May 14th, 2012
by eweber.
What’s the solution? An online game!
What’s the problem? Mentoring is too one-way, as it currently rolls out. Older mentors dictate practices to upstarts even when upstarts have far more valued skills to teach. It hurts entire organizations as it keeps poor practices alive, and blocks leadership opportunities for enthusiastic young experts in any field.
Imagine a life-changing online college class, in the comfort of your home. Upbeat content online can reboot your life and career, replace dull lectures and forge mind-bending alliances. Have you seen it? Can you see yourself completing a revolutionary course from your kitchen table? Suppose an online venture skyrockets your talents and attracts convivial peers [...]
Written By Ellen Weber, PhD and Robyn McMaster, PhD Higher Education and Brain Based Benefits Challenges of Change Renewal is to the university community today what Renaissance was to the Middle Ages. Both encompass a resurgence of learning. Both tap into more potential from the human brain. The idea is to engage both sides of [...]
Mar 17th, 2009
by eweber.
Tone takes you deeper into any topic because it allows the other sides to emerge without persecuting people who express differences. Tone’s also the honesty you speak about hot spots, and the calm respect you show to those who disagree. But can good tone come in tough times? Or can it define those who excite [...]
Feb 28th, 2009
by eweber.
Would you agree with Oxford Scholar, Robin Dunbar, that brainpower limits the size of your social network? Master connectors do better than most. Team building expert, and friend, Mike Cardus sent me an interesting article today to show how many friends most people engage online. Dunbar’s research concluded that the size of a human brain [...]
Feb 12th, 2009
by eweber.
If online success is your goal, you’ll want to toss talents into the ring in ways that win more for the entire virtual circle. People often start online groups only to find that a few people with weaker tone skills, set up polarities rather than engage opposing views with respect. We see it most pronounced [...]