It’s better to PLAY together ….by Mark Frein, CEO
What often happens at large, international conferences where thousands of people come together for the purposes of sharing knowledge, making connections, and enjoying time together en masse?
People, somewhat surprisingly, end up feeling alone, isolated, and starved for real connection. With everyone going to a professional conference with the purpose and intent on “networking”, one of the things that often gets left behind is legitimate human interaction … the sort of connection that is not aimed at any specific transactional goal, but simply curious, engaged, and playful.
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Leadership Voices – George Roter, The future of social change
Our video up this week is the last in George Roter’s Leadership Voices series about making a difference in this world. Please join us in conversation.
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Leadership Voices – Kieran Egan, How to enjoy learning.
The final video in Kieran Egan’s series on education is up! Please have a read and let us know your thoughts.
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Leadership Voices – Kieran Egan, How to foster imagination in your organization.
The second video in Kieran’s series is up for your enjoyment! How do you foster imagination in your organization? Find out how.
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Leadership Voices – Ian McCarthy, The Future Landscape of Innovation
The final video of Ian McCarthy’ s three part series discussing Innovation is up! Enjoy!
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The Perfect Students by Mark Frein
I’m not a big fan of much of the language surrounding training and development. It is gauche to call adults “students” as opposed to learners or some other term. But for the most part, these changes are political as opposed to real. We still teach/train students because they tend to want us to be teachers. Some learn. Some don’t.
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Learning to play with Children’s Blocks by Jenny T.A. Nguyen
I believe that every person should be accepted as a unique individual, regardless of their colour, size, age, orientation, lifestyle, culture, education or any other differential that is but only one small aspect of their person.
Yet, the same courtesy is often hard to extend to myself.
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Big Shifts in Small Acts of Grace by Valerie Nishi
I’ve noticed recently, how seemingly small gestures can create big change.
It was Friday night and my family was too pooped to cook. My partner, 12 year old daughter and mom-in-law popped down to a new and happening Italian Bistro in our ‘hood in Calgary.
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