Work is usually social, at least some of the time.Work usually involves other people, at least occasionally. And work usually involves working on teams, at some point, if not all the time.Yet most teams, from my history of working with teams in and from more than 125 countries over the past 21 … [Read more...] about A quick primer on how to not suck at team building
What do these two pictures, one of a garage and one of the ocean, have in common?What about this picture? What do you see when you look at it?Would you believe me if I told you they were the same thing? Most people see a beach when they look at the above, but it’s actually the bottom … [Read more...] about Learning culture and change go together like peanut butter and jam
Last week I talked about a horrible example I took part in where learning was not at all accessible. Butterflies in my stomach were only one of my symptoms I was in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong instructor.Here are 10 examples of how I’ve made learning more accessible and … [Read more...] about 10 examples of how to make learning more accessible for everyone
I was about to experience one of the worst teaching examples of inclusion ever.The auditorium was packed. I was sitting in my seat with my palms sweating and a cage full of butterflies in my stomach, which were threatening to escape. I was nervous and completely out of my element.I’d … [Read more...] about My palms were sweating and the butterflies in my stomach were threatening to escape
Prisms, rain chimes, textured pillows, the Fete de la Musique in Paris and the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta. Any guesses what these all have in common?They’re all examples of things that bring joy which Ingrid Fetell describes in her book Joyful, the surprising power of ordinary things to … [Read more...] about Ten tickets to sparking more joy for yourself (and why that’s so darn important)
Remember that time you tried to change something and you started off all keen and enthusiastic, only to end up discouraged, with the change not sticking?It was probably because the way you were trying to effect change didn’t match your personality. Scratch whatever you’re trying to … [Read more...] about What’s your change personality? Take this 3-question survey to find out
In my previous post, How to discover your tech personality (yes this includes you) I wrote about four types of tech personalities. It’s been a popular subject for workshop participants so I decided to make a quick survey out of it. Answer three simple questions and immediately find … [Read more...] about What’s your tech personality? Take this 3 question survey to find out
Draw a letter E on your forehead with your finger. Seriously. Right now.Did you draw it so that you could read it (from your orientation) or that someone else, someone looking at you could read it (which is called ‘other orientation’)?This is a quick way of looking at leadership … [Read more...] about Your how-to for building a vibrant learning culture (brought to you by the letter E)
I recently had the pleasure of being on a Learning and Development panel organized by Humentum, where I met Clarice Gathura who talked about a will and skill matrix.My ears perked up at the mention of a matrix, as matrixes tend to take complicated information and simplify it without making it … [Read more...] about Where are you on the will and skill matrix?
“Twelve months of guided simplicity.”The title caught my attention.Sign me up!Enter joy, ease and sinking into simplicity. I’m a few months into the Simple Year program now and it’s remarkable in its, well, simplicity and powerfulness.Big change sometimes comes from big … [Read more...] about Here’s how: ease and elegance in simplicity
The family favourite cornbread recipe is dog eared and not a little stained. It’s passed through many kitchens in a couple of countries. Now I’d brought it to Kenya. And it was the reason I was standing dazed and not a little confused in an endless aisle of flours, searching for … [Read more...] about Four tools of intercultural living (maise meal included)
Imagine that your beloved furry friend keeps escaping from your yard through a gap in the fence. Exasperated and not wanting to lose her again, you’re temporarily flummoxed as you don’t have the time or cash to build a new fence.What’s a person to do?Why add a wooden spoon of course.I … [Read more...] about Ramping up your creativity with a dog, a fence and a spoon
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
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
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