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Monday, November 06, 2017

My Top Ten Resources for Encouraging People To Actually Work Out Loud (as at 6 November 2017)

Background

I am currently in Week 9 (Explore more original contributions) of my second Working Out Loud circle. The main exercise in this week’s circle guide is titled “Your Top Ten”:-

“Your Top Ten” is a list of ten resources related to your goal that you found particularly useful or interesting - blogs, presentations, videos, and other other self-published sites. It might be books or projects or even people. For example, your list might be titled “My Top 10 resources for 3D printing” or “Ten inventors who have inspired me ” or “Ten great books on innovation.”

My circle goal this time round is:

"To read Jane Bozarth's "Show Your Work: The Payoffs and How-To's of Working Out Loud" book in 10 weeks, apply it by making notes of the book and adding my perspective and thoughts to those notes and then actually showing my work during the 10 weeks. This will include seeking feedback on that work and looking for co-creation opportunities with a view to actually co-creating products in weeks 7-9."


Introduction

This list came really quickly once I decided to specifically focus on working out loud given sharing your work was my main circle goal. However, initially, I thought I would list specific things that I should WOL about but changed my mind.

I have recently documented my definitive view on recruiting for a WOL circle in response to a question by someone in the WOL FB group. This plus sharing some WOL links with a senior FB exec made me rethink what WOL resources I share and why. There are a few recently-published resources that are helpful.

Clearly, this list as with all lists is personal to me but hopefully will be encouraging to others.


My Top 10

1: Jane Bozarth's Show Your Work

I read this during the circle. Made notes. Published them here and in the Show Your Work Slack workspace. Practically helpful. I need to merge notes into one blog post prior to circle end.


2: WOL Circle Guides

Working Out Loud is but one part of circling. The guides definitely encourage people in a circle to work out loud with increasing variety, creativity and depth as you go through the 12 weeks of a circle.


3: John Stepper's Keynote at ZF Group

The longest audio/video of John that I have heard/seen including some challenging questions which are deftly answered. Great, wide-ranging content.


4: Helen Blunden's Snapchats and YouTube Channel

A great example of someone WOL-ing and being practically helpful. Deep insight into life as a freelancer. Helen posts her snaps (that die after 24 hours) on to YouTube as a permanent content repository. A kindred spirit re depth (& length!) of written posts/comments – a good thing.


5: Michelle Ockers’ Snapchats and YouTube Channel

Michelle introduced me to WOL/PKM just over a year ago. Her snaps die after 24 hours. Often deeply personal into her life. Similar to Helen but tends to be more deeply specific about her client assignments and her personal development.


6: John Stepper's TED Talk

Historically, the main WOL resource I have shared as an intro to WOL and WOL Circles. Less than 10 mins. I note that the TED brand may be a draw for some and encourage them to watch. However, I will probably share the ZF keynote instead moving forward even though that one is circa 1 hour but for me is now a better intro to the subject. If the other person really cannot afford time to watch, I could send the ZF short interview with John.


7: John Stepper's Podcast Interview with Ingo Stoll and Sebastian Hollmann

Like the ZF keynote, this is very recent and good to hear the questions and answers from 2 questioners who really wanted to know more about the subject and asked some great basic and deep helpful questions.

Loved the co-creation of this interview too! Ingo’s podcast page and Sebastian’s podcast page.


8: “Show Your Work! 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered” by Austin Kleon

I have not read this book (yet) but probably need to! Austin is an arty/ creative person so presumably comes to this more from that angle so may have useful insights.


9: How Working Out Loud/ Show Your Work relates to WOL Circles

I need to write this! I have a deepening and widening perception that some people tend to align themselves to “camps” with some who WOL saying they/you do not need to be in Circles to work out loud (aka share your work) and those who are into circles and who may not Show Their Work as much as non-circlers. This may only be my perception. As someone who straddles the 2 “camps”, I may be well-placed to address this issue. I have had some interesting convos on this in recent days.


10: "Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance" by Atul Gawande

An amazingly inspirational book that I read in July 2018. There was a quote from this book in Jane’s book that deeply challenged me about writing as a reflective practice (see below). I definitely need to apply that quote. Lots of lessons learned in the medical field that can be applied in all other fields.


Your view?

If you did a list of such resources, what different resources would be on your list?

Additional Resources

Since this original post, I am now using this post as a repository for other WOL-related resources.

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