Arena:  Self-Knowledge for Leading and Supporting

Ways of Knowing II

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Ways of Knowing II

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ACTIVITY 1     Accelerating Knowledge Sharing

Each Catalytic Thinking Lab is supported by a WindTunneling project. WindTunneling is a systemic methodology to accelerate learning and knowledge sharing. Share what you learned from the lab transparently and anonymously. Compare your thinking and respond to the ideas of others. Everyone gets to see every idea; no one knows who shared which idea.

 

Go to WindTunneling. Use Project Code 52SKM to record your insights.

 

ACTIVITY 2     Teaching as Learning

Teaching as Learning: Identify two or more key ideas from this topic and design a 10-minute Teach-It lesson to give to a colleague.  You will probably need visual aids and examples/stories to help get the ideas across.  Once you have given your lesson, ask your “student” what he/she took away and understood.  Then redesign your lesson, and give it to a different person – and ask.  Write up your learnings and post.

ACTIVITY 3     Core Concept Expansion

Identify 2-3 core concepts, key words, that were introduced in the lab. Begin to expand the concepts using the Concept Expansion Technique.

1. Write out the Lexical or Dictionary Definition and Etymology (optional)
2. What is the opposite word?
3. What is a synonym of the word? How are they different?
4. How is this word used (and/or mis-used) in professional settings
5. What is your first memory (or earliest feeling impression) of the word?
6. What is the colloquial (everyday common) use of the word?
7. Does the word evoke a color, shape, image, or heat (feeling)?

Engage with at least one other person to discuss these concepts and their implications. What are related concepts?  What is unique?  How does precision in word-smithing build clarity and strength for our work?  Write a paragraph or bulleted list.

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