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Purpose Many theories have been proposed to understand and improve the process of leadership development. One useful way to structure the literature is around three complementary perspectives, briefly summarized as the “knowing, doing and being” dimensions of leadership. While the complementarities between these perspectives have been discussed, the mechanisms by which they are linked are less clear. The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of experimentation as one such mechanism.Design/methodology/approach Building on interviews and prior literature, the authors argue that experimentation consists of two processes: task-prototyping focused on the work overseen by the leader and self-prototyping focused on how the leader relates to others. This study proposes a theoretical framework linking experimentation to action-taking (e.g. being entrepreneurial and taking on challenging assignments), which in turn links to leader effectiveness. The authors test the hypotheses on two groups of leaders (481 business school alumni and 310 financial services leaders).Findings The authors find evidence that both forms of experimentation provide significant explanatory power in understanding why some individuals engage in higher levels of action-taking than others. Additionally, their study confirms the central role of action-taking in leadership development.Originality/value Conceptually, this study distinguishes two dimensions of experimentation and their connection to action-taking, knowledge development and identity development. Empirically, the authors show that these two experimentation activities were significant predictors of action-taking, even after controlling for all other factors, and that action-taking (along with self-prototyping) was an important predictor of leader effectiveness. The results offer a practical framework for leadership and development professionals to use in designing and evaluating leadership development activities.

This article discusses the impact of a staff and student co-creation project embedded within a core module, which worked to both explore and seek ways to address the awarding gap. The project established safe spaces for students to share difficult lived experiences at the university, spanning an academic year, and included students in their final year of undergraduate study from a range of disciplines. Student experiences were gathered to inform policy and, with staff, co-created resources were developed and delivered for universities (at both our institution and two external universities) to address the awarding gap, adopting a decolonised and anti-racist approach. The project was vast and, therefore, this article presents only one part of the conducted research, which explored the project’s impact on co-creation students through a participatory evaluation approach known as the world café. The findings highlighted the positive effect of co-creation on students’ sense of belonging, friendships, and connection with faculty, and for the co-creation project to be embedded in the curriculum at all levels of study. Additionally, the students provided clear actionable recommendations for universities to improve student outcomes and address the wickedness of the awarding gap.

Taking photos of sensitive facilities and sensitive information in no photography area may cause sensitive information leakage if not discovered in time. Employing action recognition models to detect instances of photography can effectively prevent information leakage. Current action recognition models have shown unsatisfactory performance in detecting photo-taking actions in surveillance videos, and their reliance on GPU devices hinder their practicality. This paper presents a novel approach to address the detection of photo-taking actions. The method utilizes object detection to filter out background data and incorporates human pose estimation to extract human skeleton data. By combining these AI techniques, the method enables accurate recognition of photo-taking actions. We introduce a novel technique called self-annotation that enables the model to focus on the crucial elements associated with photo-taking actions. Additionally, we introduce a new alarm mechanism that leads to a 69 % reduction in false positives while maintaining the same level of recall by integrating the labels over a period to recognize actions. Compared with traditional action recognition approaches, our method is more flexible and lightweight in actual engineering applications. Moreover, our model is capable of running on CPU-only devices. Experimental results show that our model achieves a precision of 91 % on our dataset.

The Strategist's Best Books About Asian American Identity, New York Magazine  The pioneering Asian American labor organizer and writer's vision for intersectional and anti-racist activism.   In this powerful, deeply humanistic book, Grace Lee Boggs, a legendary figure in the struggle for justice in America, shrewdly assesses the current crisis-political, economical, and environmental-and shows how to create the radical social change we need to confront new realities. A vibrant, inspirational force, Boggs has participated in all of the twentieth century's major social movements-for civil rights, women's rights, workers' rights, and more. She draws from seven decades of activist experience, and a rigorous commitment to critical thinking, to redefine \"revolution\" for our times.   From her home in Detroit, she reveals how hope and creativity are overcoming despair and decay within the most devastated urban communities. Her book is a manifesto for creating alternative modes of work, politics, and human interaction that will collectively constitute the next American Revolution-which is unraveling before our eyes.

