Worthwhile Reading - From the Frozen WestHarold,

Hope all is well in Sackville - it certainly has to be
warmer than Saskatoon - I gotta stop living in cold
cities and towns that start with "S".

I found Jim Collins "Good to Great" (2001) to be worthwhile
reading, although it's not as "research-based" as Collins
would have use believe. Sometimes I read these things just
to be able to refute glossed or incorrect versions I hear
from other executives.

For any instructional design folks out there, David Jonassen's
"Learning to Solve Problems: An Instructional Design Guide" (2003)
is an excellent and well-writen resource. Jonassen is becoming
the new Polya with respect to reverse-engineering the problem-solving
process and its related pedagogy/andragogy.

I still refuse to read "Who Moved My Cheese" (1998, Johnson)
or the "One Minute Manager" (Blanchard, 1990) and I think
your readers should too. Awful!

Merry Christmas all!

David Francis
Academic Director, SIAST Virtual Campus