This week I organised my first ‘ideas group’ at work, which was simply choosing a designated time and place with two other colleagues to chat about any book that we’ve recently read. I’ve never done anything like this before, but it was suggested as a good thing to try out at a recent training course I attended, so I thought I’d give it a whirl.
A thirty minute session, ten minutes each. This is what I learnt:
So I was pleasantly surprised by this first session, for a number of reasons. I think I organised the group because I love reading or listening to podcasts about philosophy, but I have no one to discuss the ideas with. So, the ideas group will allow me to talk about what I’m most interested in but I’ve also got to think: ‘How can I make this interesting to other people?’, ‘Do I really know my stuff?’, how can I make this appealing without listing and lecturing?
So I’m going to use these sessions to kill two birds with one stone. Dig deeper on topics that interest me, and enhance that learning by knowing I’ll need to discuss this in a group session at some point.
Pretty simple stuff I guess, but I’m pleased I’ve done it.
