Professionally

Making the jump from academia to starting the Improvement Colaboratory within Improving Education continues to be a great thing. The timing seems to have been prescient. We are continuing to work with several improvement teams and networks. As a team we are learning everyday about the methods and tools of improvement. We make tools out of what we learn. These tools help us learn more. We are in the process of writing about what we are learning.

[I wrote this in 2024 - still relevant and operant today in 2026]

Generally

Considering two word-beings for this year: Consistency and Presence

Me in a page

Reading

Foundation | Isaac Asimov

The Metaphysical Club | Louis Menand

On Looking | Alexandria Horowitz

Imagined Worlds | Freeman Dyson

The Art of the Commonplace | Wendell Berry

[Updated 2026-09-02]

Put Down for Now

The Human Condition | Hannah Arendt

Remains of the Day | Kazuo Ishiguro

Active Inference | Thomas Park, Giovanni Pezzulo, Karl Friston

Causal Processes and Their Warrant | Nancy Cartwright, Eileen Munroe, John Pemberton

Measuring to Improve | Eds. Paul LeMahieu, Paul Cobb

Read

Rissa Kerguelen Series | F. M. Busby

Non-Things: Upheaval in the Lifeworld | Byung-Chul Han

On Bullshit | Harry G. Frankfurt

Redemption Ark | Alastair Reynolds

Absolution Gap | Alastair Reynolds

Inhibitor Phase | Alastair Reynolds