Play buttonFraming Four Inquiry Qualities At The Heart of Student-Centered Teachingkqed.org - MindShift By Trevor MacKenzie Whether it be project-based learning, design thinking or genius hour, it's easy to get confused by the many education buzzwords …
Business Great Leaders Are Thoughtful and Deliberate, Not Impulsive and ReactiveHarvard Business Review - Tony Schwartz and Emily PinesYou set aside the first hour of your day to work on a strategy document that you’ve been putting off for a week. You haven’t been disciplined about getting to it, but you’ve had one crisis after another
Pixar How Ed Catmull Spent His Last Day as Head of PixarHarvard Business Review - Hal GregersenEarlier this spring I had the chance to witness two of the “farewell talks” that Ed Catmull gave to the people of Pixar. Catmull, the company’s cofounder and long-time leader (and also president of Disney
Lead In With Lorne – Stop Guessing and Try it Out Fastlornerubis.com In this episode of Lead In With Lorne, I’m here at 1440 Multiversity in Santa Cruz, CA, where I had the privilege of hearing from Google X co-founder …
Employment How Long Will You or Your Job Last?lornerubis.com The Problem: There is a massive transformation of work underway, and too many people are on the sidelines watching. I’m honored to be contributing at …
Hot Topic Friday: April 5 Newsletterlornerubis.com Happy Friday everyone! Here are some Hot Topics that caught my attention this week. Source: NYT and Adam Grant (Wharton professor and one of my …
When Happiness is Overtaken by Joylornerubis.com The Problem: Individualism and the “hustle,” a term that seems to be at the center of pop culture vocabulary these days, may be overrated? David …
Dear America: Kids doing active-shooter drills is not normal.upworthy.com - Annie Reneau As thousands across the nation prepare to take to the streets on March 24, 2018, for The March for Our Lives, we're taking a look at some of the root …
Business School Focus on Small Steps First, Then Shift to the Larger Goalstanford.edu - Louise Lee Research shows that incremental achievements are good early motivators, but their effect wanes as the finish line nears. We all know the strategy of …
Exploring the Origins of Foreign Cultural Valuesstanford.edu - Martin J. Smith As businesses go global, it pays to understand the beliefs underpinning behaviors that might seem strange. Scotty McLennan uses an iceberg metaphor …
How to Develop Mindsets for Compassion and Caring in Studentskqed.org - Katrina Schwartz Early in his career Dr. Robert Brooks became the principal of a school in a locked-door unit at McLean Psychiatric Hospital. He and his staff of …
Teaching Compassion-Based Strategies for Managing Classroom Behaviorkqed.org - Ki Sung When Grace Dearborn started her career teaching high school students, she felt confident about how to teach but unprepared for managing behavior in …
Special Education How One School Changed Culture From Within So Students Could Succeedkqed.org - Katrina Schwartz Like many parents, Nicole Hambric’s two kids are very different from one another. Her older daughter is a straight A student who did well in …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo 10 Tips for Raising an Independent Thinkerredtri.com - Kipp Jarecke-Cheng Raising kids who march to the beat of their own drums can be a delicate balancing act.
How storytelling imbues life with meaningbigthink.com - Derek Beres • "An experience of being alive" is what mythologist Joseph Campbell said humans strive for. • Though we live in an age of distraction, short videos still …
Business School How Companies Can Solve the Pay Equity Problemstanford.edu - Lily B. Clausen A labor economist reveals how to close the pay gap. This spring the U.S. women’s soccer team sued the sport’s governing body over wage discrimination, …
Business School How and When to Shift Careersstanford.edu George Hodgin, MBA ’17, has had a more exotic career path than most. Before enrolling at Stanford, he was a Navy SEAL officer, leading a team of 24 …
Business School “The Workplace Is Killing People and Nobody Cares”stanford.edu - Dylan Walsh A new book examines the massive health care toll today’s work culture exacts on employees. Jeffrey Pfeffer has an ambitious aspiration for his latest …
Posters The Power of Telling It Like It Isstanford.edu - Louise Lee In Panama, a new study finds that kids are more likely to drink healthier beverages if you speak the truth — subtly. What’s the best way to persuade …
Responding to Workplace Stresswhartonmagazine.com Stress is an undeniable problem in the office. So how can companies better recognize and respond to it? (Photo: Getty Images) A few months ago, …
Play buttonJoe Biden Creepy Joe Biden fails at sensitivity training on the 'SNL' cold openMashable - Adam RosenbergSaturday Night Live's latest cold open chose as its target an overly handsy white male politician with a history of touching women inappropriately. Not, not that one. I'm talking about Joe Biden. The Obama
Self-awareness Most People Think Charisma and Confidence Make for Effective Leaders. Actually, This Rarely Seen Behavior Trumps BothInc Magazine - By Marcel SchwantesWhile everyone has a different answer to the question, "What does it take to be an effective leader?" vulnerability is not often on the radar as a leadership strength. But it should be. The phenomenon
Business How Leaders Are Navigating the Fourth Industrial Revolution - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM DELOITTEHarvard Business ReviewIndustry 4.0 holds the promise of a new era of globalization. Yet while our latest survey identifies companies successfully implementing Industry 4.0 technologies, many senior executives remain less prepared
Employee Engagement 6 Practical Ways to Create a Culture Where Employees Enjoy Coming to WorkInc Magazine - By Martin ZwillingThe challenge for all of us in business is to improve competitiveness by improving employee productivity and reducing costs. According to research firm Gartner, one of the biggest drags on productivity
Business Young People Are Leading the Way on Climate Change, and Companies Need to Pay AttentionHarvard Business Review - Andrew WinstonIn one of the many oddities of biology, kids hear differently than the rest of us. There are frequencies that only teens and young adults can make out. Lately it seems that the under-20 crowd is hearing
Finding Your Purpose in Business - How Personality Tests, Personal Reflection and Storytelling Can Help You Find Your Passionspreaker.com - OC Talk Radio In the final Confident ROi episode to come from Orange County, Alex Vorobieff sits down with host Paul Roberts to discuss the progress he has made on …
How To Support Women At WorkForbes - Brian M HarmanAs a society, I believe it’s important to ask ourselves if we are doing everything we can to support the women around us at work. Is there more we can do? In my opinion, the answer to this question is:
African-American News Women and Minorities on Fortune 500 Boards: More Room to GrowThe Wall Street Journal. - deloitteeditor× A new report looks at the representation of women and minorities on the boards of the Fortune 100 and Fortune 500. Shifting demographics, investor pressure, and a growing recognition of the positive
Long-form Journalism The Roots of Jacinda Ardern’s Extraordinary Leadership After ChristchurchThe New Yorker - Amelia LesterIn October of 2017, when Jacinda Ardern became the Prime Minister of New Zealand—a country with a population of fewer than five million—she assumed leadership of a place not accustomed to making global
The Dalai Lama's Advice for Leaders TodayForbes - Rasmus HougaardI recently had the honor and pleasure of spending time with the Dalai Lama to discuss leadership in the 21st century. The outcome was published by Harvard Business Review and his message in short is that
