Brokering more knowledge in 2007:
I've been busy with my work since October, so have put nothing up since then, but my plan is simple.
Starting in January 2007, I'll put up more entries reflecting the work I'm doing, especially new sites, links, documents and reports I come across. I hope it will be an improvement.
Merry Xmas & all the best for the New Year
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Sunday, October 15, 2006
Back again ... away again
I'm back again - a month gone by, during which I had an obituary for the King of Tonga published in the UK national daily, The Guardian (www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,1876280,00.html), and had a weekend in Berlin. Next week I'm off again, this time to Ottawa and Toronto, for more work with the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation, and a conference run by them in Toronto. It will be my third visit to Canada in the past twelve months.
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Internet reportage of a king's death
It's fascinating to see the vast outpouring of obituaries, profiles, 'life and times' accounts, photographs, funeral preparations and personal reflections, all responding to the death of Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, late King of Tonga.
Internet reportage has transformed the way global events are covered. Forty one years ago, when Queen Salote died, the only media were the conventional press, radio, print media and national television services. Now the minutiae are spread via the internet, satellite television and radio, print media and their internet outlets.
I particularly like the Fiji Times reports, which give response to the present events, and reproduce their reports of the late King's Coronation in 1967.
Images of people's mourning is posted almost as it occurs, and one can only expect a further deluge of postings as the funeral approaches. For those of us who cannot get back to Tonga to be there, this is as good as it gets, and in some respects, the coverage is very, very good.
Internet reportage has transformed the way global events are covered. Forty one years ago, when Queen Salote died, the only media were the conventional press, radio, print media and national television services. Now the minutiae are spread via the internet, satellite television and radio, print media and their internet outlets.
I particularly like the Fiji Times reports, which give response to the present events, and reproduce their reports of the late King's Coronation in 1967.
Images of people's mourning is posted almost as it occurs, and one can only expect a further deluge of postings as the funeral approaches. For those of us who cannot get back to Tonga to be there, this is as good as it gets, and in some respects, the coverage is very, very good.
Sunday, September 10, 2006
In Memoriam: King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV of Tonga
Sunday 10th September, 2006.
I learned via a prompt email from a friend in Fiji, that the King of Tonga had died, aged 88 years. He had reigned as king of the South Pacific Island Kingdom since 1965, when he succeeded his mother, Queen Salote Tupou III, who had been queen from the age of 18, in 1918.
Taufa'ahau, who was educated in Australia, and was the first Tongan to gain a university degree (BA LLB, from the University of Sydney), contributed greatly to the development of Tongan society, both while he was Crown Prince, and Premier, and after becoming king.
He was the moderniser,the innovator, attracted to novelty and grand schemes, some very practical and beneficial to improving the Tongan economy, and the lot of ordinary Tongans, and some not so practical or beneficial. A big man in all respects, Taufa'ahau Tupou IV will be missed, and his passing will allow for further democratic changes, long awaited.
The King's funeral will doubtless be a grand affair, possibly the last of its scale that Tongan society will see. It will be fascinating to watch how the kingdom develops under the next king.
[I have a lifelong connection with Tonga, having been to school in New Zealand with the late Prince Tu'ipelehake, and the Hon. Ma'ulupekotofa Tuita, having taught as a volunteer teacher in Tonga in 1969, and visited several other times, for study and for pleasure. I speak Tongan still, and would like to visit gain in the future, possibly for the coronation of the next king]
I learned via a prompt email from a friend in Fiji, that the King of Tonga had died, aged 88 years. He had reigned as king of the South Pacific Island Kingdom since 1965, when he succeeded his mother, Queen Salote Tupou III, who had been queen from the age of 18, in 1918.
Taufa'ahau, who was educated in Australia, and was the first Tongan to gain a university degree (BA LLB, from the University of Sydney), contributed greatly to the development of Tongan society, both while he was Crown Prince, and Premier, and after becoming king.
He was the moderniser,the innovator, attracted to novelty and grand schemes, some very practical and beneficial to improving the Tongan economy, and the lot of ordinary Tongans, and some not so practical or beneficial. A big man in all respects, Taufa'ahau Tupou IV will be missed, and his passing will allow for further democratic changes, long awaited.
The King's funeral will doubtless be a grand affair, possibly the last of its scale that Tongan society will see. It will be fascinating to watch how the kingdom develops under the next king.
[I have a lifelong connection with Tonga, having been to school in New Zealand with the late Prince Tu'ipelehake, and the Hon. Ma'ulupekotofa Tuita, having taught as a volunteer teacher in Tonga in 1969, and visited several other times, for study and for pleasure. I speak Tongan still, and would like to visit gain in the future, possibly for the coronation of the next king]
Friday, July 28, 2006
Outdoor living... mmm.
