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> <channel><title>percolab</title> <atom:link href="http://www.percolab.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.percolab.com</link> <description>Une entreprise sociale</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 12:06:43 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>Intégrer la cocréation dans mon environnement</title><link>http://www.percolab.com/2012/04/int%c3%a9grer-la-cocr%c3%a9ation-dans-mon-environnement/</link> <comments>http://www.percolab.com/2012/04/int%c3%a9grer-la-cocr%c3%a9ation-dans-mon-environnement/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:19:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sam</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Apprentissage non formel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Co-création]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.percolab.com/?p=2745</guid> <description><![CDATA[percolab a été invité à donner « une conférence » au Congrès annuel de l'ADGSSSQ sur le thématique  « De collaborateur à co-créateur ».]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a
href="http://www.percolab.com/blog2/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dg4.png"><img
class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-2746" title="dg4" src="http://www.percolab.com/blog2/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dg4-1024x289.png" alt="" width="695" height="196" /></a>percolab a été invité à donner « une conférence » au Congrès annuel de l&#8217;Association des directeurs généraux des services de santé et des services sociaux du Québec sur le thématique <strong><a
href="http://www.adgsssq.qc.ca/docs/Programme%20pr%C3%A9liminaire%20congr%C3%A8s%202012_diffus%C3%A9_0004.pdf">De collaborateur à co-créateur</a>.  </strong>Sujet chaud! Nous avons proposé en lieu et place d&#8217;une présentation classique &#8211; unidirectionnelle &#8211; un atelier intitulé<strong> « Intégrer la co-création dans mon environnement »</strong>. En voici le résumé :<strong><br
/> </strong></p><p
style="padding-left: 30px;">Devenir une organisation co-créatrice demande le développement d&#8217;une attitude partagée qui conjugue l&#8217;écoute, l&#8217;ouverture à l&#8217;autre, l&#8217;exploration, le jeu, l&#8217;initiative, la réflexivité. L&#8217;organisation doit aussi trouver les espaces et les moments qui permettent l&#8217;expression de l&#8217;intelligence collective et l&#8217;émergence de propositions innovantes. Quelles sont les conditions qui favorisent la co-création dans nos organisations? Nous allons tenter de répondre collectivement à cette question.</p><p>percolab croit que la co-création aide à naviguer les situations complexes qui nécessitent de nouvelles façons de faire. Les ingrédients clés. d&#8217;une approche co-créative sont la collaboration++, la créativité et la mise en place d&#8217;un cadre qui canalisent les énergies.</p><p>Et puis rien de mieux pour explorer le sujet qu&#8217;un saut dans le vif du sujet. Nous avons proposé aux 180 participants de vivre un petit moment de co-création, sous la forme d&#8217;un mini  « World Café ». Nous l&#8217;avons structuré autour des trois questions suivantes :</p><ul><li><strong>Quelle situation complexe dans votre réseau pourrait bénéficier d&#8217;une démarche de co-création?</strong></li><li><strong>Qui pourrait ou devrait être autour de la table pour travailler avec vous à ces problèmes complexes?</strong></li><li><strong>Quels sont les défis personnels que vous aurez à relever pour être un leader co-créatif?</strong></li></ul><p>Les personnes présentes se sont prêtés volontiers au jeu et ont échangé de manière très dynamique sur leurs expériences et sur les défis de la co-création dans leur réalité fort complexe. Les doutes sur la possibilité de mener une activité de co-création avec un grand nombre de personnes &#8211; qui ont été exprimés par certains participants &#8211; ont été passablement dissipés au terme de notre très modeste atelier.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.percolab.com/2012/04/int%c3%a9grer-la-cocr%c3%a9ation-dans-mon-environnement/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Le Cercle Mandalab : la co-création interorganisationnelle</title><link>http://www.percolab.com/2012/03/le-cercle-mandalab-la-co-cr%c3%a9ation-interorganisationnelle/</link> <comments>http://www.percolab.com/2012/03/le-cercle-mandalab-la-co-cr%c3%a9ation-interorganisationnelle/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:31:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sam</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Equipage]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Non classé]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.percolab.com/?p=2721</guid> <description><![CDATA[L'initiative Mandalab à Montréal s'insère dans un mouvement de transformation de la société québécoise vers de nouvelles structures et de nouveaux modes de fonctionnement.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img
