Learning
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 ...
How Microlearning Supports Continuous Learning and Development
Remember that feeling when you’re stuck in a never-ending meeting, and your mind starts to wander? You’re thinking about everything except the topic at hand. Now imagine if learning could be the opposite of that – engaging, bite-sized, and seamlessly integrated into your daily routine. Microlearning is like those refreshing mini-breaks we all need – ...
AI Will Not Show Up for You
Up here in Maine, we still have a hint of winter. Just a touch of snow remains, although it’s disappearing fast. On weekends, I teach a skiing class of 7-year-olds. We meet every Saturday and Sunday morning at 9 a.m. and ski together for three hours. It’s everything you imagine—the joys of singing and laughing, ...
A Secret to Rise Above Microstress
Robin Dunbar popularized the idea of the Dunbar Number. You’ve probably heard of it. It’s the hypothetical number of people we can manage to maintain at any given stage of life. There are roughly 500 people we might recognize in the grocery store and smile and say hello, 100 we would invite to a wedding, ...
Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda, and What People Actually Regret
Here’s a real story, but let’s anonymize him. We’ll call him Joey. So Joey, a local mild-mannered grown-up went to a high school soccer match in Virginia, and sat with friends and colleagues in the stands, on the home side, the side hosting the game. The game got competitive, the kids got all riled up, ...
Why We Need to Share Our Family Stories
Do you know where your grandparents grew up? Do you know where your parents went to high school? Do you know where your parents met? Do you know an illness or something really terrible that happened in your family? How well do you know your family history? Listening to – and telling – the stories ...
