Battle Scars
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Today I received feedback from a free workshop session I ran a few months ago. I wasn’t expecting to
Learning, Education & Growth
Designing impactful spaces for learning and collaboration. From workshops to virtual classrooms, these posts are for educators, creators, and curious minds.
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Crossing the online course chasm
The path to becoming a creator in the future of learning can be fraught.
Luckily, there’s a place to
Learning Innovation
Building the 10 key skills for 2020
We all know the world is changing quickly, and that we all need to build and
develop new skills to
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Why the future of learning is in the middle
Become a workshop creator and magical things can happen
The view was spectacular and the light poured in.
In a
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The Educator in Residence
Why a different type of EIR could be your firm’s new secret weapon
In 1989, the Hollywood talent agency
Coaching
Group Dynamics: Sitting in Circle
If you’ve spent any time in coaching, meditation, education, mediation, or
consulting you may have heard the phrase or
Learning Innovation
KPIs: The slide snap
Here are couple of simple KPIs for all the teachers, facilitators, and keynote
speakers out there.
1. How many times
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
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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Study Skills: The Reading Mesh
At the edges of Manhattan’s East Village are a cluster of student residence
halls for New York University, more
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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
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Your Dunbar number
Dunbar’s number is a suggested cognitive limit to the number of people with whom
one can maintain stable social
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“You had to be there”
When we’re told a joke or a tale that falls a little flat we may hear a sheepish
response
Coaching
Finding mentors & advisors: 1:1 or a roster?
A couple of weeks ago I attended a really interesting seminar at Orbital here in
NYC.
The hosts Gary and
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Navigating Uncertainty: Climbing the Ladder, Going out to Sea
When we are learning something new there are usually some guardrails in place.
We’re learning how to DJ in
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Beyond The Happy Meal: products to transcend generations
Regular readers will know I’m a fan of the author and broadcaster Steven
Johnson.
I also admit I’m
Stage Left
Concealing the Clues: Lessons from TV & film writers
The British crime drama series Broadchurch
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadchurch] is one of the most
critically-acclaimed TV shows