Activities like reading books and learning new skills are usually some of the first things to fall off someone’s to-do list. Unfortunately, they are also the very things that can change our lives. In relation to that, I often hear and have previously given the excuse of “I don’t have enough time”. The trick then is finding time that… Continue reading The Personal Development Commute
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Business Boot Camps
There are plenty of programs for students to learn more about career choices and industries in their field (think internships and co-ops). Why do businesses stop doing that for experienced people? What if you could build a bootcamp / externship-type program for your business where you bring in talent from other industries to work in… Continue reading Business Boot Camps
Online Learning Team Building Platform
I’ve been thinking about how to strengthen online teams… Many online courses require participants to form teams to complete some of the work. There are two ways to go about this: Create a team of people you already know Join a diverse team of strangers supplied by the platform If you’re with your friends and… Continue reading Online Learning Team Building Platform
Student Learning Profiles
Increasing the effectiveness of learning is a major opportunity to improve the entire world. There are many great ideas, programs, leaders, and schools working towards making education better for the future but there are many more ideas and opportunities to try and amplify that work. Here’s a simple one that could improve learning for each and every child.… Continue reading Student Learning Profiles
Learning How to Learn for A New Role
Taking on a new role in an organization or a new company is an interesting opportunity that can make people experience a myriad of emotions ranging from being charged up and motivated all the way to feeling imposter syndrome. When the role is out of the traditional field or work that the person has been… Continue reading Learning How to Learn for A New Role
Measuring Your Career Through Nervous Excitement
Are you taking the right risks in order to progress your career and your opportunity for learning? When looking back at your career, can you remember the times where you were nervously excited because of a decision you had to make? Originally, I was going to call this post “measuring your career by gut wrenching moments” but I… Continue reading Measuring Your Career Through Nervous Excitement
The Question Recorder
You can tell a lot about a group from the questions they ask each other and/or ask others outside the group. Think of the power of uncovering insights based on the ability to document every question ever asked by or to a group/brand/person/etc and tracking all the context and meta data attached to it. Being… Continue reading The Question Recorder
The Most Valuable Skills a Co-op or Intern Can Learn That You Help Create
What’s the most valuable skill you can learn as a college co-op on a six month assignment at a big company while you’re still early in your college career? As a leader, what’s the experience you hope your co-op gets while they are in your group for those six months? Let’s talk quickly about these… Continue reading The Most Valuable Skills a Co-op or Intern Can Learn That You Help Create
A Different Kind of Niche Learning Site
Want to know a quick way to stand out in the increasingly crowded marketplace for online classes? Get smaller, go niche. Sure, you could take niche to mean “we’re only going to offer classes in this particular subject and be the absolute best source for online classes for that subject”. Or you could take a… Continue reading A Different Kind of Niche Learning Site
Stop Hoarding Your Work
A few days ago, I got an informational handout from a company that made me laugh. Basically, the bottom of the page featured the disclaimer: “Reproduction by any means is prohibited without permission. If you’d like to purchase copies of this handout please…” This was from a consulting company that makes all of its money… Continue reading Stop Hoarding Your Work