Learna-what?

As I rework the look and layout of this blog, it seems fitting I should give a little background on where the blog’s been and where it might be going. If that’s what you’re here to learn, wonderful. If not, consider checking out my background story, biography, Twitter status, LinkedIn profile or publicly available writing.

Although I’ve run magazines, published for almost two decades, and replied “writer” at least a dozen times when asked my profession, the fact is I’m not a fast writer, not a typical blog writer when I compare myself to friends who are. I’m more of an editor in writers’ clothes, an outgoing introvert who first considers before codifying, not overly critical of my own writing but most comfortable ruminating then writing then reflecting and writing more than articulating quickly and posting what I’m attending to right now. (I use Twitter for that.) At times I write on the blog in great bursts, finding a slew of interesting angles and resources I can’t wait to share, and then at other times I let it lapse for months.

Read my blog because you’re interested in the breadth of my topics, the perspectives I bring into the open, and to get a glimpse at some of the thoughts on my mind. As the title implies, I write on learning, leadership, and life. Don’t look here for the news (although I publish something newsworthy on occasion), what’s hot by society’s standards, or to get a wide lens view of my favorite themes.

My schedule is erratic and yet steady, and I aim for the posts to always be fresh. It’s the conversation I educe in the marketplace that excites me and it’s for the interaction either through comments, email, or elsewhere that I write.

This blog is my edge of the Internet where I can be a bricoleur. The term is from the French-language verb bricoler, meaning “to tinker” or “to fiddle.” A bricoleur is a person who creates things from scratch, is creative and resourceful: a person who collects information and things and then puts them together (creating bricolage) in a way that they were not originally designed to do.

Now that I’ve explained why I’m here, I look forward to learning why you’re here and if there is a way we can engage in something new. I look forward to joining with you as I fiddle, play around with ideas, approach something compelling and illuminate corners to something more.

All-ways learning,