Digital Collaboration and Leadership Session 1

Whakatauki:
Titiro whakamuri, kokiri whakamua
Look back and reflect so we can move forward.

Revelations occur in the oddest moments: on Wednesday 23rd March at approximately 4.45p.m. I recognised my inner geek had stretched and yawned and sat up straight.  Later that evening, at about 7.45p.m. I had to acknowledge that not only was the inner geek awake but it was driven by timeframes! My perception of myself as a spontaneous human being was being challenged.

I love words... lush, sentient, capricious language that conjures up images and understanding, and provokes emotion and collaboration. And on that night I was gifted three... epistemology, ontology, and axiology. Delicious.

Then a task; to collaboratively create a visual representation of our understanding of what knowledge is and what the purpose of education is. This was when I recognised that timeframes matter to me. Who knew! I had previously thought that I worked within that zone of positive stress and last minute attention to tasks. Strange how that approach can feel like a foray into asphyxiation when you are relying on the team to move in unison towards the zero minute on an automated count down clock.

With regard to meeting the time frame... we did not quite manage this. However kudos to Gina who took it upon herself to complete the task for the group later that evening. So this is Mindlab eh? Collaborative, creative, communicative, critical thinking... and clocks! Oivay!