Yes, I always learn and develop most of my works through sharing. I am accustomed to it now.
This blog was written after listening to John Seely Brown (undated) video who used the metaphor of an architectural studio to explain the progression of learning and idea development taking place in the open. This is well known to me and I completely agree with it. I have learned over time and built whatever I am set to build by following some procedure.
- Catch up with an initial idea via a tweet, reading a book, reflecting on an experience, talking to a friend
- At that point, my energy gets high, I add it to a to-do list and put a sentence or two write-up around it to concretize my new found thought.
- Nothing elaborate comes from the above until I am either compelled by demands of work, responsibility etc. OR I am made to discuss it further with my community of practice (CoP) over a cup coffee, phone call, WhatsApp chat etc. In fact, a lot of my key points to flesh ideas have come from actually discussing the idea with others.
The above makes John's analogy very apt to me.
Reference
Seeley Brown, J. (undated) ‘Tinkering as a Mode of Knowledge Production in a Digital Age’, The Open Architectural Studio, Carneigie Foundation [online]. Available at https://vimeo.com/ 2183356 (Last accessed 25 November 2020).