From Social Networks to Communities

Social media and social networks are all the rage.  They are supposed to help us connect to a wider range of people, find like-minded associates, build brand loyalty, locate and engage candidates for employment, provide education and real time learning, and stay in...

What’s Happening in Learning in South Africa?

I have been in Johannesburg for the past 4 days attending and speaking at the Global Learning Academy conference.  This is a gathering of about 100 learning executives  from nearby countries as well as speakers from Dubai, the United States, Australia, and the UK....

The Autumn of Silicon Valley

This recent video from the PBS NEWSHOUR about Silicon Valley tells the story of how creativity is so hard to hold on to and how what we were is what we want to be. It was in the 1960s that the valley transitioned from “The Valley of Hearts Delight,” where fruit and...

A Pause to Enjoy – Spring Wildflowers

Here are a few photos I took this past weekend in the California central valley along the Stanislaus River. Wildflowers are blooming around every rock, between the blades of grass and in the nooks and crannies of the river.  The bursts of color, a rapidly flowing...