:: The GoodWork Project ::

New GoodWork Toolkit Materials: Guidebook, Narratives, and Value Sort Cards Work occupies much of our lives. Hours spent at the office or at home thinking about work-related tasks and obligations often exceed time away from work. Yet, how many of us find our work meaningful? How many of us feel able to do our best work? And how often do we stop to consider the consequences of our work on others, or its impact on society as a whole? For individuals at all levels—young students, graduate school students, and new and veteran professionals—opportunities to consider the meaning of work for themselves and others are rare, but imperative. Society needs professionals who care about good work. The Toolkit is not a prescribed curriculum; it is called a "toolkit," because it contains a variety of tools that may be used in a number of combinations. The materials are meant to be adaptable to a variety of contexts; in other words, the Toolkit can be used as part of a retreat, as a year-long theme in a particular class, as the basis of a two or three day seminar. There is no need to follow these chapters, in order, from beginning to end. Facilitators should feel free to pick and choose and adapt these cases and activities as best suits their goals and needs. The Guidebook is a resource manual to help participants start important conversations and reflection about good work. The Narratives volume is a separate collection of the same real-life stories included in the Guidebook, but limited to the cases themselves. The Value Sort Cards encourage participants to think about their personal and professional values. Order these at the PZ Publications eBookstore

New Book: GoodWork: Theory and Practice GoodWork: Theory and Practice is a collection of reflective essays by researchers who worked on The GoodWork Project. Click Here to Download (PDF)

- NEW! "Meeting of the Minds" report, by Global Kids, CommonSense Media, and the GoodPlay Project, finds that young people need guidance from adults in navigating ethical issues of online behavior. From the MacArthur Foundation site announcement (12.3.09): "The report, “Meeting of the Minds,” (PDF) is the result of a series of cross-generational online dialogues about digital ethics involving more than 250 adults and teens around the world. Participants discussed how to behave in a digital world, from illegal downloading and the creativity associated with remixing, to the factors that go into deciding whether to meet an online connection face-to-face". Download a PDF file of the report

The Tanner Lecture on Human Values delivered at the University of Utah, April 9-11, 2009 by Howard Gardner I. What is Good Work? II. Achieving Good Work in Turbulent Times Download the PDF

Daedalus special issue: On Professions and Professionals Read: Howard Gardner Does Good Work, Strategy+Business

Good Mentoring: Fostering Excellent Practice in Higher Education Good Mentoring offers an in-depth analysis of the way mentors transmit not only knowledge and skills but the guiding values thatsupport good work and social responsibility. The book clearly shows how these values are passed along to those they guide. Profiling three lineages of scientists passing their professional skills, values, and practices down through generations, the book reveals what constitutes successful mentoring in science and beyond. Stemming from a first-of-its-kind study by the GoodWork Project, the book shows how the cultivation of professional ethics and excellence depends on teachers and mentors and the learning environments they foster. Order this publication from Amazon.