Tag: teams
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Learning organisations…
The quote above is from Peter Senge’s The Fifth Discipline, which I’m slowly working my way through. But when it came up in my Readwise review today, it reminded me of another piece that recently came across my desk, asking if universities are learning organisations? We have: If we really want higher education institutions to…
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Groupwork and introverts
I really enjoyed this presentation on TED, particularly this line: “… the transcendent power of solitude“. Being an introvert doesn’t mean someone who is shy or reluctant to engage with others. It describes a person who has a tendency to turn inward mentally, feeling more energized by time spent alone. As teachers who are preparing…
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SAFRI: Introduction, teams and leadership
Today was the first day of the first SAFRI residential session in Cape Town, where SAFRI is the Southern Africa FAIMER Regional Institute, and FAIMER is the Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research. We spent today working through a few activities that served as an introduction, both to the programme and to each…