Comments on: Challenge for the next decade: Two Cultures in Learning and Development http://goodpractice.com/blog/challenge-for-the-next-decade-two-cultures-in-learning-and-development/ for leaders and managers Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:41:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Garry Platt http://goodpractice.com/blog/challenge-for-the-next-decade-two-cultures-in-learning-and-development/comment-page-1/#comment-3060 Garry Platt Sun, 24 Jan 2010 11:37:42 +0000 http://goodpractice.com/?p=1532#comment-3060 Owen wrote (Though I thought I was responding to Peter?) “Would you at least agree that he’s not always putting the boot in and is a passionate advocate of changing current practice for the better?” Yes, agreed. I also write: “the minute you see their name you just know it is going to be negative, carping and generally non-productive” However, did I reference Donald as one of these sources? Owen wrote (Though I thought I was responding to Peter?) “Would you at least agree that he’s not always putting the boot in and is a passionate advocate of changing current practice for the better?”

Yes, agreed. I also write: “the minute you see their name you just know it is going to be negative, carping and generally non-productive” However, did I reference Donald as one of these sources?

]]> By: Owen Ferguson http://goodpractice.com/blog/challenge-for-the-next-decade-two-cultures-in-learning-and-development/comment-page-1/#comment-3059 Owen Ferguson Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:57:02 +0000 http://goodpractice.com/?p=1532#comment-3059 Hi Garry, Thanks for the comment and I think you’re right that our analysis may be coloured by our perceptions and definition of what is positive. Since you wrote your article in early ‘09 it may also be that Donald’s felt much more positve 2009 than 2008. However, you wrote “the minute you see their name you just know it is going to be negative, carping and generally non-productive”, whereas I’ve found many of Donald’s posts such as “E-unlearning: Virtual Iraq treats PTSD”, “Future is free”, “Web makes you smarter – UCLA study”, “Universal Universities?” and many more to be both positive in tone and useful. Would you at least agree that he’s not always putting the boot in and is a passionate advocate of changing current practice for the better? Anyway, sorry that a minor point took over the rest of the post. Owen Hi Garry,

Thanks for the comment and I think you’re right that our analysis may be coloured by our perceptions and definition of what is positive. Since you wrote your article in early ‘09 it may also be that Donald’s felt much more positve 2009 than 2008.

However, you wrote “the minute you see their name you just know it is going to be negative, carping and generally non-productive”, whereas I’ve found many of Donald’s posts such as “E-unlearning: Virtual Iraq treats PTSD”, “Future is free”, “Web makes you smarter – UCLA study”, “Universal Universities?” and many more to be both positive in tone and useful.

Would you at least agree that he’s not always putting the boot in and is a passionate advocate of changing current practice for the better?

Anyway, sorry that a minor point took over the rest of the post.

Owen

]]> By: Garry Platt http://goodpractice.com/blog/challenge-for-the-next-decade-two-cultures-in-learning-and-development/comment-page-1/#comment-3058 Garry Platt Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:59:58 +0000 http://goodpractice.com/?p=1532#comment-3058 Peter wrote: “However, for those who read the Garry Platt article, I’d like to point out that for every attack on current practice that Donald Clark makes on his blog, there’s a post that shares something positive. When I read Garry’s article, I literally tallied up Donald’s positive and critical posts and this is a case where Garry’s perception just doesn’t match up to reality.” I did exactly the same thing Peter at the time of writing this article and reviewed his previous 12 months entries (to check my own perceptions) and came to the opposite conclusion. And your suggestion that for every negative point Donald makes there’s a positive one is in my view bunkum. However, our analysis may be coloured by both our positions and perceptions, and definition of a positive contribution, but I fundamentally disagree that I am wrong on this point. Peter wrote: “However, for those who read the Garry Platt article, I’d like to point out that for every attack on current practice that Donald Clark makes on his blog, there’s a post that shares something positive. When I read Garry’s article, I literally tallied up Donald’s positive and critical posts and this is a case where Garry’s perception just doesn’t match up to reality.”

I did exactly the same thing Peter at the time of writing this article and reviewed his previous 12 months entries (to check my own perceptions) and came to the opposite conclusion. And your suggestion that for every negative point Donald makes there’s a positive one is in my view bunkum.

However, our analysis may be coloured by both our positions and perceptions, and definition of a positive contribution, but I fundamentally disagree that I am wrong on this point.

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