Incidentally, at 80 Ed's a "youngster" compared with Chris Argyris!
The conference ended at noon (I also attended two other sesssions and the town meeting) and I drove back to Stonington. Good conference -- lots of usable ideas from program level to course activities.
Attended sessions all day -- starting at 8:15 AM and finishing at 6 PM. First a short discussion of service learning courses, then the day's keynote by Chris Argyris on Leadership, Culture, and Traps -- who exceeded all expectations -- and received a standing ovation. (In case you're wondering, he's 85). After the break -- and a walk to another building -- a student designed exercise intended to illustrate Kousner and Posner's e
xemplary leadership practices, with good audience discussion on other ways to incorporate the activity into a class.
ly use it -- and went to a panel discussion where top HR executives talked about what business leaders want from management students. The evening program was a barbeque and the famous OBTC talent show. Diana and I decided to forego the talent show and retreat to the peace and quiet of her home. A tiring but stimulating day!
nother was about using James Perry's stages of cognitive development for diagnosing groups, and a third on the design of a diversity module for MBA students at Harvard. Good teaching stuff in all of them.
Hot, no wind, flat calm, all day. And the weather rubbed off onto my work ethic. I did finish the handouts for the OBTC presentation, clarified a tricky faculty qualification situation, and made some important decisions for my course next semester. But my research feels as if I have umteen partly completed projects that will never be finished. I've become too fragmented -- partly because I can feel myself getting sucked back into WCOB, and partly because I've let my timetable disintegrate. 
