Welcome to Episode 1 of the Knowledge Exchange podcast. This podcast series is a product generously supported by the Canadian Council on Learning – a leading organization, committed to improving learning across Canada and across all walks of life.
I want to thank the Associate Director of Knowledge Exchange, Mr. Daryl Rock and his great staff for their wisdom and wonderful ideas with this project to advance our understanding of effective knowledge exchange to improve the learning of Canadians.
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The conversation that you're about to hear, took place in Ottawa on Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007 in the office of Irving Gold, the Vice President of External Affairs, for the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada.
Irving has been a leader for knowledge exchange in the healthcare world. He is consistently identified as someone who has influenced the thinking of literally thousands of people about the value of supporting knowledge exchange to improve how we do what we do in health care.
I think there are lessons here for lifelong learning, for education, for the environmental field, and for a whole series of sectors in Canada trying to improve what they do. Our conversation lasted over an hour and I've edited it down to what I think are the most interesting parts. I hope you agree.
Some highlights to look for include a discussion about the fundamentals of leadership in knowledge exchange, the concepts of vision, risk-taking, and sharing. There are some examples of leading organizations. We discuss the concepts of innovation, culture change within organizations, bridging communities, and bring some personal examples of lifelong learning.
Irving brings us his insight on questions of evidence, on decision-making, on the political process, on the value and limits of research, on how to build relationships, on questions of power, on the future of knowledge exchange and of opportunities for growth. I enjoyed this conversation very much and hope that you do also.
If you have comments or questions please do not hesitate to contact me.
