Back to the blog


I've decided it's time to revive this meager attempt at blogging. I have too many thoughts floating in my head, getting in the way of writing my dissertation. The plan with the blog is to subvert those tangential thoughts into something that is productive and contributes to the larger discussion of Learning and Education in the corporate world and Adult Education.

I am going to stick with three main categories - as much as I can - that reflect the new brand of my company, Brass Ring Training. Those categories are Experience, Design and Expertise.

Experience encompasses experiential learning in many forms. It is the traditional experiential education such as ropes courses and adventure learning, and also game-based learning or serious games, simulations, Metaphoric Experiences, and other educational events. However, the Experienc0e tag also encompasses learning through experience - informal learning in the workplace, Action Learning events, and the inspired (or mundane) learning that occurs every day.

Design is educational design, but also design in general . Updates on my design model as well as thoughts on the interaction of people, content and method will be many of the posts in this. Other topics that may come in include teaching and instruction, but also design from other domains. My design philosophy has been informed by architecture, product design and game design, so those thoughts will go into the blog as well.

Expertise is meant to cover the content ares that I work in. The areas I plant a flag in and claim for my company are strategy, leadership and distributed teams. Besides those topics, I will also explore content areas that are coming in as one-offs for clients or that just tickle me on a given day.

These tags are clearly not distinct - I will have posts on designing experiential learning for leadership - but each post that comes out here should fit into one of those categories.

On to blogging!