Learnings

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  • Joanna Ramirez Log 1

    Learning Fellow Learning Log

    May 22, 2018

    I am so glad to have the fellowship framed in terms of a journey. What I would say to a new fellow is buckle up!…

  • Joanna Ramirez Log 4

    Learning Fellow Learning Log

    May 22, 2018

    Where do I go from here? My fellowship journey started with a question: “as a female leader, what do I want?” Not what needs to…

  • Joanna Ramirez Log 2

    Learning Fellow Learning Log

    May 22, 2018

    I am one year into my two year fellowship and what I did not anticipate was that my development as a leader would require a…

  • Jenn J Faul Log 1

    Learning Fellow Learning Log

    May 22, 2018

    Congratulations! By completing the written application and interview process, the Bush Foundation witnessed an element in you that they wanted to further inspire. By becoming…

  • Jenn J Faul Log 3

    Learning Fellow Learning Log

    May 22, 2018

    How has your understanding of your own leadership changed through the Fellowship to date? I believe I have moved from a high level manager to…

  • Jenn J Faul Log 2

    Learning Fellow Learning Log

    May 22, 2018

    So far, the issue that has surprised me the most is recognizing how I have been better able to remove myself from trying to do…

  • Jenn J Faul Log 4

    Learning Fellow Learning Log

    May 22, 2018

    John Dewey stated that it is not in the experience that we learn, it is in reflecting on the experience in which we learn.’ When…

  • Jeffrey David Dykstra Log 4

    Learning Fellow Learning Log

    May 22, 2018

    March of 2016 seems like much more than 2+ years ago. Under the current circumstances it seems like a world – and lifetime – ago.…

  • Jeffrey David Dykstra Log 2

    Learning Fellow Learning Log

    May 22, 2018

    “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” –Marcus Tullius Cicero I’m writing from a train in England which…

  • Jeffrey David Dykstra Log 3

    Learning Fellow Learning Log

    May 22, 2018

    The first year and a half of my fellowship has provided much of what I hoped it might…A time to intentionally reflect on what I…

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