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Sketchy Ideas Episode 52: Looking Back for the Future

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00:40 Intro

  • Intro/Opening remarks
  • The topic is: Looking back for the future (Reflection)

    • 1:45 Sponsors

    • SPEARity (SPEARity.com)
    • Cream City Marketing (creamcitymarketing.com)

      • 3:47 What is reflection?

      • Looking back at what happened
      • Looking back as the process for continuous improvement
      • Reflection as a methodology or framework for taking the lessons of the past and applying them forward
      • Get insight from everyone working on a project
      • More insight = more data = more patterns
      • “People besides you have good thoughts too” - M
      • Why reflect?
        • To get better

          • 5:48 Is it important?

          • Reflection supports an overall idea
          • Michael reflected his time teaching at summer camp
            • The goal is to develop the students there
            • While also developing the staff there
            • And actively trying to develop the curriculum
            • Meta-developing the development process

              • 7:15 Is it time for you to reflect?

              • Are you tired of making the same mistakes?
              • “I just can’t figure that out”
              • Do you keep doing it the same way and you see no significant improvement or changes?

                • 9:55 How do you do it?

                • Start with your feedback (See episode 51 on PINT-sized feedback)
                • Tag your feedback (+-!?)
                  • Your feedback needs to have a value
                  • Split your project into a timeline (days, modules, etc.)
                  • What was your end objective?
                  • “Your effort should have a goal” -M
                  • When you reflect, did you or didn’t you accomplish your goal?

                    • 15:05 Practical Standpoint

                    • Looking for trends
                    • More positives than negatives
                    • Are there a lot of questions?
                    • Are there new ideas?
                    • Does all of the feedback get you closer or farther away from your goal?

                      • 24:30 When to implement the new changes

                      • Capture how you did in the moment
                      • Let it sit emotionally a bit and come back fresh
                      • Need to be able to distance your emotion from the process in order to implement the changes needed

                        • 30:55 Closing remarks

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