The Individual can Really Make a Difference (in today's Knowledge Era)

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About The Knowledge Revolution

Most of you who are reading this are now living in a new era where - because of good and open internet access - are part of the Knowledge Revolution. A worker in this age has all the Tools available at his fingertips to work even from home and initiate in projects that will benefit his workplace, himself and the people around him. 

Many societies are not bound and subject to the tyranny of political media controls and the institutions that govern us. Many Freedoms, Few restrictions and little if no censorship. If we are lucky to be in such a society, the individual has the opportunity to reach out to the body of knowledge out there and have the capacity for of Knowing, Understanding and Perceiving the world as he or she deem fit. 

Some are truly Emancipated with this new found knowledge. We can start making better Choices for ourselves and have the power to change others. We can choose to build people together, or to alienate others. 

Few realise this form of Empowerment. With Knowledge and Tools and freedom of Choice, we can continue the human tradition of making the world a better place. Not just only for ourselves.

It is our own Mindsets: Fear of challenging the system, leaving our comfort zones, selfishness or aloofness and many other self-doubt and (i)rationalisations that prevent us from moving further.

Here are Some Ideas to Think about from organisations, articles, videos.

1. Developing Habits of Mind 
2. Contextualising humanity's advancement through the ages - Where we come from and where we are going (from an organisational perspective)
3. Changing the way we view Work/Careers/Jobs
4. How child-like idealism can contribute to societal change
5. What Kind of World Do You Want?

1. The Habits of Mind

http://www.artcostacentre.com/html/habits.htm

The 16 Habits of Mind identified by Costa and Kallick include:

1. Persisting
2. Thinking and communicating with clarity and precision
3. Managing impulsivity
4. Gathering data through all senses
5. Listening with understanding and empathy
6. Creating, imagining, innovating
7. Thinking flexibly
8. Responding with wonderment and awe
9. Thinking about thinking (metacognition)
10. Taking responsible risks
11. Striving for accuracy
12. Finding humor
13. Questioning and posing problems
14. Thinking interdependently
15. Applying past knowledge to new situations
16. Remaining open to continuous learning

2. What comes after the Knowledge Era? 

http://leadershipliteracies.wordpress.com/2009/01/28/after-knowledge-era/

“the future is here, it’s just unevenly distributed” 

3. RSA Animate - Re-Imagining Work

How can we get people more engaged, more productive, and happier at work? Is technology part of the problem -- and could it also be part of the solution?

 Dave Coplin, Chief Envisioning Officer at Microsoft, imagines what might be possible if more organisations embraced the full, empowering potential of technology and encouraged a truly open, collaborative and flexible working culture.

4. Taylor Wilson: Yup, I built a nuclear fusion reactor

Taylor Wilson believes nuclear fusion is a solution to our future energy needs, and that kids can change the world. And he knows something about both of those: When he was 14, he built a working fusion reactor in his parents' garage. Now 17, he takes the TED stage to tell (the short version of) his story. From http://www.tedxberlin.de/ted-talks-taylor-wilson-yup-i-built-a-nuclear-fusion-reactor

http://www.sciradioactive.com/Taylors_Nuke_Site/Welcome.html

5. World

"What Kind of world do you want

Think Anything

Let's start at the start

Build a masterpiece"

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