Inspiration Through Information
Someone forwarded me a link to this video in which Daniel Pink, author of A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future, speaks to a small audience about why the future belongs to a different kind of person with a different kind of mind. That kind of mind Pink describes as “right-brain” thinkers […]
I’ve started to publish a few of my posts on LinkedIn as well as here on my blog. Today I posted an article titled Google Leads The Way regarding Google’s recent announcement that they will no longer use college degrees as a screening requirement for their job candidates. Check it out and let me know your […]
In addition to some of the obvious changes regarding the contemporary workforce, the underlying economy that supports the workforce is changing also. Some economists and trend pundits believe that the United States, and indeed the entire world, will see an adjustment to the very foundation of our economy in terms of wealth distribution and fewer […]
These days a popular term has emerged in learning circles – social learning. It’s not an entirely new term. Discussion about social learning has roots going back as early as the late 1800’s. In recent times it has become somewhat synonymous with social media learning. While learning theorists will rightfully disagree that the two terms […]
A while back I stumbled upon an amazing website, a website I can honestly and without doubt say is my absolute favorite website, ever. The site is TED (TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design). Begun in 1984, TED is an annual conference, held in Long Beach, California, that initially brought together people from the worlds […]
The necessity for the existence of grade school and probably the high school system is hard to argue against. Yes, if a parent has the ability and stamina to engage in homeschooling, that is certainly a valid option and I fully support that option. But otherwise, having the 1-12 grade system we have today in […]
Modern job requirements, along with the accelerating pace at which we now live, necessitate constantly updated information and skills. The workplace of today isn’t the workplace of a decade or two ago. Things change quickly now. Unless a worker develops the ability to continually self-educate to keep up with new information, technologies and skills, their […]
Yesterday I was part of a webinar panel discussion on the state of the technical communications industry. It was very well received. Here is the recording if you would like to listen to it. If you work in this field, I’d love to read your comments here after you listen to it.
Every so often you read a blog post or article and are moved by the feeling that “wow, this is so chock full of truth and wisdom” that you have to let others know about it. That just happened to me as I read Penelope Trunk’s post on LinkedIn titled The Strongest Careers are Non-Linear. […]
I read a rather interesting book recently, The Education of Millionaires: Everything You Won’t Learn in College About How to Be Successful, by Michael Ellsberg. This book adds to the small but growing collective of books urging us to look at education from a different perspective. That perspective is from one of self-empowerment when it […]