Professionally

Making the jump from academia to starting the Improvement Colaboratory within Improving Education continues to be a great thing. The timing seems to have been prescient. We are continuing to work with several improvement teams and networks. As a team we are learning everyday about the methods and tools of improvement. We are in the process of writing about what we are learning.

[I wrote this in 2024 - still relevant and operant today in 2026]

Generally

Considering two word-beings for this year: Consistency and Presence

Me in a page

Reading

Foundation | Isaac Asimov

Causal Processes and Their Warrant | Nancy Cartwright, Eileen Munroe, John Pemberton

Measuring to Improve | Eds. Paul LeMahieu, Paul Cobb

[Updated 2026-06-20]

Put Down for Now

The Human Condition | Hannah Arendt

Remains of the Day | Kazuo Ishiguro

Active Inference | Thomas Park, Giovanni Pezzulo, Karl Friston

Read

Non-Things: Upheaval in the Lifeworld | Byung-Chul Han

On Bullshit | Harry G. Frankfurt

Redemption Ark | Alastair Reynolds

Absolution Gap | Alastair Reynolds

Inhibitor Phase | Alastair Reynolds