Learning, Education & Growth
Learning / Unlearning: Everyday Carry, Backpacks and Left Luggage
For an adult, much of education is often perceived as building out our toolbox.
And while our toolbox’s capacity
📝 Writing
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Stage Left
LA Story: Get to The Hour
Touch down in Los Angeles for the first time in a while and you’ll be struck by
the casual
Adventures #27: The network edition
Storytelling
The one presentation slide to keep you on the edge of your seat
This morning I popped over to the John L. Tishman Auditorium at The New School
on New York’s 5th
Entrepreneurial Endeavours
The Creative Observer
Here’s a technique to help stimulate some fresh ideas.
In a group situation, try out just being a quiet
Learning Innovation
The Kitchen
There’s a new kitchen opening up in town.
Some ingredients are grown in-house – simple but juicy tomatoes, colourful
Battle Scars
Battle Scars
Every battle is different, as is each person’s experience of it.
Every battle leaves its scars.
Sometimes the scars
Coaching
Coaching: Preparing for job interviews
Job interviews can be nerve-wracking at the best of times.
There’s pressure, uncertainty, intensity; it’s a set-
How-To Guides
How to build your network in a new city, country or culture
12 ways to get going when you find yourself in some place new
Moving around the world to live and
Learning Innovation
3 flavours of workshop
The word ‘workshop’ can mean different things to different people.
Not remembering this can result in us being misunderstood. We
Resources
Introducing Coffee Notes: A template for better meetings
A big part of my discovery mission living in a new city was meeting people for
coffee. A lot of
Mindsets & Growth
Beyond the 1 hour meeting
The 1 hour slot has long been the default meeting duration – whether team
gatherings, introductory coffees, or job interviews.
While
Mindsets & Growth
7 Lessons from Jim Collins on The Tim Ferriss Show
> “I’m not really a business author; I just happen to have used companies as the
method to study
Stage Left
Hit Making: The Generation Game
One of the first things I learned working at a large talent agency was something
that helped fuel the success
The Tension
Suggestible, Susceptible?
All us humans are suggestible.
Entire industries have been built in part to exploit this trait: advertising,
hypnosis, magic.
To
Resources
The Portfolio Career Podcast
Two of things I love most about New York are its pay-it-forward approach and its
densely networked nature.
Mindsets & Growth
The Prestige
> “Now you’re looking for the secret.
But you won’t find it because of course, you’re not
Learning Innovation
80/20 in Group Dynamics
In a group of say a dozen people, you may notice 80% of the people speak. 20%
don’t.
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