class="alignnone size-full wp-image-108" title="chairs" src="http://equipage.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/chairs.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="377" /></p><p>L&#8217;initiative Mandalab à Montréal s&#8217;insère dans un mouvement de transformation de la société québécoise vers de nouvelles structures et de nouveaux modes de fonctionnement. C&#8217;est un laboratoire vivant citoyen pour l&#8217;incubation d&#8217;innovations sociales, technologiques et économiques en développement dans la région métropolitaine.</p><p>Un cercle d&#8217;apprentissage a été mis en place pour que le développement du Mandalab avance en cohérence avec l&#8217;esprit de l&#8217;initiative. Le lancement du cercle a eu lieu le 6 mars 2012 autour de la question :</p><p
style="text-align: center;"><em>Comment nos projets et nos organisations s&#8217;inscrivent dans le laboratoire vivant citoyen, le Mandalab ?</em></p><p>Plus de 50 participants ont répondu à l&#8217;<a
href="http://www.communautique.qc.ca/nouvelles/nouvelles-communautique/invitation-au-lancement-du-cercle-mandalab.html">invitation</a> à participer au lancement du cercle Mandalab. La demi-journée s&#8217;est déroulée en trois temps.</p><p>I) <strong>Établir une compréhension commune du Mandalab</strong><br
/> Quatre citoyens experts ont tenues des discussions sur quatre aspects clés de Mandalab :</p><ul><li>Sa raison d&#8217;être et description, par Monique Chartrand</li><li>Ses services, par Jo<span
style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">ë</span>lle Sarrailh</li><li>Ses valeurs, par Alain Ambrosi</li><li>Les caractéristiques d&#8217;un laboratoire vivant (co-création, exploration, expérimentation, évaluation), par Yves Otis</li></ul><p><img
class="alignnone size-full wp-image-101" title="monique" src="http://equipage.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/monique1.png" alt="" width="1134" height="338" /></p><p>II) <strong>Connecter ses projets à l&#8217;initiative Mandalab</strong></p><p>Les organisateurs avaient fait l&#8217;hypothèse que les participants auraient des projets en cours, en émergence ou en rêve qui seraient en lien avec Mandalab. Les participants ont identifié et partagé leurs projets sur une ligne de temps collective, portée par l&#8217;initiative Mandalab. Le détail des actions à venir dans les prochains mois de tous ces projets permet de constater des convergences insoupçonnées.</p><p><img
class="alignnone size-full wp-image-103" title="map2" src="http://equipage.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/map2.png" alt="" width="800" height="279" /></p><p>III) <strong>Démystifier le concept et le fonctionnement du cercle Mandalab</strong></p><p>Les six piliers des cercles Équipage ont été présentés, laissant place à une discussion sur la manière dont ils s&#8217;appliquent au Cercle Mandalab. Dans un cercle, chaque membre :</p><ul><li>assiste à une série de rencontres</li><li>explicite ses intentions</li><li>apporte un projet au cercle</li><li>contribue à l&#8217;avancement du projet collectif, dans le cas présent, le Mandalab</li><li>cultive sa curiosité, son initiative et son expérimentation dans le cercle</li><li>agit avec authenticité (« parler du coeur »)</li></ul><p><img
class="alignnone size-full wp-image-102" title="paul" src="http://equipage.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/paul.png" alt="" width="1000" height="299" /></p><p>Finalement, les participants ont pu indiquer leur niveau de participation dans le développement du projet Mandalab durant les prochains mois : en tant que membre du cercle, ami de l&#8217;intiative ou en faisant partie du réseau élargi. Le cercle Mandalab se rencontrera à cinq reprises d&#8217;ci la fin du mois de juin 2012. À suivre donc!</p><p>Visionner le vidéo du lancement :</p><p><iframe
width="695" height="391" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Pe5bYO9HkEI?fs=1&#038;feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p><ul><li>Pour plus d&#8217;informations sur Mandalab, consulter le site de <a
href="http://www.communautique.qc.ca/projets/projets-actifs/vers-un-mandalab.html">Communautique</a></li><li>Pour plus d&#8217;informations sur les cercle d&#8217;apprentissage/collaboration consulter le site <a
href="http://equipage.ca/">Équipage</a></li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.percolab.com/2012/03/le-cercle-mandalab-la-co-cr%c3%a9ation-interorganisationnelle/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Cercle Équipage Ouvert &#8211; fin d&#8217;un cycle et ouverture de quelques places</title><link>http://www.percolab.com/2012/03/cercle-equipage-ouvert-fin-dun-cycle-et-ouverture-de-quelques-places-2/</link> <comments>http://www.percolab.com/2012/03/cercle-equipage-ouvert-fin-dun-cycle-et-ouverture-de-quelques-places-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:27:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sam</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Apprentissage non formel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[apprentissage tout au long de la vie]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Non classé]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.percolab.com/?p=2677</guid> <description><![CDATA[Le Cercle Équipage Ouvert qui roule depuis 2011, clarifie sa raison d'être.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p
style="text-align: center;"><img