Outdoor living ... mmm. The weather has been so good recently, we've been able to eat in our garden virtually every evening for the past three weeks. Indeed, before about 7.00 p.m., it has been too hot, largely, to be outside. Climate change has guilty little short term benefits.
Thursday, July 06, 2006
What have I been doing?
What have I been doing since May, that I've not posted until now.
On a personal note, today I had possibly my last session with a clinical psychologist in Nottingham, with whom I have talked for eight years following my pain management course in Nottingham in 1998. I doubt I would have been doing most of the things I'm doing now if it hadn't been for that course, which came at just the right time for me.
Professionally, I've been busy, with a week during June in Ottawa, at the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation [CHSRF], working to set up a resource 'repository' for decisionmakers. It was a very busy week, with a lot achieved. Now we must consolidate it. Since my return, I've been busy collecting resources for a CDHPP social enterprise summer school, which is in progress this week, and apparently is going very well.
On a personal note, today I had possibly my last session with a clinical psychologist in Nottingham, with whom I have talked for eight years following my pain management course in Nottingham in 1998. I doubt I would have been doing most of the things I'm doing now if it hadn't been for that course, which came at just the right time for me.
Professionally, I've been busy, with a week during June in Ottawa, at the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation [CHSRF], working to set up a resource 'repository' for decisionmakers. It was a very busy week, with a lot achieved. Now we must consolidate it. Since my return, I've been busy collecting resources for a CDHPP social enterprise summer school, which is in progress this week, and apparently is going very well.
The theory of the long tail
Thursday 6 July 2006
The Independent Extra today has a cover article on how consumers have taken control of popular culture, and virtually insisted that a wide choice of goods and services are available.
The article is based on a new book called 'The Long Tail' by Chris Anderson. I think it could be very influential this year, in the same way the Tipping Point and Blink have been.
The Independent Extra today has a cover article on how consumers have taken control of popular culture, and virtually insisted that a wide choice of goods and services are available.
The article is based on a new book called 'The Long Tail' by Chris Anderson. I think it could be very influential this year, in the same way the Tipping Point and Blink have been.
Sunday, May 21, 2006
Knowledge Work
'Thinking for a living' is Thomas Davenport's definition of the work for many people in the modern world - knowledge workers. Contrary to common belief, this is not just knowledge managers, brokers or knowledge transfer 'workers, but much broader.
Monday, March 06, 2006
Blogging may be random communication, but...
Blogging may be random communication, but sometimes that randomness is its strength, making unexpected connections.
Knowledge brokering, knowledge transfer and exchange - my daily work - are more focused on relationships with a purpose, and if I could bring the two together, that could be of much value. Meantime, I'll work on both, publish in both fields.
Knowledge brokering, knowledge transfer and exchange - my daily work - are more focused on relationships with a purpose, and if I could bring the two together, that could be of much value. Meantime, I'll work on both, publish in both fields.
Monday, February 20, 2006
Heather Dale, therapist: New website.
My partner, Heather Dale, is an experienced psychotherapist, and her new web site has just gone live. It has a background of photos from Ninety Mile Beach, New Zealand, her favourite spot outside West Yorkshire.
The url is:
http://www.heatherdale.counselling.co.uk/
The url is:
http://www.heatherdale.counselling.co.uk/
CDHPP & CHE - two web sites where I work
I work at the University of Leeds, and my knowledge brokerage work is part of two web sites:
Centre for the Development of Healthcare Policy and Practice
http://www.cdhpp.leeds.ac.uk
Centre for Health Enterprise
http://www.healthenterprise.leeds.ac.uk
These will give readers something of an idea about my work. My personal note/biography on these sites gives more information. I'm happy to answer queries.
Centre for the Development of Healthcare Policy and Practice
http://www.cdhpp.leeds.ac.uk
Centre for Health Enterprise
http://www.healthenterprise.leeds.ac.uk
These will give readers something of an idea about my work. My personal note/biography on these sites gives more information. I'm happy to answer queries.
Monday, January 23, 2006
Happy New Year - and a healthy one...
I'm glad to say that I'm now quite well. I had chest infections up to Christmas, but three weeks in the New Zealand summer helped my recovery immensely. We were there from December 19th to January 8th, and had a lovely time - visited our new house, saw my favourite uncle (Roy), celebrated Xmas in the sun, and saw the New Year in at my brother's farm. We played with my six great nieces and great nephews, and that was fun. We drove miles and miles the length of the country, from the Bay of Islands in the north to Dunedin in the south, with visits to Rotorua (Xmas), and Maruia Springs ( just before New Year). It was really relaxing and just what Heather and I needed.
Now I'm back to the day job - knowledge manager and knowledge broker at Leeds University, and thinking of ways to go and work and live back in New Zealand. I can dream...
Now I'm back to the day job - knowledge manager and knowledge broker at Leeds University, and thinking of ways to go and work and live back in New Zealand. I can dream...
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