1. Babies and bathwater
    1. shoe factory experience - the old bath water
      1. oppressive
      2. authoritarian
      3. demeaning
      4. divisive
      5. secretive
    2. own workshop culture - the new bath-water
      1. holonic
      2. self-regulating
      3. empowering
      4. communal
      5. open
    3. the baby
      1. re-inventing the sewing machine and other kit (badly)
        1. only after sore hands & no income
        2. solution - use existing kit but in new culture
        3. I tell the story
  2. ? is there any value in? : -
    1. a pattern of progression being a good thing
      1. transitions
      2. life stages
      3. rites of passage
      4. book ends
    2. external review
    3. peer review
    4. mentoring
    5. advising
    6. providing evidence of capacities for
      1. applying sustained attention
      2. field competence
      3. ability to think critically
      4. grounding theory through action
      5. derive thinking from experience
      6. making transitions
      7. un-installing the patrix
      8. project management
      9. creating organized, literate documentation for knowledge commons
      10. collaboration
      11. reflecting on self and society
      12. digital fluency for global linkage
      13. using self as subject
      14. reclaiming our intelligences
      15. acting on visions that contradict 'dog eat dog' whilst in the midst of such a culture
  3. Gaia U degree culture = new bathwater
    1. a socio-technical system
  4. issues for likely users
    1. concept of liberating structures
    2. going from rejection of old to embracing (with enthusiasm) the new
    3. spiral dynamics - green to yellow transition?
  5. Patrick's essay
    1. P1 = Personal outcomes
    2. P2 = Project outcomes
    3. P3 = Professional developments
    4. P4 = Peer group & learning community growth
    5. P5 = Political consciousness
    6. DePe = deinstalling the patrix
  6. Reassurance for self & sponsors
    1. Family & friends, employers, lenders, professionals
      1. Crowd sourcing!
    2. HE as major investment
      1. time
      2. effort
      3. money
      4. career intentions
    3. Outcomes of value?
    4. Who says so?