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Keep it boring
> Wanna know what kills more police than bullets and liquor? Boredom. They just
can’t handle that shit. You
Entrepreneurial Endeavours
Bonus Content
TV shows, self-help gurus, car salespeople, and yoga certification courses all
offer bonus content of one kind or other.
Behind
Coaching
Learning Styles: 3D Mapping a Conversation
One of the learnings from being a student again has been around my own learning style.
Other than a few
The Tension
Signposts and Surprises
One of the principles of adult education is that adult learners like to know
what’s going to be happening
Teaching
Cultivate your questions carefully
Last week I went on a training course. In these situations I tend to be either
very engaged or very
Adventures...
Adventures #28: Mediums, Messages, and Making It
Learning Innovation
The two workshop danger zones
A few years ago, researchers from Ben Gurion and Columbia universities examined
over 1,000 decisions made by Israeli judges
Learning Innovation
Dress Up, Dress Down.
Since 2015 I’ve been a workshop facilitator and teacher serving all sorts of
groups: teenagers, graduates, mid level managers,
Mindsets & Growth
Game Time: History Repeating
Here’s a quick game to play every so often with friends old or new.
Get each person to think
Coaching
What the music industry’s people need next
As the music industry’s resurgence continues, its people need support now more
than ever. There’s opportunity to further
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A lot can happen between now and never
My wife and I are getting deep in the game. The Game of Thrones game.
I admit I never went
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The Rise of the Residency
A few years ago, the London nightclub XOYO announced a change to their program –
shifting from rotating guests each week
Mindsets & Growth
Over Indexing
We all have our tried and trusted go-to methods.
Our go-to frameworks, mental models, and communication styles; our ways of
How-To Guides
Question time: Getting booked to speak at conferences
A question (and often frustration) I hear pretty regularly is how to get booked
at conferences as a speaker.
There
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Gateway Drugs
Let’s start at happy hour, the mixer, the meetup.
You show up and contribute. Through a conversation, an idea,
Mindsets & Growth
Stand Up if…
Connecting people isn’t so much of a problem anymore. The internet enables just
about anyone to connect with anyone
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Cross Training: The ChefTender and The KitBar
Last week I was facilitating an education program in Herndon, Virginia.
Herndon is an interesting little place – sat right next