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style="text-align: left;">Le <strong>Cercle Équipage Ouvert</strong>, qui roule depuis 2011, clarifie sa raison d&#8217;être : ce cercle sert à avancer la structure Équipage en tant que pôle d&#8217;expertise et de soutien pour l&#8217;essor des cercles d&#8217;apprentissages au Québec et ailleurs, tout en offrant aux individus (travailleurs autonomes, entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, personnes en transition ou porteurs de projets), l&#8217;opportunité de vivre une expérience accessible d&#8217;un cercle.</p><p>Une fin de cycle de cinq mois, a été marqué par un cercle « allongé » (de six heures) et un cercle élargi (avec des invités). Nous avons repensé à nos sources et notre fonctionnement et nous avons célébré le chemin parcouru.</p><p
style="text-align: center;"><img
class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2684" title="equipage blogue1" src="http://www.percolab.com/blog2/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/equipage-blogue1.jpg" alt="" width="934" height="265" /></p><p>L&#8217;évaluation non-conventionelle des contrats d&#8217;apprentissage personnels s&#8217;est fait par le biais d&#8217;une création artistique qui a provoqué l&#8217;hilarité.</p><p><img
class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-2686" title="bilan cercle ouvert" src="http://www.percolab.com/blog2/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/bilan-cercle-ouvert-1024x351.jpg" alt="" width="695" height="238" /></p><p>Au cerle « élargi », parmi nos invités, il y avait super héros Émile, notre premier bébé.</p><p><img
class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-2687" title="cercle elargi" src="http://www.percolab.com/blog2/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/cercle-elargi-1024x350.jpg" alt="" width="695" height="237" /></p><p>Pour la suite en mars 2012, quelques places sont disponibles &#8211;  voir  - <a
href="http://www.percolab.com/blog2/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Invitation-Cercle-Equipage-Ouvert-2012.pdf">Invitation Cercle Équipage Ouvert 2012</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.percolab.com/2012/03/cercle-equipage-ouvert-fin-dun-cycle-et-ouverture-de-quelques-places-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The New Normal &#8211; A conversation with Dadamac</title><link>http://www.percolab.com/2012/01/the-new-normal-a-conversation-with-dadamac/</link> <comments>http://www.percolab.com/2012/01/the-new-normal-a-conversation-with-dadamac/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:17:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sam</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Non classé]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.percolab.com/?p=2467</guid> <description><![CDATA[How much do we need to address this paradigm shift and sense-making of the world, explicilty and directly within the work we do?]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img
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/> percolab&#8217;s New Years meeting in London, UK with kindred spirit, Pamela McLean of <a
href="http://www.dadamac.net/">Dadamac</a> was a rich one. It&#8217;s always reassuring to encounter another organisation striving for &laquo;&nbsp;a new normal&nbsp;&raquo; in learning systems. We quickly established many obvious points of commonality: systems thinking, reflective practice, lifelong learning, informal learning, peer based credentials, and the potential of the digital world and of course, the big C word, collaboration. Pamela and I are both designers and facilitators of learning within a 21st century learning paradigm.</p><p>Pamela adds a key point. She says, prior to the agrarian revolution, people couldn&#8217;t have imagined what life would be like, post agrarian revolution and same goes for the industrial revolution and that today we sit on the cusp of a yet to be named revolution, that we struggle to envision clearly, but that needs to be addressed and talked about in learning programs so that we can collectively begin to make sense of it. She call today&#8217;s transition period &laquo;&nbsp;streams of change&nbsp;&raquo;. Pam, has developed some visual tools to support conversations on this topic. Here&#8217;s one that she was kind enough to share with us:</p><p>This resonates, of course with percolab who is all about getting beyond old top down, prescriptive, bureaucratic modes, supporting the emergeance of the &laquo;&nbsp;new normal&nbsp;&raquo;. The question is how much do we need to address this paradigm shift and sense-making of the world, explicitly and directly within the work we do?</p><p>And with this open question we launch into 2012.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.percolab.com/2012/01/the-new-normal-a-conversation-with-dadamac/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Learning circle update</title><link>http://www.percolab.com/2011/11/learning-circle-update-2/</link> <comments>http://www.percolab.com/2011/11/learning-circle-update-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 16:40:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sam</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Apprentissage non formel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Equipage]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.percolab.com/?p=2191</guid> <description><![CDATA[What's a learning circle? What really do you do in it? What's the difference with other learning structures?]