Started the Expertise Economy by @kellylpalmer today with big thanks to @srjf for pointing me out to it. It’s my Christmas reading. So far, so good! pic.twitter.com/oRG8yRNDSy — Helen Blunden #AlwaysBeLearning????? (@ActivateLearn) December 24, 2019 The following are my responses to Simon Fogg’s (@srjf) book club questions for The Expertise Economy by David Blake and […]
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2019 The Year I Found the Cursed Breadfruit
Everyone knows I’m obsessed with the story of William Bligh and the Mutiny on the Bounty. I’ve written about it countless times in this blog as it reignited a curiosity and love of learning of maritime history. Imagine my surprise this year when I finally came upon the breadfruit tree in Hawaii. I even tried […]
Create Your Learning Playlist
This month I had the wonderful opportunity to be selected by Microsoft to be one of ten community reporters from around the world to cover various stories and do interviews with people at Microsoft Ignite, the largest technology conference in the world that was held in Orlando Florida. As part of the opportunity, they included […]
We Wrote a Book!
This year has been the best for experiences where I have had massive realisations and moments of learning and reflection where some home truths have come to roost, I must say. Everything from dealing with work, travel, family, sickness, knowing true friends and dealing with grief however it’s been one of the best years I’ve […]
Bits and Bobs of Different Projects I’m Working On
It feels as if it’s been ages since I last wrote in my blog. Every time I come into it, the same thing happens. I apologise for the delays between posting. Then I say how it’s always been at the back of my mind. Well, it has. I thought I’d quickly jot down some things […]
Lessons in Social Media Life
Recently, someone asked on Twitter whether there was any real value in keeping their LinkedIn profile and it started a conversation. You can read the threaded conversation here. A few people weighed into the conversation and who provided their own recommendations of what to do based on their own experiences of the social media platform. […]
Learning in the Modern Workplace
In my recent blog post titled Drawing as Thinking…and a Treasure Map about #MadMapMarch, I wrote how I delved into some journal articles that explained the benefits of using different ways to express ourselves as a challenge to the way we think. In this case, it was comic books. That is, drawing our thoughts in a comic book format […]
Getting My Focus Back To Things That Matter to Me
So as you know, I’ve written about deleting social media off my phone to Reclaim my Attention and Focus. Yesterday, I received a notification on my phone to say that my screen time had reduced by 62% this week. Bonus! It was the most exciting piece of news I had received all week. Added to […]
Taking Charge of Your Own Development – Podcasts & Interviews
Recently there’s been an interest in people wanting to know how to get more creative or be inspired to take charge of their own professional and personal development and learning. This is something that I love to share my own experience but rather than present any formulaic templates and plans for how you can do […]
Reclaiming Attention and Focus
So a few days back I shared on Twitter that I’ve deleted all social media apps and direct messaging apps off my phone. Over the holidays in Hawaii, I had a lot of thinking time while lounging around on the balcony of my cabin on the cruise (as you do) and decided that my attention […]
How Do You Handle Distractions?
How do you handle distractions in the workplace? I work 3 days per week. It means I’ve to set boundaries during busy times to get thru client work. It means prioritising client/paid work first and ”going dark” for some hours during the day to get through what I need to get done. This post was […]
This Month’s Stories of Personal Learning December 2018
Here are this month’s snap stories of personal learning for December 2018. Every week and every month, I like to review these videos to see what I have been doing every day. It’s a great way to capture all my work and learning – and also to see progress towards my goals. Every month I […]
This Month’s Stories of Personal Learning March 2019
Here are this month’s snap stories of personal learning for March 2019. Every week and every month, I like to review these videos to see what I have been doing every day. It’s a great way to capture all my work and learning – and also to see progress towards my goals. Every month I […]
Is Social Media Giving You Value?
Is social media giving you value? This is a question that has been floating around in my head this year. Ever since reducing my time on it, not because of anything as exotic as “digital detoxing” or anger over how our private data is used by companies like Facebook, I have started to question what […]
This Month’s Stories of Personal Learning January 2019
Here are this month’s snap stories of personal learning for January 2019. Every week and every month, I like to review these videos to see what I have been doing every day. It’s a great way to capture all my work and learning – and also to see progress towards my goals. Every month I […]
This Month’s Stories of Personal Learning February 2019
Here are this month’s snap stories of personal learning for February 2019. Every week and every month, I like to review these videos to see what I have been doing every day. It’s a great way to capture all my work and learning – and also to see progress towards my goals. Every month I […]
Drawing as Thinking and Treasure Maps
This morning I sat down to go through my bookmarked tweets so that I could catch up with my reading and spent all of my time on the one tweet which was this one by @GiuliaForsythe… Got my reading list sorted for this weekend. The #LearningOrganization a Literature Review https://t.co/Db9nojNkqB #activatemylearning – currently now […]
Frank Lloyd Wright and Envy
Yesterday I was watching a Snap story from one of the people I follow on Snapchat and he was in Arizona at Taliesin West, the site of America’s most famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright had his home and which is now a school of architecture. I’ve always been fascinated with architecture and at one stage […]
What Being Part of a Fake News Channel Has Taught Me
Every week, our team @cammysutra6 @NickJRishwain @ChelseaPeitz @desherb @JoAnnKrall @Baierman @DCPlateKing create fake news show @CNTnewschannel I play Aussie Foreign Correspondent Sharon (Dont Call Me Shazza) Breaknews. This week I report on Venezuelan crisis from my roof. pic.twitter.com/8U7jj1I2YX — Helen Blunden (@ActivateLearn) February 2, 2019 Being part of this creative team of peers taught me […]
What’s My Scene?
Forgive me father, it’s been a while since my last blog post. I have a confession to make. I have not been feeling my best of late. In fact, I’ve been feeling like shite ever since coming back from holidays. It’s been difficult to switch my mind back into a productive mode and continue doing […]