“Deep down I knew that I was meant to be with him — I wasn’t meant to be a guide dog” Ike ~ p. 127 Some books make you think. Others make you feel. Jason Dorland’s Ike: The Dog that Saved a Human does both — while also offering a deeply vulnerable invitation into the…
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“Meaningful exploration, I will argue, involves making an active choice to pursue a course that requires effort and carries the risk of failure—what the mythologist Joseph Campbell called ‘a bold beginning of an uncertain outcome.’” (p.10) You would be interested in this book if: You’re an educator or leader who believes curiosity is a muscle…
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What Could Possibly Go Right?! “Even among AI developers, some believe that future instances of superintelligent AIs could represent an extinction level threat to humanity… As hard as it may be to accurately predict the future, it’s even harder to stop it… That’s because as much as collaboration defines us, competition does too… and that…
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“The argument over whether Elon Musk is a genius is really an argument about what our society values and what it is prepared to tolerate. A suite of behaviors that would otherwise be inexcusable are forgiven when they are the price of greatness.”— Helen Lewis, p.3 Helen Lewis opens The Genius Myth not with a…
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“Abundance, as we define it, is a state in which there is enough of what we need to create lives better than what we have had.” — Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s Abundance is a forward-looking, hopeful and optimistic exploration of the future for those who believe the future is…
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“It’s unnatural and even unhealthy to never experience stress. Stress can give us a positive push. It can tell us about ourselves and our surroundings. We experience stress when we are challenged—and overcoming challenges can be some of the greatest moments in our lives.” — p.11 You would be interested in this book if… (1)…
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Book Review: Free Agent Learning by Julie A. Evans Why Student Agency Should Reshape the Way We Structure School “School is no longer the sole repository of knowledge. Students increasingly have the agency and the means to adopt new self-directed, interest-driven behaviours outside of school.”— Julie A. Evans, p.1 “The voyage of discovery is not…
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Thanks to Jason Rogers, my podcast-partner-in-learning, for recommending this book to me after listening to Claude Silver at a conference. This book is about her life and coming into how to lead herself and herself with others. If you’ve been following the “Leadership Lab”, part of the Cohort 21 community with @jmedved, @tfaucher and @gvogt,…
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Forward, Together: Vulnerable Leadership in Contentious Times “Do not judge people for not being where you are today. You weren’t there yesterday.” There are books we read to learn, and books we return to again and again to be reminded of what matters. Forward, Together by George Couros is both. Full of hard-won wisdom, vulnerable…
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Let’s start the year off with “Joy” and the pursuit of Joy in our lives. Happiness is a more temporary, externally triggered feeling of pleasure, while joy is a deeper, more lasting state of internal contentment. Happiness is often a response to specific events or circumstances, such as getting a new job, while joy stems…
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