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What&#8217;s a learning circle? What do you do in it? What&#8217;s the difference with other learning structures?</p><p>Imagine the learning we all deserve. Yes. For me that means, a safe and fun space  to map out and work towards my own learning targets via my own real projects and with the support and input offered by others. An ideal structure in which the depth and potential of collaboration can truly flourish and where deep motivation and maximum relevance are center stage.</p><p>The percolab initiative Équipage set up an open learning circle in Montreal in early October 2011 and within a month 15 people made the 3 month minimum commitment for 4 hours per week. It&#8217;s a mixed group (freelancers, employees, entrepreneurs, individuals in transition) united by a desire to move forward their heart felt initiatives with a shared conviction that there are new and emerging structures and practices that better respond to our complex world in transition.</p><div
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class="wp-caption-text">Different moments in the course of one learning circle meeting</p></div><p><strong> Foundation</strong></p><p>Équipage learning circles are built on some basic principles</p><ul><li><strong>action based reflective learning</strong> ensures pertinent and engaging learning</li><li><strong>self managed learning</strong> opens a space for learner freedom and responsibility</li><li><strong>social learning</strong> (with others) facilitates significant and rapid learning</li><li><strong>explicit learning intentions</strong> helps guide and amplify learning</li><li><strong>holistic approaches, </strong>taking into account a person&#8217;s mental models and personal paradigms, are necessary for transformation</li><li><strong>creativity</strong> <strong>and play</strong> are key ingredients for learning to be joyful and fun</li><li><strong>presence and authenticity</strong> are necessary for generative conversations that power learning</li><li><strong>commitment over time</strong> is required for deep transformative learning</li><li><strong>positive, optimistic approaches</strong> enhance learner confidence and risk-taking</li><li><strong>chaordic structures</strong> provide just the right flexibility for the magic to work</li></ul><p><strong> Functioning</strong></p><p>The key roles ensuring the functioning of the circle are taken on by the members, on a voluntary basis: host, circle keeper, scribe/decision pusher, time keeper. Additionally there is a process gardener/coach role to ensure the successful functioning of it all.</p><p><strong>Learning Contract</strong></p><p>The learning contract kickstarts the process. Each person is free to structure it as they wish. Mine includes the following elements:</p><ul><li><strong>Where I am</strong>: my deep motivations and my current personal/professional landscape</li><li><strong>Learning I want to focus on </strong>(digital culture, methodologies/skills I use, theoretical base, my personal habits)</li><li><strong>My connections/relations</strong> I want to nurture and enhance</li><li><strong>My</strong> <strong>projects</strong> I want to move forward</li><li><strong>Personal practice</strong> <strong>commitments </strong>I want to maintain and expand</li></ul><div
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class="wp-caption-text">Sharing my learning contract with the circle</p></div><p>I was so eager to share my contract with the circle but the experience was more intense than I had planned. As I was drawing it up on the wall in front of everyone I realized I was I daring to &laquo;&nbsp;expose&nbsp;&raquo; myself  and share my dreams. Yikes &#8211; the practice of such interconnected ways of functioning can be tougher than the theory of it. But, what a gift I was given. The group gave me such caring and helpful feedback &#8211; constructive insights, specific offers of support and potential areas of collaboration. It was quite overwhelming in fact. My lesson of the day, the more you open up and are generous of yourself, the more it comes back to you.</p><div
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class="wp-caption-text">Feedback on my learning contract from the circle</p></div><p><strong>Projects</strong></p><p>Once the learning contract is clarified, then its time to jump into the projects and commitments &#8211; yours that you are leading and those of others that you are contributing to. The learning circle structure supports the organic process of moving that all forward, but leaves the space for the individuals to make it happen themselves. I&#8217;ll share more about this in a future post.</p><p><strong>So what are members saying?</strong></p><p>Some are reassured how the circle experience helps them finally feel serene or zen. While others are delighted that the circle got things bubbling. One member stayed up writing until 3am after a circle, the wheels were churning that much. Basically it&#8217;s a simple structure providing a happy place to focus, experiment and move forward with a community.