Our ageist attitudes toward sex in old age impede the quality of life and the detection and prevention of elder sexual abuse. When sexual abuse is alleged or suspected, responders rarely ask the right questions or take the appropriate steps to assist victims, preserve evidence, or comply with reporting requirements. The legal, medial, social, ethical, and practical issues at the intersection of aging and cognitive incapacity are rarely addressed, so practitioners and families have little guidance. Recent studies demonstrate a far greater interest in intimacy among elders than is assumed. Elder abuse prevalence studies also show more incidences than has been assumed. Once all parties accept that there is both intimacy between elders and abuse in facilities and elsewhere, they will be better able to pursue perpetrators and ensure quality of life for all elders.

Adult Protective Services (APS) workers were interviewed regarding investigating reported sexual abuse of healthcare facility residents. Authorities in five states provided data on cases of facility sexual abuse investigated over six-months. Data were collected and analyzed regarding 429 cases. Workers assigned to 15 percent of the cases were interviewed about conducting facility investigations and their decision-making processes. Findings demonstrate that lack of investigator training and resources has deleterious consequences on resident safety; facility response to resident sexual assault ranges from poor to excellent and has profound consequences on residents; and enhanced law enforcement involvement is needed.

The need for guardians and other surrogate decision makers will grow as the population ages, but guardianship can be a help or a hindrance. In this article the author presents two case studies that show both sides, and gives readers five questions to ask to determine whether or not guardianship is appropriate, as well as five systemic solutions that would improve the way guardianship now works.

health-related problems and even death among animals and human beings. Agriculture is the main food source; thus, many interventions are made such as that of irrigation by the local county and national government initiated through the National Irrigation Board (NIB). Despite the irrigation projects food insufficiency still persists, therefore their sustainability is questionable. One such approach to improving the sustainability of irrigation projects is participatory monitoring and evaluation which leads to ownership and then higher sustainability. In the study, the objective was to asses if taking corrective action after participatory monitoring and evaluation (PME) influence project sustainability. The study used a descriptive survey and correlation designs to collect data from 316 respondents selected using stratification sand purposeful with strict randomization. Questionnaires were administered and interviews were conducted on selected sample respondents on appointed dates. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 25.0 to get descriptive statistics, correlations coefficients were obtained to test association and degree of strength. Testing of the hypothesis was done using linear regression. The study findings were that a large number of respondents were between ages 31 to 40 years and most were female with their highest level of education being primary school. The influence of PME capacity building on the dependent variable and irrigation projects sustainability found that the farmers were not taken for exposure visits and project officers were not accountable for money use. Age, gender, and education level have very minimal influence on PME capacity building. PME capacity building had a weak positive influence of r = 0.290 and it explained only 8.4% of irrigation projects sustainability in Kitui County. The study recommends that to improve project capacity building: project revenue must be controlled on use, farmers must be taken for exposure visits to learn from successors, project officers should be accountable for funds use, and project guidelines should be improved to increase sustainability. Implementation of these recommendations will reduce the loss of Arid and Semi-Srid Lands (ASALs) and attain higher and longer sustainability in food projects, thus, reducing the recurrence rate of food shortage, improve and hasten the implementation of irrigation projects, show the need to involve primary stakeholders in project monitoring and appraisal for sustainability, better and efficient decisions by policymakers to increase chances of project's success.

An older man was befriended by a woman in King County, Washington. He moved into her basement. She abused and exploited him. This article describes the facts of the case, the missed opportunities for intervention, and some effective collaborative remedies. The case is a backdrop to describe the larger systemic response to elder abuse, and the roles of the various disciplines in a case of elder abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation. The authors encourage readers to become involved in the community's response to older victims, on both an individual and systems level.

Abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation are real fears faced by nursing home residents and their families. Those with dementia are at greater risk, and facility staff need training to spot it. Ombudsmen are often the first to notice, report, and protect elders at risk for abuse. No matter where it happens, elder abuse is a community concern and action must be taken at the local, state, and federal levels to address it.