do check out Anna’s
post and Kym’s
post.
Thinking about Reflection I really liked Elizabeth’s post ‘Mirror,mirror on the wall....
Lizzie says … ‘I like the idea that reflection is one taking everything out from
their mind, being able to look at it and piece it back together in different
ways’. I just thought this was so beautifully phrased and conveys so simply
the reality of what reflection is … the shaping of an account of what happened
that we can take forward and use.
Another view comes from Ellen who
came up with a very original way of Reflecting
on the Experiences of 'Her' Day…‘I
wrote about my day from the perspective as my husband’. I thought this was
such an interesting way to think outside the limitations of our own experiences
… to use our imaginations to think things differently.
So that's the end of my little tour
around BAPP Blog posts. Do go and check them out and form your own view.