</p><p>Want to know more? Thinking of joining (in English or French)? Feel free to contact me, Samantha Slade at sam@percolab.com</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.percolab.com/2011/11/learning-circle-update-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Équipage &#8211; premier cercle d&#8217;apprentissage</title><link>http://www.percolab.com/2011/10/equipage-premier-cercle-dapprentissage/</link> <comments>http://www.percolab.com/2011/10/equipage-premier-cercle-dapprentissage/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:50:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sam</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Apprentissage non formel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Equipage]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.percolab.com/?p=2145</guid> <description><![CDATA[À quoi ressemble un cercle d'apprentissage? Retour sur la rencontre du cercle d'apprentissage ouvert. Bienvenue aux nouveaux. ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div
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class="wp-caption-text">Le 4 octobre à ECTO - cercle d&#39;apprentissage</p></div><p>À quoi ressemble un cercle d&#8217;apprentissage? Nous avons tous des rêves de modèles alternatifs d&#8217;apprentissage. Il faut cependant avouer que, dans l&#8217;imaginaire commune, l&#8217;apprentissage tourne autour de l&#8217;école, de la classe, des enseignants, des travaux et des évaluations. Que reste-t-il si, à tout hasard, on laisse ces éléments de côté?</p><p>La question est étourdissante: existe-t-il un moyen terme entre l&#8217;ordre du système éducatif et le chaos des autodictates?</p><div
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class="wp-caption-text">Les principes directeurs</p></div><p>Les cercles d&#8217;apprentissages se situent exactement dans cette zone en offrant une structure minimale pour faire vivre un apprentissage intentionné et puissant. Une telle expérience peut se comparer à l&#8217;apprentissage d&#8217;une langue, en ce qu&#8217;elle implique de s&#8217;aventurer dans une zone d&#8217;inconfort et d&#8217;ouverture au monde à la fois. Cet espace offre à chacun la liberté et la responsabilité de créer son propre contrat d&#8217;apprentissage, de déterminer ses gestes d&#8217;apprentissage et de choisir les projets à apporter au cercle. Celui-ci agit alors comme un accélérateur, où la force du groupe propulse chacun en avant sur son chemin particulier, dans le respect et le vertige à la fois.</p><p>Le cercle d&#8217;apprentissage est ouvert à tous. Un nouveau membre peut l&#8217;intégrer en tout temps, dès qu&#8217;il est prêt à s&#8217;engager pour une période minimale de trois mois. Si vous voulez avancer avec d&#8217;autres personnes motivées et un peu dans le brouillard &#8211; venez-vous en. La prochaine rencontre aura lieu en octobre 2011, chez ECTO (Montréal) &#8211; on vous tiens au courant.</p><p>Commentaire d&#8217;un participant de la session du 4 octobre  :</p><p>&laquo;&nbsp;<em>Je suis séduit par le modèle des cercles d&#8217;apprentissages, à la fois simple, souple et puissant.&nbsp;&raquo;</em></p><p>C&#8217;est nouveau? Pas vraiment;  partout dans le monde et à travers les âges, le cercle a servit à réunir les gens et susciter la discussion et la confrontation d&#8217;idées. Il s&#8217;agit d&#8217;une forme chargée de force et de mystère qui, encore aujourd&#8217;hui, nous attire.</p><p>À suivre!</p><div
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class="wp-caption-text">Stonehenge - un cercle qui fascine encore</p></div><p
style="text-align: center;"> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.percolab.com/2011/10/equipage-premier-cercle-dapprentissage/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>What all facilitators should not go to bed without knowing</title><link>http://www.percolab.com/2011/10/what-all-facilitators-should-not-go-to-bed-without-knowing/</link> <comments>http://www.percolab.com/2011/10/what-all-facilitators-should-not-go-to-bed-without-knowing/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 02:00:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sam</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Non classé]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.percolab.com/?p=2109</guid> <description><![CDATA[What are the three essential elements for all types of facilitating? That's my takeaway from 3 days at that the Alia Institute for Authentic Leadership event in Halifax. See the video.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a
href="http://www.percolab.com/blog2/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/aoh-halifax-big.jpg"><img
