These themes emerge from features in COMMENT section of today's Observer. Two features relate to Obama getting his Healthcare Bill passed . Henry Porter attributes this success to ' Principled and passionate' oratory (Page25) and cites Obama's words '..we are not bound to win but we are bound to be true'. Another feature on page 26 also extols us to 'Envy the eloquence with which Obama changed America' and points to Obama entreating 'veteran parliamentarians to recall what inspired them to get involved in politics in the first place'. The Observer's main leader is entitled ' It's not just about cuts - it's about values' (Page 26). And finally Andrew Rawnsley celebrates the growing popularity of Chancellor Darling for being honest and 'telling the truth' (27)
A link for me with previous two blogs is around the need for open and transparent dialogue if we really want to change things. It also resonates because at momentI'm playing around with some ideas for a paper to be presented at a conference on Work Based Learning next month, sure to be subject of a future blog. The theme is around contribution work based learning can make to 'policy making'. My opening line is that 'The evidencing of work based learning gives employees, practitioners a "voice", a way of making sense of what they do' Inevitably the process itself of reflecting on your practice brings to the fore values and beliefs that define who you are. And in recognising what is true for us, we begin to recognise the truth (or otherwise) in others.
Here endeth the lesson for today.
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