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Designing Effective Microlearning Content for Leadership Training

Ever find yourself in a leadership seminar that seems to drag on forever? Your mind starts wandering, and before you know it, you’re thinking about what’s for lunch instead of the topic at hand. What if we could flip that script and make learning engaging, bite-sized, and seamlessly integrated into our busy schedules?  Microlearning is ...

Decisions Are Experiments

Transcript: Critical thinking is not merely an intellectual exercise, it’s meant to provide reason and logic so that you can make good decisions. When the time comes to make a decision, you’ve done all the work. You’ve described the problem, gathered information from a variety of perspectives, and interpreted and evaluated the evidence and relevant ...

Cycling America with Teenagers: Strength from Deep in the Group

This summer three dads, and four of our teenage kids bicycled across the United States from Seattle to Maine to learn more about ourselves, our world, and what’s possible when we allow for growth and renewal. Here is another learning excerpt from the journey. This day did not turn out as any of us expected. ...

Core Workplace Skills Every Professional Should Keep Building

Being good at your job is important. But in most workplaces, technical skills alone aren’t the only thing that separates struggling employees from thriving professionals. The people who consistently grow in their careers tend to communicate clearly, collaborate effectively, manage their workload well, adapt to feedback, and handle challenges without losing momentum. These are the ...

Constraints Are Good for Innovation

Transcript: Way back in 1960, Theo Geisel, also known as Dr. Seuss, he accepted a bet with his publisher Bennett Cerf. Cerf challenged Geisel to write a book using only 50 different words, and the result became Green Eggs and Ham, which went on to sell over 200 million copies and is now one of ...

When to Call, Text, Zoom or Email?

When it comes to communicating with your co-workers or boss, the choices you make can either detriment or enhance your relationships. It’s always very important to understand the context, urgency, and purpose of your message so that you can then choose the best mode of communication given these variables. Transcript: You’ve heard stories about people ...