class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-2111" title="aoh halifax big" src="http://www.percolab.com/blog2/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/aoh-halifax-big-1024x335.jpg" alt="" width="695" height="227" /></a>Early morning wise action activities, for certain extra eager participants. (personal photo)</p><p>What are the three essential elements for all types of facilitating? That&#8217;s my takeaway from 3 days at the Alia Institute for Authentic Leadership event in Halifax.</p><p>1. <strong>Presence</strong> &#8211; capacity to be in the moment, authentic and sincere.</p><p>This is harder than it sounds. We have gotten used to trying to appear professional, removing or separating out the true self. But this is what is needed to be able to call upon the genuine person and sincere conversations and move into work with the heart &#8211; so we as facilitators must model that.</p><p>2. <strong>Good questions</strong> &#8211; not all right questions, but amazing questions</p><p>Excellent questions open the space to explore. A good question gets at a deeper level, brings forward the quest, give room for divergent thinking. Getting to the answer is really about having formulated the right question. Take the time to do it.</p><p>3. <strong>Listening techniques</strong> &#8211; key to forward movement</p><p>There are ways to help us move beyond simply waiting our turn to speak to truly listening. From storytelling, which in the end, is more a listening technique to the good ol&#8217; speaker stick, each of us will need to find our methodologies to support genuine listening.</p><p>And, a more thorough explanation of these three key elements, right here:</p><p><object
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name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VP6zQLqzxAE?version=3&#038;feature=oembed"></param><param
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src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VP6zQLqzxAE?version=3&#038;feature=oembed" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="695" height="391" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></p><p>A simple word of wisdom that has really hit home &#8211; <em>It is caring to ask for help. A person who can not ask for help, cannot be trusted.</em> I happily shared this with my teenager at home, but he didn&#8217;t agree and I found myself having to make explicit all that makes sense in this phrase &#8211; point by point &#8211; and then of course, he went, I see what you mean. cool. Teenagers are such great teachers. <img
src='http://www.percolab.com/blog2/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /></p><p>These lessons all validate the importance of moving forward with learning circles and indeed October 4th, percolab launches an informal open learning circle, for freelancers and employees, intrapreneurs, entrepreneurs, dreamers and project makers. Anyone in Montreal ready to make a 4 hour commitment per week over 3 months. It&#8217;s a pilot experience bringing us one step closer towards our dream of launching more comprehensive learning programs built on the learning circle model for professional development in and outside of organisations.</p><p>More information on learning circle see: <a
href="http://www.percolab.com/2011/09/equipage-action-reflexion-creation/" rel="bookmark">Équipage – action – réflexion – création<br
/> </a><br
/> <a
href="http://www.percolab.com/blog2/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/IMG_8904-Edit.jpg"><img
class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2112" title="IMG_8904-Edit" src="http://www.percolab.com/blog2/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/IMG_8904-Edit.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="353" /></a>Closing shared silence and impressions activity, brilliantly facilitated. Photo from http://halifaxaoh.posterous.com/</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.percolab.com/2011/10/what-all-facilitators-should-not-go-to-bed-without-knowing/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Équipage &#8211; action &#8211; réflexion &#8211; création</title><link>http://www.percolab.com/2011/09/equipage-action-reflexion-creation/</link> <comments>http://www.percolab.com/2011/09/equipage-action-reflexion-creation/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:30:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sam</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Apprentissage non formel]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.percolab.com/?p=2081</guid> <description><![CDATA[percolab est une organisation apprenante fascinée – et même un peu obsédée, nous l'avouons – par l'apprentissage sous toutes ses formes. Une invitation.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p
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/> percolab est une organisation apprenante fascinée – et même un peu obsédée, nous l&#8217;avouons – par l&#8217;apprentissage sous toutes ses formes, particulièrement lorsqu&#8217;il est soutenu par des méthodes qui permettent d&#8217;aller au plus profond de nous-mêmes et qui donnent force au sentiment du « oui, je peux faire ». Nous croyons aussi à la force du « nous » qui se retrouve au centre des approches collaboratives. Depuis des années, nous expérimentons des pratiques qu&#8217;on pourrait étiqueter de participatives, humaines ou encore « non-conventionnelles ».</p><p>Nos réflexions sur l&#8217;apprentissage en mode collectif et individualisé &#8211; un couple étonnant &#8211; a profité immensément de l&#8217;apport d&#8217;Étienne Collignon, directeur et fondateur de <a
title="Team Factory, Paris (France)" href="http://www.teamfactory.fr/">Team Factory</a> et membre de SOL France (Paris, France) et de Philippe Volle, directeur de <a
