. “Does group thinking impact your context and how might you change this?” Yes- the strategies and approaches I read about totally fit what I experience. For example, I work in a team whose knowledge is uniquely held in the organisation as guardians of our holistic learning and assessment model. In the leadership team, I […]

This week we were asked to think about a time when unexpected change happened in our lives either personally or professionally and reflect on  the range of emotions and stages we experienced:  My early years were full of regular and unexpected changes. From the age of 5, my family moved every year- – usually without […]

My leadership styles- an evaluation I completed a leadership questionnaire and it gave me a few insights. It turns out that I have no well-developed styles and all need some further development. That doesn’t surprise me actually as I certainly don’t feel I am always ‘nailing it’ and I am not always getting the outcomes […]

Having dissed in the previous post others who use the concept for trite purposes, I have had strong personal identification with the wayfinding concept and want to share that in my portfolio. Academic wayfinding One personal example of my ‘wayfinding’ adventure through my PhD. Firstly, I wrote it primarily as an autobiographical attempt of self-discovery […]

September 8th, Day 1 of the course. The usual administrative start, admin and introductions. I introduced myself to the group by giving a little bit of information about myself. I was not surprised to find the old anxieties rising at the prospect of introducing myself to a new group of people. I had done the […]