The Fishbowl

Through this course, I was able to learn about the four characteristics of globalization. Globalization is the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale. The four global phenomena are integrated networking structur...

12/10/19 "I think we maintained a quiet energy of reflective learning during the semester. I am aware that even if you haven’t posted as much as you would have liked, your learning was deep and introspective." I agree with you, we learned from reading your emails and through each class. I have learn...

12/7/19 Action learning is one way to approach a problem. We are action learning in the fishbowl in small groups. We are constantly reflecting on emails and what we've done with the 10+1 steps. By doing this we are developing a different mindset and way to tackle obstacles. We are learning to be mor...

1. Structure: Unique: being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else Innovative: featuring new methods; advanced and original Capabilities: the power or ability to do something 2. Word Pool: Unique: distinctive, individual, special, quirky, isolated, single, unrepeated, exclusive, rare Innovat...

1. Structure: Dynamic: (of a process or system) characterized by constant change, activity, or progress Decision: a conclusion or resolution reached after consideration Making: essential qualities or ingredients needed for something 2. Word Pool: Dynamic: active, influential, forceful, changing, pow...

12/03/19 Coming close to the end of this semester, I am thinking about how I can take what I've learned in this course and implement it into future courses and into the business environment. "What we experience in our fishbowls is the "centrality of media" in emergent global societies. There is a th...

12/2/19

The fishbowl revolves around our words. We are deconstructing and reconstructing text. We each have a different pathway to finding ourselves, but they all start at the same point. Our process has been developing throughout the semester.

12/2/19

We are creating technical images within the fishbowl. We have learned to perceive and value the world and ourselves differently.
"We are societies in mutation."

12/1/19 We are constantly on the move and going with the flow. We are moving around the fishbowl and moving around life. In a business setting we must go with the flow and learn how to present yourself. It is important to focus on your performance and how you are doing in the business, or the fishbo...

12/1/19

“Maturity is the ability to live fully and equally in multiple contexts,” poet and philosopher David Whyte wrote in one of his most beautiful meditations. 
Maturity comes from intentional character-sculpting. We must consistently be relearning. We are doing so in the fishbowl.

11/29/19

Throughout my experience in the fishbowl I have learned to be open and flexible to everything I am doing. It is good to look back at old postings to gain perspective.

12/03/19

Media: the main means of mass communication (broadcasting, publishing, and the Internet) regarded collectively
Ecology: the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings