Human and Organizational Learning Category
In the News: Cultivating Time
Posted on October 3, 2016 Leave a Comment
October 3, 2016 While not exactly “in the news,” I subscribe to Jennifer Garvey Berger‘s Cultivating Leadership blog and woke up this morning to see her new post on Cultivating Time. A note of background, Berger is a leadership development adviser and coach who I met when she guest lectured in Bob Kegan’s Adult Development […]
Summer Research Conclusion
Posted on September 14, 2016 Leave a Comment
September 14, 2016 Much to my dismay, summer has ended and classes have begun again here at GW. I am so grateful to the Sigur Center for Asian Studies at the Elliot School for International Affairs here at GW for affording me the opportunity to conduct a research project this summer in Thailand and Myanmar through the […]
The Land of Golden Pagodas
Posted on February 26, 2016 Leave a Comment
February 26, 2016 I remember picking up Freedom From Fear in 2009 off a dusty bookshelf in Chiang Mai and reading the powerful essays of Myanmar’s (Burma’s) pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. It was in those pages my interest in Myanmar began. With a voracious appetite I devoured several other books by Aung San Suu Kyi […]
3 Reflections from the Doctoral Colloquium at AHRD 2016
Posted on February 21, 2016 Leave a Comment
February 21, 2016 Last week, I attended the Doctoral Colloquium at the Association for Human Resource Development (AHRD) 2016 conference in the Americas in Jacksonville, FL. I will post more about the conference as a whole but first I wanted to spend a few minutes reflecting on the Doctoral Colloquium. The Doctoral Colloquium was a […]
Researching complex social issues? What’s your paradigm?
Posted on February 21, 2016 2 Comments
February 21, 2016 How would you solve a complex social issue like high school dropout? How would you study it? It turns out, it depends a lot on the assumptions you have about the nature of the world. Without too much jargon, we call this set of assumptions about the nature of reality a paradigm, worldview, […]
Beginning Year Two
Posted on September 17, 2015 Leave a Comment
It was a fantastic summer. Khai and I gallivanted around the US visiting friends and family, my brother was married in Portland to a wonderful woman, Emily, and I was able to work on some exciting academic projects. Alas, summer is ending and year two of my doctoral studies has begun. Here I am with […]
Changing the Discourse in Human Resource Development
Posted on June 28, 2015 Leave a Comment
As a young scholar, I get hard copies of the academic journals I subscribe to. I like to read through the articles and get a better grasp of what’s going on in the literature. One of these journals is the Human Resource Development Review (HRDR), edited by Julia Storberg-Walker of George Washington University. My friend […]
What does diversity and inclusion mean to you?
Posted on April 15, 2015 2 Comments
I attended a half-day conference at The George Washington University last week on diversity and inclusion in the workplace sponsored by one of the big consulting firms in the US. My adviser, Dr. Maria Cseh, co-led one of the breakout sessions entitled Leading and Engaging Our People. I have four short reflections I want to […]
Amazing Course in Ireland – Summer 2015
Posted on April 3, 2015 Leave a Comment
One of the great things about being at the Graduate School of Education and Human Development (GSEHD) at The George Washington University is opportunities like this summer course: HOL 6747 – International and Multicultural Issues in Organizations. From June 1-5, I am going with my adviser Dr. Maria Cseh and a class of students to […]
Oliver S. Crocco 