Wednesday 18th of February we will have an interactive webinar with Harold Jarche. You probably have heard about the Seek-Sense-Share model, and in this webinar we will look at the skills you need to effectively use this model as a professional.
Two weeks ago we had the opportunity to work with Harold Jarche for a couple of days, and I reflected om below presented statements. Although they were not that new to me, they helped me focus again. One valuable insight I got out was that I do have an interesting and diverse network of people around me, but I could make much more use of it, then I do now. And one of my strengths is the tools and techniques I use to capture my knowledge. When I start with a new project, I can easily find a couple of blogposts and articles that help me get started. I hope those statements are helpful to you as well!
Please rate yourself on the following statements (Low 1 – 5 High):
- I know the area of knowledge I want to focus on.
- I know what knowledge I have that is interesting to share with others.
- I have good tools and techniques, which help me capture my knowledge.
- When a colleague asks me for a specific tool or method I have used, I can easily find it in my ‘library’.
- I regularly discuss my questions and experiences with colleagues.
- I have access to the field of knowledge that is interesting to me.
- I have several positive examples of situations in which my network helped me out.
- I regularly seek out new areas to observe and gain insights.
- When I look at my network, there is enough diversity for innovation and new perspectives.
- I regularly take time to reflect on my learning and capture my ideas.
Question to you: What is an aspect you rate very high? What is something you want to improve?
- Please identify one aspect you know you are really good at, with a short explanation.
- Share one aspect you want to improve or an aspect you have questions about.
You can share your answers below as a comment to this blogpost. We will use the results of this reflection exercise in the webinar. Looking forward reading about your strengths and questions!
A high rating for me is that I am curious, I am really good at seeking out new areas to observe an gain insights. A result of my curiosity is that I collect a lot information I want to do something with, for example use in a training, or work smarter. Really often it stays with collecting information and a lot of books which i am going to read …ever.
That part i want to improve is the tools en techniques which help me capture my knowledge.
I think I’m really good at having good tools and techniques, which help me capture my knowledge. I use a different type of tools to seek, filter and to share knowledge.
Now i’m at the point of sensemaking and focusing: what is the specific area I want to focus on. And also: do I want to be a specialist or less or more a generalist?
I know what area of knowledge I want to focus on and I manage to find interesting people and networks for me through social media like Twitter or blogs. But sensemaking and sharing is something I want to pay more attention to. Sharing for me often is: reading a blog post, add a comment and then post in on Twitter. I would like to take more time to reflect upon my learnings, experiment with new ideas and then share my experiences.
What I am really good at, is the first statement: I do know the area I want to focus on. I have been working as a trainer and I want to continue doing so and I want to continue to learn and grow. I do want to improve my skills with regard to using social media in class.
My point for improvement is “7: I have several positive examples of situations in which my network helped me out.” I don’t. I do have a network, but I am not utilising it, so to speak.
very often I have to many different area’s I want to focus on at THE same time. So in THE end I don’t focus at all.
I am knowledgeable in my area’s of expertise, therefore point 2 was THE one I think is THE most intriging one. Most of THE time I share new insights. New to me. perhaps I can focus a little bit more on old for me and perhaps new for THE reader.
As a person I have a broad interest with a drive to learn and search for new things. This is reflected in my work (this year I will work on many different topic e.g. curriculum development, seed sector development, landscape approaches etc) and in my hobbies (i have tried many many sports). I therefore do not have one focus and I have accepted that that is the case which comes back to that my knowledge should be more in processes than in topics (that will change). I am good at using my network for sharing and exchanging experience, information as well as asking for help and guidance. I need to be better at organising my ‘library’ (nr 4) and finding the right tools and techniques in capturing my knowldge (nr 3).
I’m good at the first statement. I know the area of knowledge I want to focus on and I use several tools for collecting knowledge. I’m also discussing experiences and things I found with my collegues (mostly face to face). I want to improve on capturing the knowledge and sensemaking. Often it stays with collecting and I can’t always find it when I need it. I’d also llike to take more time for reflection on my learning and capturing my ideas.
I’m good at finding the sources for new knowledge I want to have and use. From there the mess is in my memory/ head. I select what to use in an intuitive way and I trust on it. What I want to learn is to select what to share and with who. Once I had an bad experience: the person I shared with ‘ran away’ and made a commercial succes. I also am learning how to organise what I find and think and see: the marriage between Evernote and Moleskin and me…
My strength is that I regularly seek out new areas to observe and gain insights. I’m a curious person and easily enthousiastic. I know a bit about of a lot of things and that also helps me to connect to people and connect others. I regularly reflect on my own learning in the projects that I do, but not on other areas I am interested and in which I would like to move forward- if there is no daily need for me to learn quickly… I would like to focus more and grow in the areas I would like to grow in personally- even if those areas are not yet imbedded in my work that much.
I tend to find many interesting things either through focused seeking or stumbling upon them. Where I think I can improve is better organizing this information (my library) and finding better ways to process it, also through conversations in my social networks. The questions also highlight that you need to engage in a continuous practice of seeking, sensemaking and sharing- build it into your routine.
Since I discussed Diigo, you might be interested in these new tutorials on how to use it:
http://www.cultofpedagogy.com/diigo/