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Author Archives: Derek Neighbors
Innovation: Organizing for Collaboration and Innovation through Policy, Innovation by Design
Recently I was invited to talk to a group of science educators about collaboration. I tend to rant a bit when talking about education, but at least it was a short rant. My talk starts about 3 minutes in…
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Sunday Book Review: How to Change the World by Jurgen Appelo
How to Change the World by Jurgen Appelo
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This book is a great quick read that covers a number of existing works remixed into something tangible and immediate. It covers the current state of management and [...]
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Sunday Book Review : Leading Lean Software Development by Mary Poppendieck
Leading Lean Software Development: Results Are Not the Point by Mary Poppendieck
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Some of the best anecdotal stories on software development that I have read. Great wisdom and content, but failed to push me towards lean [...]
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Sunday Book Review : New Rules By Bill Maher
New Rules by Bill Maher
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
If you enjoy Bill Maher, you will like the book. If you hate him, you will hate the book. I don’t tend to agree with a whole lot that Bill has [...]
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Political Bites : Are Rising Tuition Costs Making You Change College Plans?
Are increasing tuition costs making you rethink college plans for yourself or your children?
The combination of escalating costs and 20th century learning models have begun to make attending post secondary institutions less appealing for most potential students. Students are leaving [...]
Posted in AZ, Education, Political Bites
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Sunday Book Review : Simpleology by Mark Joyner
Simpleology: The Simple Science of Getting What You Want by Mark Joyner
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This one was a little too self help, buy into my product for my liking. I think that the sections on logic and reasoning [...]
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When It Comes to Community Building, It is the Small Things
I alternate between listening to podcasts and audiobooks on my travels around Arizona in the car (and RV). I find myself regularly adding new podcasts and removing existing podcasts. My five favorite current podcasts are HBR Ideacast, Story Tellers AZ, [...]
Sunday Book Review : Liftoff – Launching Agile Teams & Projects by Diana Larsen
Liftoff: Launching Agile Teams & Projects by Diana Larsen
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I was an early reviewer of this book. I expected it to be good, but was pleasantly surprised when it was great!
If I was writing for [...]
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Hierarchy of Reading
Abraham Maslow made the concept of hierarchies of progression in systems popular via his work on a hierarchy of needs. Below is a theory about the hierarchy of different types of readers.
Survival Reader
Only reads when critical to survival. This type of reader regularly denounces [...]
Posted in Creativity, Education, Personal, Productivity
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15 Things You Should Teach Your Kids To Prepare Them For the Future
Last night I was completely irresponsible and kept my son up until one in the morning on a school night hacking on 3D printed models and laser cutting a toy box for them. Today on a road trip across town [...]
Posted in Creativity, Personal
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