What do you see when you’re looking at me? It’s a question I sometimes ask during my training workshops. The answers have been funny, poignant, and wildly off base. Someone once said I love hockey and another person said I love to iron. Hard no to both of those (even … [Read more...] about What do you see when you’re looking at me?
If you know me at all you know I am all about learning. Learning in diverse, inclusive, engaging, powerful ways. Learning to unlearn, relearn, and learn for the first time. We’re facing so many incredibly challenging social problems that we need new thinking to overcome. … [Read more...] about Oh the places you’ll … learn
Google Maps can make your life easier. Find out how to keep your hotspots organized and handy. You know that amazing Japanese food store? The one with the great dim sum that is easy to prep on nights you’re too tired to make anything more complicated. You know. It’s the one you … [Read more...] about Finally, get organized with Google Maps
I was driving over the Golden Gate bridge on my way to Stanford University to attend an International Development conference. I’d driven my little car all the way there from Vancouver with my best friend. We’d loaded up my trunk with brochures from local NGO agencies to give away at the … [Read more...] about Three is your lucky charm: see, hear and do via Annie Lennox’s I need a man
Here's a chance to grab a dose of powerful inspiration in times of need.Make use of this inspiration during tough situations. When we’re held back ... We go further. When we’re not taken seriously … We prove them wrong. When we don’t fit the situation … We change the … [Read more...] about A powerful dose of inspiration for when you need it most
What do you see when you look at this picture of a frying pan? A way to make grilled cheese sandwiches? Memories of your grandma making you a treat? A nonstick pan? Something else? That something else could also be a refeathered nest. You see, I see a radically different perspective. I see a … [Read more...] about How a frying pan sparked a refeathered nest
Here's how to make your online event engaging and intriguing through my handy checklist. Digital engagement. Does the mere mention of digital engagement make your toes curl and your innards quake? Does it make your eyebrows (or more) rise in disbelief because you think great online … [Read more...] about A handy dandy digital checklist for you and your next online event
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Former child soldier and now global music sensation, humanitarian and all-round epic humble human being, Emmanuel Jal has more than a few things to teach us all about humanity and teamwork. I sat down with him recently to interview him for my monthly Learning and Development Roundtable (link to … [Read more...] about What a former child soldier has to teach us all about teamwork and humanity
