The opportunities to surprise, delight, and make a real difference are everywhere. From hiding critical secret messages in pop songs to radios playing only out of the right speaker in order to raise awareness of a specific health issue opportunities are everywhere. Case in point 1: A critical … [Read more...] about From morse code to wonky radios, the opportunities to make a difference are everywhere
What advice would you give your younger self? It's an intriguing, thought-provoking question. And especially timely with International Women’s Day coming up March 8th. It was posted by Dr. Cris Wildermuth, Associate Professor at Drake University on LinkedIn. She wrote about the advice she’d … [Read more...] about What advice would you give your younger self?
If you didn't catch all the posts last month simply peruse & click what's below. Here's the Rock.Paper.Scissors' monthly training & development round up for the month of May. Learn well in the training & development learning well. Dive deep into the learning well or take a small sip. … [Read more...] about Training & development learning well May blog post round up
Creative Commons licensed on Flickr by: kevin dooley Seth Godin wrote an interesting post called insatiable (see below). As his posts often do, it got me thinking. I think he got it wrong. Yes, insatiability can lead to all things nasty if it means a never ending dissatisfaction &/or an … [Read more...] about Insatiable – the good, the bad, the ugly (a la Seth Godin)
If you didn't catch all the posts last month simply peruse & click what's below. Here's the Rock.Paper.Scissors' monthly training & development round up for the month of January. Learn well in the training & development learning well. Dive deep into the learning well or take a small … [Read more...] about Training & development learning well January blog post round up
Curiousity didn't kill the cat. Far from it. Curiousity flames the inquisitive fires of exploration. Curiousity made our ancestors climb out of trees to claim the savannahs of Africa while walking upright for the first time. Curiousity beats back ignorance, stereotyping & conflict while … [Read more...] about I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious (Albert Einstein)
Note: this post contains a chance to win a free song. Keep reading for how to enter... I came across this great video (see below) from Tofu Design called 29 ways to stay creative. I really like the title because it assumes you and me are creative to start with, which is my mantra. Creativity is … [Read more...] about 29 ways to stay creative when you're training (part 3 of 3) plus a contest
The roots of engaging training can be found anywhere. You do however have be on the lookout. Some of my ideas have come from advertisements - yep ads. When I say I'm going to be talking about hairy, naked guy (above specimen) I can see participant's question marks dancing in the air. … [Read more...] about Looking for inspiration? Try an ad (especially these unusual ones from Fast Company)
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The trick is for the (scissor) blades to learn to work smoothly together, so as not to cut each other.
— Mary Jo Putney
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.
— Amelia Earhart
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There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
