Learn don't plan

Have been studying Michael Watkins, The First 90 Days. In organizations that are urdergoing realignment--where change is necessary but recognition of the need for it is lacking--a collective learning style of change can achieve better alignment and better awareness of the need for change than a plan-then-implement style of change. This seems especially relevant in most university settings, where the change is resisted organizationally with a vengeance.

Are you a creative tech professional?

My recent lecture at the National University of Singapore, The Creativity Imperative and the Technology Professional of the Future, is on line and can be viewed here. The powerpoints are viewable on slideshare (here) or in the viewer below:

Creativity Imperative Tpotf 10 07 Nus from David E. Goldberg Transforming Higher Education

It's been a while

since I last blogged. I went on vacation, got too relaxed, then the semester hit, and all heck broke loose. Anyway, quite a lot has happened in the intervening time, and I'll try to catch up with some posts over the next week or so.

Engcom.net covers engineering beat

A website called EngCom was recently brought to my attention. Engcom is a community-driven site that links to articles of engineering interest in 13 categories and asks site readers to rate the articles from boring to interesting. In addition to news articles, the site has features that include humor and inspirational and motivational quotations and stories. Learn at the About description here.

WPE-2007 last call

he 2007 Workshop on Philosophy and Engineering has posted its final call for papers here. The event is shaping up to be a turning point in engineering thought.

Oliver Starr joins Nextumi team

Well-known blogger of mobilecrunch fame and general bon vivant Oliver Starr has joined Nextumi as VP of Biz Dev. See his self-introductory post here. Nextumi is changing the shape of online sharing with its sharethis product and will play key roles in marketing, strategy, and communications.

Construction of engineering reality

Here's my take on applying Searle's Social Construction of Reality to postmodern engineering design as part of my Creative Modeling for Tech Visionaries class.

The Construction of Engineering Reality from David E. Goldberg Transforming Higher Education

Young engineer alert

All you young engineers going to the NSPE meeting in Denver at the end of the month, come see your favorite entrepreneurial engineer speak on Three Pillars of the Entrepreneurial Engineer: Pride, Passion, and Creativity. See the program here.

Flat worlds, philosophy & engineering

See the ppt over at IlliGAL Blogging here.

From GECCO to SPT

Attended GECCO-2007 for workshops and tutorials Saturday and Sunday and flew to Charleston, SC for the Society for Philosophy & Technology meeting. Blogging over at IlliGAL Blogging about it.