Jim McLaughlin's Blog

Have you ever wondered whether your work efforts were really creating value? From what I’ve seen in organizations, a lot of people have that experience. The problem is that many times they don’t do anything about it. Not long ago I spoke at a company meeting about the challenges of complexity in organizations. At one… Read more

“Shadow of the Leader” is a term coined by Larry Senn in the 1970s. It refers to the effect a leader’s behavior has on those who look to her for cues as to what is acceptable and what conduct is expected in the workplace. It sounds pretty obvious once you think about it, but as… Read more

A frustrated CEO recently shared with me that her employees had lost their edge. They were internally focused, their speed-to-market was down, and they couldn’t find a good balance between serving customers well while making healthy margins. The result was slow progress against the company strategy and an inability to profitably deliver on the value… Read more

I often talk about how netTrekker is a collection of resources that have been teacher-reviewed, so teachers can feel comfortable sending students to netTrekker to do research. Over the last several weeks, I have been working on gathering instructional resources to go along with a new curriculum. I was trying to work quickly to finish… Read more

There is currently another curriculum review underway in the UK. Emma Worley asks whether lessons in morality be considered within the review and if schools should ‘build character and virtue’, how should this be done? “Over the last two decades, many would agree that our educational philosophy at every level has been more and more… Read more

I admit, the more I’ve been exploring and using Edmodo, the more I’ve grown to love it. Last week I spoke with a Science teacher who really wanted to find new ways to get her students to collaborate with each other. She already uses Google Docs on a regular basis so students can collaborate and… Read more