During my research into Jane Jacob’s work, I planned to interview someone who was more knowledgeable and possibly connected to her. After carefully crafting guiding interview questions and practicing my interviewing skills with other TALONS 10 students, I targeted 3 potential interviewees who I believed was most knowledgeable about Jane’s work. I aimed to interview authors and journalists who wrote about Jane, the managers at her foundation, and even tried…

Congratulations, you have done something which 7.753 billion people have not done, clicked on my learning center. I have dedicated my eminent 10 project this year towards the Urban Planner Jane Jacobs. I know the job title sounds quite boring and quite frankly, pretty irrelevant to you, however, I am sure you will get a blast flipping through my stunning virtual flipbook. And hey, just remember, if you read my…

Welcome, The connection between the Organization and the Personnel The success and potential of a group are directly related to its personnel. Leadership qualities in individuals help build the autonomy and development of the organization as a whole. In organizations such as the TALONS program, individual leadership qualities are necessary for everyone to maintain the program’s success. Now, since leadership is so valuable, how do we produce more leaders? As…

For the peer practice interview activity, I interviewed Kalayla and AJ assessed my interviewing skills. After reading AJ’s response to observing my interviewing skills, I gained a deeper insight into what aspects I might want to work on and what aspects I might want to maintain. One of the suggestions AJ note and observed during my interview was that I was sometimes fidgeting with my pen. I think this is…

I’ve really enjoyed looking through the blog posts of people who were in the Guardians Of The Galaxy team as well as the blogs of other people such as Dylan who had a common eminent person choice as me. After reading these blogs, I have observed some key aspects which made blogs successful and engaging to read. The inclusion and connection to different media sources such as images, articles, and…

“Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.” (Jacobs, 1961, p. 238)   Yi Zhou – October 22, 2021   In the early 19th century, American cities were renowned for and designed for economic or financial factors. Urban landscapes see increasing adoption of expressways and housing towers. Cities built with the same mindset as those used to build machines.…

Online learning has had a major impact on my learning workstyle this year, making me a more individual and focused learner, while also introducing some flaws. Both Hybrid learning and Learning group learning have benefited me in my learning this year, providing different experiences and different impacts/results. Hybrid learning has made in-class learning more concentrated and compacted the amount of teacher instructional time in a smaller timeframe. This meant that…

Welcome to my final In-Depth presentation involving my key takeaways from learning Rhinoceros 3D (3D modelling software) throughout the past 6 months. During this period, I have gained skill/knowledge about Rhino Software, as well as learned to handle and profit from the many difficulties encountered when learning a new skill. Throughout the 6 months, I have been progressively learning, as well as experimenting with the software to familiarize myself with…

Welcome back! This is my final In-Depth progression post. In this final post, I will be summarizing some of the subjects I have focused on in the last few weeks. Additionally, I will be explaining the final chapters of De-Bono’s principles, as well as how I implemented them throughout my experience. Lastly, I will be discussing a little about the In-depth night where I will be presenting all of my…

Welcome to my fifth blog post, in this post, there is going to be a lot more specific information, and more detailed progress reports. I will be discussing a few of the projects I have started with using this software, and also the progress I have made with that. Lastly, I will also discuss the use of De Bono’s communication techniques which I utilized alongside my mentor, I will be…