title="In'Tech Info" href="http://www.intechinfo.fr/">In&#8217;Tech Info</a> (Paris, France) qui ont eu la générosité de partager leurs réseaux avec nous et de nous inviter à leurs activités. Nous avons discuté, exploré, réfléchi sur les différents modèles avec nos amis et conspirateurs québécois -  Jean-Sébastien et Philippe de  GrisVert, Art Campbell, Guillaume et Vincent, Monique, Simon et Patrick de Communautique &#8211; et d&#8217;autres amis-es rencontrés dans nos aller et venues transatlantiques &#8211; Theo Mensen, Imfusio, pour n&#8217;en nommer que quelques-uns . L&#8217;expédition d&#8217;apprentissage que nous avons fait en février 2011 à Team Academy en Finlande nous a permis d&#8217;approfondir une approche pédagogique innovante, qui fonctionne depuis presque 20 ans. Il nous fallait passer à l&#8217;action. Maintenant.</p><p>Un premier cercle d&#8217;apprentissage Équipage débute dans quelques jours&#8230; Curieux? Le cercle se rencontre mardi le 4 octobre 2011 chez ECTO (880 rue Roy est, espace 300, Montréal), de 16 h 30 à 20 h 30. Venez découvrir et vivre l&#8217;expérience!</p><p>Pour en connaître un peu plus sur le projet Équipage qui se met en place, consultez notre <a
title="invitation" href="http://www.percolab.com/blog2/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/%C3%89quipageInvitation.pdf">invitation</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.percolab.com/2011/09/equipage-action-reflexion-creation/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Are universities becoming the finishing schools of the future?</title><link>http://www.percolab.com/2011/05/is-higher-education-becoming-finishing-schools-of-the-future/</link> <comments>http://www.percolab.com/2011/05/is-higher-education-becoming-finishing-schools-of-the-future/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 10:49:34 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Plan de développement personnel]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.percolab.com/blog2/?p=1660</guid> <description><![CDATA[With more and more emphasis on the needs of the learner is on their employability, their commitment to lifelong learning and embracing of technologies, will universities become more like finishing schools rather than academic achievement?]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Going to university for most students has been about obtaining a degree in a field of study they are interested in, having fun and thus setting themselves up for a more secure future.</p><p>However, universities are now providing &#8216;enhanced offers&#8217;, prospectuses don&#8217;t just sell the degree and sunny happy lifestyle of university but the extra, the added value that their university is offering.</p><p>&#8216;PDP &#8211; Personal development plans is a process that enhances and supports your experience as a student and every university is actively enagaged in how it can support indivual students.&#8217;<br
/> University of Chicester prospectus outlines</p><p>And technology has an important part to play, many unviersities now have either embedded PDP planning into the curriculum or are starting to think about how best they can. e-Portfolios and how they underpin this indivual process have been evolving and moving away from the an extra tool, to becoming a key component of new modules and revised old ones.</p><p>So, as universities integrate PDP processes, get to grip in how to embed eportfolios and learning technology as part of the everyday student life; students, whether they are fuller aware are leaving university with more than the honors they were attracted to.</p><p>Graduate attributes seeks to do exactly that:</p><p>‘Graduate attributes are the qualities, skills and understandings a university community agrees its students should develop during their time with the institution. These attributes include but go beyond the disciplinary expertise or technical knowledge that has traditionally formed the core of most university courses. They are qualities that also prepare graduates as agents of social good in an unknown future.’<br
/> Bowden, Hart, King, Trigwell &amp; Watts (2000)</p><p>‘the skills, knowledge and abilities of university graduates, beyond disciplinary content knowledge, which are applicable to a range of contexts’<br
/> Barrie (2004)</p><p>So, whilst I don&#8217;t think universities will ever help you walk with perfect poise, they are looking to give you poise in terms of positioning lifelong learning as a fundamental skill, with students embracing learning technology for recording, reflecting and evaluating their learning, skills and goals, as well as values, attrubutes and commitment.</p><p>The problem however, is students still want to go to university to pass their degree and have fun, employability is something they can worry about in their final year (after the gap year maybe in the sun).</p><p>&nbsp;</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.percolab.com/2011/05/is-higher-education-becoming-finishing-schools-of-the-future/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The future is here – Hot stuff for developing skills for the 21st century</title><link>http://www.percolab.com/2011/05/the-future-is-here-%e2%80%93-hot-stuff-for-developing-skills-for-the-21st-century/</link> <comments>http://www.percolab.com/2011/05/the-future-is-here-%e2%80%93-hot-stuff-for-developing-skills-for-the-21st-century/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 10:01:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sam</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Lifelong learning]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.percolab.com/blog2/?p=1506</guid> <description><![CDATA[Wow! An innovative next generation organisational model for learning.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a
