Misc. Resources

Hi folks. Usually I try to keep these posts to a single topic. However this one contains links to a variety of really good resources that have come across my screen in the last few days. So, in no particular order, here are some interesting things for you to check out.

Workplace Challenges Among the Generations: This topic holds great intrigue for me. There are lots of resources out there, but three that I recommend looking at are:

• Harvard Business On-Line
• Center on Aging and Community at the University of Indianapolis (be sure to see their new study on the Aging Workforce
• The Generational Imperative

Questions: I've become a strong proponent of using questions to evoke deeper thinking and as a way to facilitate lasting change. Here are some resources on that front.

• CIO Magazine: Questions to Make You a Better Leader
• World Cafe

Blogs and Wikis: I'm now in the "wiki" game. I'm still trying to learn how best to use them, but came across a fun little video that helps to better understand what a wiki is and how it works. I've even started a wiki for my colleagues in the Association of Leadership Educators to continue a discussion we started last week. It looks like a pretty useful tool for collaborative work.

Here are some useful blogs that I look at often:

• http://www.leadershipnow.com/leadingblog/
• Lead Quietly
• How to Change the World
• Change Management Blog
• Whole System Innovation: the Blog
• Smart Communities

The really nice thing about Blogs and Wikis is that with RSS feeds they are very easy to keep up with. (They tell you when they've been updated).

That's enough links for now. I hope you find some of these useful.

Be well. /jeff