Last night I presented The Luxury of Contemplation: Why we owe ourselves time to reflect on our work at Refresh the Triangle.
The talk is about how my work with Take Two IMLS grant has afforded me a luxury to spend time understanding my work that I won’t soon give up, no matter what work I’m doing or who’s funding it. In the talk, I outline the patterns I use when reflecting on my work:
- Ask a Question
- Identify (re)Sources
- Have Good Tools
- Play to Your Strengths
- Share Your Work
- Keep Going
And encourage others to ask themselves three questions, once posed by Richard Hamming at his 1986 talk, You and Your Research:
- What are the biggest problems in your field?
- Are you working on one of them?
- Why not?
Visit Slideshare to read the notes that accompany each slide.
