Learning

Brilliance by Design (2011) is all about creating learning experiences that bring out the brilliance in every student. Targeted at coaches, teachers, mentors, and anyone who spends time in a classroom, it provides a handy and helpful model for high-impact instructional design that will inspire and motivate learners. Who is it for? Teachers looking to …

Scattered Minds (1999) takes aim at a well-established myth: that attention deficit disorder, or ADD for short, is an inherited illness. It doesn’t deny the biological foundations of the disorder – genes also play a role. But it urges us to widen our perspective and pay closer attention to psychological and social factors that may …

On the road to becoming an ‘International Chess Master’ and Tai Chi Push Hands World Champion, author Josh Waitzkin discovered three universal learning principles to reliably rise to the top 1% in any discipline. Recommendation Author Josh Waitzkin has mastered two complex, esoteric disciplines: chess and tai chi, a martial art. He won national chess …

Why discoverability is your competitive edge in an economic downturn. There’s no denying that these are tough economic times. But there are ways to stay afloat – and even competitive – in a recession by focusing on retaining and growing customers through your learning program. First and foremost, take a good, hard look at how …

Learning programs are critical for retaining your workforce, boosting employee productivity, and closing your company’s skills gaps. But your employees must be engaged with the learning in order for these programs to be successful. Employees who enthusiastically adopt learning opportunities are not only learning new skills, they’re helping their companies compete in a quickly changing …

Learning Agile (2015) is a no-nonsense guide to an often misunderstood concept – agile. The reason for that misunderstanding is simple: all too often, agile is bandied about as a one-size-fits-all solution to every conceivable organizational difficulty. Longtime agile practitioners Andrew Stellman and Jennifer Greene don’t see it that way. For them, agile is a …

Teaching English abroad gives you a great opportunity to travel the world, experience other cultures, and learn new languages. What many people don’t realize is that rather than needing to gain your qualification before you go, you can actually get certified while living and teaching abroad! This allows you to earn an income from teaching …