Jennie M. Xue

Pola Pikir dan Andragogi

 

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oleh Jennie S. Bev

Pola pikir alias “mindset” merupakan fondasi dari aktivitas, termasuk aktivitas-aktivitas yang membuahkan produktivitas dan efisiensi. Untuk konsumsi individu, buku-buku self-help sudah cukup banyak yang membahas soal ini. Bagi suatu institusi, “mindset” merupakan fondasi dari kultur organisasi. Misalnya, bagi suatu negara, “mindset” merupakan kultur yang dipopulerkan di masyarakat pada umumnya.

Singapura dengan kiasu mindsetnya memacu produktivitas mengingat nilai seseorang di dalam perusahaan dan masyarakat erat hubungannya dengan prestasi. Demikian pula Jepang. Di Silicon Valley, “nilai” seorang entrepreneur ditentukan dengan keberhasilan dalam mengembangkan startup. Uniknya, atmosfir demikian membangunkan kreativitas dan inovasi optimal.

Didukung dengan penerapan hukum yang baik, seperti anti-trust laws, semestinya mindset ini bisa menjadi fondasi dari pembangunan fisik dan sosial. Sayangnya, di Indonesia pembangunan fisik dan sosial tidak berjalan paralel.

Wealth mindset seperti yang sering disebut-sebut oleh para pakar self-help seperti Dr. Joe Vitale, bisa juga diterapkan dalam institusi, termasuk perusahaan. Namun pelaksanaannya memerlukan kehati-hatian mengingat terlalu banyak yang mengartikannya secara terlalu simplistik.

Jangan Abaikan Knowledge Management

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oleh Jennie S. Bev

Apakah Knowledge Management (KM) itu? Diterjemahkan secara bebas, knowledge management mempunyai definisi “pengorganisasian informasi dan pengetahuan secara holistik.” Definisi pionir Davenport adalah: proses akuisisi, distribusi dan penggunaan pengetahuan yang efektif.

 Definisi dalam gelombang berikut lebih kontemporer ditawarkan oleh Gartner Group: KM adalah disiplin ilmu yang mempromosikan pendekatan yang terintegrasi dalam mengidentifikasikan, mengakuisisi, mengevaluasi, mengambil data, dan menyebarkan aset informasi suatu institusi. Aset-aset ini termasuk bank data, dokumentasi, kebijakan, prosedur, dan keahlian dan pengalaman di dalam diri para individu terkait. 

Dalam sejarahnya, KM pertama-tama digunakan di organisasi-organisasi konsultasi dan segera menyebar ke disiplin-disiplin lainnya. Dengan penggunaan Intranet di suatu organisasi, penggabungan titik-titik pengetahuan dalam geografis yang berbeda menjadi semakin simpel. Intranet dan Internet telah mengubah landskap KM dari manual dan berbasis kertas menjadi berbasis pencarian dengan metode browsing dan searching secara digital.

Di abad ke-21 ini dengan jutaan titik informasi yang bisa diakses dengan sekejap, KM semakin diperlukan sebagai instrumen kurasi, organisasi, simplifikasi, koleksi, dan implementasi berbagai komponen organisasi dan individu. Sebagai manager dan individu, sudah saatnya kita menyadari bahwa di era hiruk-pikuk tanpa henti 24 jam ini, KM merupakan kebutuhan yang seringkali diabaikan.

Socioeconomic Classes in Our Classes

  

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by Jennie S. Bev

Karl Marx might have called them “the bourgeois” and “the proletariat”. Adam Smith might have called them “the capitalist” and “the laborer." Seth Godin might have called them “the linchpin” and “the cog." Well, not exactly like that, but sort of. 

Observing the education system and schools in Indonesia, it is interesting to note that classes of students and graduates are so obvious. By “classes” here, I refer to social and economic classes — and sometimes, intellectual. 

While national plus schools are proud to offer bilingual and, even, trilingual curricula, elementary public schools are currently being reformed to teach the Indonesian language only. Among national plus and private schools, a varying degree of non-academic reputation is obvious, as some schools are more “elite” than others, mostly due to the social, economic and sometimes political status of the parents of the students. 

Human beings are rank-conscious creatures, just like other mammals. And some institutions reinforce ranks more actively than others, like schools.

Teaching for others, teaching for self

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by Jennie S. Bev

Do we teach for others or for our own self? Professional teachers might consider their vocation a privilege to help shaping students’ worldview and character. If you’re a coach, a mentor, or a trainer, then you are a teacher too, naturally. And all teachers teach for both others and themselves.

That’s what I love about teaching.

To be able to teach, we must continuously upgrade our skills, knowledge, and things outside the field that are related to the topics we teach. As a teacher, we also observe others who are our students, our subjects of teaching, and ourselves as a purveyor of messages and an idea generator.

Teaching is also a form of self-therapy. While the acting profession is hypothesized as the chosen profession for those with overconfidence and having a tinge of narcissistic tendency, those who teach for a living may be trying hard to prove that we are worthy to others. Teaching also means re-learning every time we convey our knowledge to the students (or coachees or trainers). This process is a reaffirmation of what we have, thus it reinforces our subconscious need for recognition.

A well-rounded education

by Jennie S. Bev

My nephews and niece go to international schools in Jakarta. They enjoy world-class education with a UK-standard curriculum. They are fortunate because more than 11.7 million Indonesian children have dropped out of school. However, does a world-class education guarantee a bright future? 

I don’t think so. It takes more than a good education to make a splash.

It is more important to have a well-rounded education, the kind of education that will prepare them for both further education and real life. Also, considering every child is a unique individual, parents should take into account their physiology, personality and learning styles. More importantly, parents should be aware that “true” education does not occur in the classroom but everywhere else outside it.

Happiness, positive psychology, and liberated learning

 

by Jennie S. Bev

The motivation and self-help industry is worth US$64 billion worldwide. People, who are seeking for a voice of reason and enlightenment, turn to print, electronic, and audio books and videos of motivational learning.

It taps a huge market for the optimization in human achievement, which can be attained more efficiently through positive psychology and liberated learning.

It is something to ponder upon pertaining to optimization of dissemination of democratic learning opportunities throughout the Indonesian archipelago. By narrowing the digital divide throughout Indonesia, we should be able to implement effective liberated learning through an online environment based on positive learning psychology.