My Belonging
Knowing Your Place in an Age of Extraordinary Technological Transformation with Dr. Annalee C. Babb
Episodes
17 episodes
Ep. #14 | COMMISSIONS | The Responsibilities of Belonging
National identity is one of the most significant manifestations of belonging. A shared sense of identity shapes how nations produce, perform, create and co-create, innovate, manage their affairs, and respond to days of feast as well as fami...
Ep. #13 | REFLECTIONS | The Wisdom of Belonging
pModern technology requires more from us than we’re willing or able to give. Marshall McLuhan, the one some call the father of media studies, warned that “our technology forces us to live mythically, but we continue to think fragmentarily, ...
Ep. #12 | IMPARTATIONS | The Blessing of Belonging
There’s a difference between inspirational leadership and transformational leadership. After years of studying, researching, observing, and advising on digital transformation, I can say this without fear or favour. Leadership that inspires,...
Ep. #11 | INNOVATIONS | The Artistry of Belonging
Innovation isn’t one dimensional. Neither is digital transformation. To be successful, they both require an artistry that’s collaborative, community-based, and empowering. Years ago, my doctoral dissertation used the lens of Caribbean write...
Ep. #10 | CONNECTIONS | The Power of Belonging
Radical disruption requires radical transformation. In this age of invasive emerging technologies, governments and organisations that want to survive and thrive must be prepared to challenge every assumption on which their operational and b...
Ep. #9 | REPARATIONS | The Politics of Belonging
National transformation without political transformation is failed transformation. People, particularly the kinds of young people Caribbean countries need to help reimagine the future, people with the ideas, capabilities, and character to r...
Ep. #8 | Pt. #4 | REMUNERATIONS | The Economics of Belonging
In 1919, Irish poet W.B. Yeats wrote The Second Coming, vividly capturing the spirit of a fractured post-war Europe ravaged by a flu pandemic. “Things fall apart;” he wrote, “the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, Th...
Ep. #8 | Pt. #3 | CONFIGURATIONS | The Manifestations of Belonging
Successful digital transformation is motivated by movements, not determined by decree. It’s a people issue not a technology issue. For decades, there’s been this incredible hype around the promise of new technologies to transform economies...
Ep. #8 | Pt. #2 | FOUNDATIONS | The Principles of Belonging
Principles shape and reinforce structure. They’re the cornerstones of life and of creation. … They either hold everything up, or their lack is the reason things fall apart. There’re eight principles I believe reflect both the opportunities ...
Ep. #8 | Pt. #1| COMPOSITIONS | The Embodiment of Belonging
It should be a no-brainer, but you can’t transform something if you haven’t been transformed. Transformation is a lived reality. It happens from the inside out … rarely, if ever, from the outside in. As Mahatma Gandhi so wisely said, “We bu...
Ep. #7 | ALIENATIONS | The Mystery of Belonging
Trinidadian Nobel Laureate the late Sir Vidia “VS” Naipaul once wrote, “I cannot really explain the mystery of ... inheritance … sometimes we can be strangers to ourselves”. As artificial intelligence forces us to think about what it means ...
EP. #6 | FRAGMENTATIONS | The Anguish of Belonging
Caribbean life is a work of art, an act of creative will. The narrative of the Caribbean emerging from the brokenness of slavery and colonialism is a becoming … the “gathering of broken pieces” into a new way of bei...
Ep. #5 | GENERATIONS | The Promise of Belonging
The Promise of Belonging is powerfully articulated in the “Children of Independence”, an opinion piece I wrote to reflect on Barbados’ 44th anniversary as a sovereign state. It was published in the Sunday Sun editio...
Ep. #4 | RECOLLECTIONS | The Memory of Belonging
As we watch the things our parents and grandparents built collapse under the weight of universal demands for justice and a balanced, sustainable future, these days I find myself reflecting more and more on the memory of belonging. Who or wh...
Ep. #3 | INVOCATIONS | The Idea of Belonging
Nothing stays the same. Change is an inevitable by-product of the human condition. But as time seems to accelerate in a 21st century reality driven by the technologies and global crises of the moment, what imprint has Barbados’ history as a...
Ep. #2 | CONTEMPLATIONS | The Time of My Remembering
The Time of My Remembering is a poetic piece I began years ago that continues to speak to the moment. Its theme is understanding who we are, what we were born to do and how who we are and what we were born to do has the potential to connect...