Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Sometimes a quotation encourages you to consider something you weren’t expecting. This is one of those. “You have to allow a certain amount of time in which you are doing nothing in order to have things occur to you, to let your mind think.” – Mortimer Adler, philosopher, educator, and author Questions to [.].

Education 214

Education Management 214

Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 17, 2011

I grew up on a farm — an environment where mechanical equipment abounds and things break (often at inopportune times). Given that, having great mechanical skills and aptitudes are a great benefit to a farmer. Thankfully, my father had those skills. He was so good at the variety of skills required that I grew up [.].

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Comparison Skills Environment Development 192

Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 19, 2011

According to the early morning CNN show I saw in the hotel lobby this morning, it is. Why? Because it is National Evaluate Your Life Day. (Here’s more info) While anytime is a good time to reflect on and evaluate your life. To give you time to actually do it, I won’t attempt to persuade [.].

Hotels 190

Hotels Succession 190

Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 17, 2011

This week’s Resource Recommendation is Best Practices Are Stupid – 40 Ways to Out-Innovate the Competition by Stephen M. Shapiro. This is a book about creativity and innovation. And this is a book about organizational change. It is mostly about examining sacred cows (i.e. best practices) and recognizing that perhaps (in some cases) the best [.].

Innovation 184

Innovation Creativity Books Resources 184