Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

I enjoyed this first-day summary of the Lead4Change event Wes Fryer is attending, not because it was ground-breaking in any way (a lot of it will be familiar to people who have been through leadership training) but because it offered a glimpse of how he sees himself and how we can see ourselves in general. One exercise had him draw a timeline of his life - a timeline that only begins after he leaves the USAF (by contrast, my timeline that I created years ago starts with my birth but drifts off around 2010). I also liked the idea of a a Quadrant Analysis - "thinking through four dimensions of life: Health/Personal, Relationships, Career, and Dreams" - though I don't think I want to share one of my own. I did, though, have ChatGPT write me a biography of myself, just out of curiosity.

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