href="http://www.percolab.com/blog2/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/IMG_2690.jpg"><img
class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1507" title="IMG_2690" src="http://www.percolab.com/blog2/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/IMG_2690-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a>I recently attended a « Learning expedition » to Finland to the <a
href="http://www.jamk.fi/english/forstudents/studyguide/degreeprogrammes/generaldescriptions/degreeprogrammesinstructioninfinnish/entrepreneurshipdevelopment" target="_blank">JASK University of Applied Sciences special unit of Entrepreneurship within the Business Administration department</a>. The special unit is <a
href="http://www.tiimiakatemia.fi/en/" target="_blank">Team Academy</a>.</p><p>Wow! It is an innovative next generation organisational model for learning, matured over its 18 years of existence. Though the model is applied to the domain of entrepreneurship, the learning designer in me sees this more as a brilliant model for the development of skills for the 21st Century that could be applied to many domains.</p><p>As all types of learning providers struggle to integrate into their programs the key skills necessary for today’s knowledge society and connected world this Finish experience sheds some light. The skills I am referring to  go by many different labels (key skills, employability, 21st century skills etc) can be summed as:</p><ul><li> Autonomy/initiative taking</li><li>Communication/</li><li> Collaboration/team work</li><li>Learning to learn/self-awareness</li><li> Solving complex problems</li></ul><p><a
href="http://www.tiimiakatemia.fi/en/" target="_blank"></a><a
href="http://www.percolab.com/blog2/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/IMG_2665.jpg"><img
class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1508" title="IMG_2665" src="http://www.percolab.com/blog2/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/IMG_2665-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a>Team Academy has thought long and hard about its entrepreneurship program and has dared to not just let go of an old model but chuck it out and let emerge a new and bold one. What has crystallised is spreading across Finland and into Europe (France, Spain and the Netherlands, UK and Hungary). It is a way of of the future.</p><p>Despite being radically different from any other university program I have ever seen, there is nothing complicated to this model – it is common sense.  It’s about taking some simple, smart, healthy practices and working them into a proper sustainable organisational model. Can I give some examples? Sure, but be warned, taken separately each of the examples sounds like nothing, it is the successful system whole that integrates it all into a something that ignites and works, therein lies the wow. So…</p><ul><li><a
href="http://www.percolab.com/blog2/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/IMG_2651.jpg"><img
class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1509" title="IMG_2651" src="http://www.percolab.com/blog2/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/IMG_2651-300x214.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="214" /></a>Dialogue circles: abandoning table focused room furniture for cosy chairs in a circle and lots of big paper and big markers and some simple rules for sustaining a respectful dialogue, 4 hours each dialogue, twice a week.</li><li>Cross-fertilisation:  sitting in on what others dialogue circles of others  and learning via observation</li><li>Reading points: producing book reports for oneself, the reader, to ensure sense making for now and your future (developing your own knowledge library) and for putting ideas into your practice</li><li>Open contexts: Giving tasks without providing guidelines, trusting in people and process</li><li>Monthly school meetings: meeting of all students, all years combined, for a 2 hour sharing around a theme</li><li>Real projects:  yes real life, with real world and real people and real work</li><li>Teams: based on individual profiles, students are organised into teams that last the entire 3 and 1/2 years with their own team space</li></ul><p>You were warned, doesn’t sound like much. But when you add them up, with all the other practices and  evaluation that is synched with it all  and spin that into a coherent system, without classrooms,  well it get’s me going.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.percolab.com/2011/05/the-future-is-here-%e2%80%93-hot-stuff-for-developing-skills-for-the-21st-century/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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