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Final Reflection Photo by DeepMind on Unsplash The timing of this post coincides with a time when the world has just introduced GPT4, and it’s rather exciting. Just this week, as I prepared our workshop agenda, I began reflecting on some of the highlights of this past week as we dove into understanding the planning required for implementing change. One particular area that stood out for me was “Group A’s” toolkit (Gamella, 2023),...

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Toolkit co-created byNicole Croft, Heather de Lange, Giulia Di Giovanni, Alexandra Samur, and Darren Wilson Please follow the link below to view the toolkit https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vSNws1oxnVa1cfrc7OJNkXPxXE-cSa4iBbCLpUMnV5YN5pcO0hjsHUc2CWXVEY1a76wXoumVKQfqT1v/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000&slide=id.p

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Approaches to Project Management

Approaches to Project Management


Posted By on Mar 9, 2023

Photo by fauxels from Pexels: https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of-person-holding-pen-3184635/ Thinking back to when the corporate technology company I work for recently implemented a time-tracking software to record project and facilitator costs.  The problem was that planning, consulting and facilitator costs were not tracked and recorded consistently. Scope creep, poor project set up and lack of accountability aided in creating a...

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Relevant Data Can Help Tell the Story

Relevant Data Can Help Tell the Story


Posted By on Feb 27, 2023

“Big Data Analytics” by Kenith Cate CC BY 2.0 Today’s entry is a review of a past reflection piece I wrote based on the 2013 post by D’arcy Norman, Ph.D., called “Lessons learned: AV systems design in the Taylor Institute.” I will again use this same piece as I consider how administrators might go about understanding and evaluating how users have adopted the audio-visual (AV) system, specifically understanding the...

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External Scan – Creating Change

External Scan – Creating Change


Posted By on Feb 22, 2023

Each of the interviewees in the corporate organization I interviewed disclosed that each department is very reliant on each other and the experts within each of their teams in terms of both dependencies on each other and as contributing stakeholders and Subject Matter Expertise (SME). I will highlight insights from the two interviews collected, personal experience and course material while using Lewin’s unfreeze, change, and...

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Ed White Photographics (2016) D’arcy Norman describes the benefits for many individuals in various roles who are welcome to use the newly designed Audio-Visual (AV) systems that are offered in the Taylor Institutes’ new building located on the University of Calgary’s campus. Norman Highlights that roles aren’t necessarily mutually exclusive. Think about the instructor that works alongside the support of a student that has...

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