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Comment on 3L’s of Self-Directed Learning: Insights from My TEDx Talk by admin

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Formal education is important and we cannot undermine the importance of specialised education and training. Absolutely. However, learning is essentially an intrinsic thing even when your mode of learning is through a formal course. Thanks for the comment.

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The Spark of Initiative

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Our education system trains us to do things efficiently. If you belong to the latter, Seth Godin has some simple (yet profound) guidance for you. He wrote about three ways to add value – by doing things, by taking decisions and by initiating.

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3L’s of Self-Directed Learning: Insights from My TEDx Talk

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Formal education is a launch pad that equips us with fundamentals. Our school system trains us to be passive learners and we always rely on someone else for our learning. I started 2019 by delivering a TEDx talk at TEDxGCET in Vallabh Vidyanagar. This post covers a few key insights extracted from the talk. Video to be posted soon.

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re-hiring/training new hires when your experienced people leave? not training your workforce? When I asked the boss he said “its hidden profit of company when employee have a wider perspective and are more educated about their work&# - Today Lakhi Group is the largest producer of polish diamonds in the world with 35,000 employee.

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The Culture of Innovation and People Dimension: #IHRChat

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tweets in less than one hour, it was almost like boarding the super-fast learning train on innovation. Thanks to Georgia Tech for mention of my article “ Indispensible Traits of A Collaborative Leader ” in their Leadership Education and Development section. With over 1.5K Creativity creativity Culture Innovation Leadership'

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QAspire Blog 2009 – Essential Posts Redux

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March 2009: Personal Leadership - It shines in difficult times We are all leaders - but our education, upbringing and organization structures suppresses our leadership traits. I also included this example in a leadership training I delivered to a group of middle managers in my organization.

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Friday Five: A Metaphor is Worth a Thousand Pictures!

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Noam Chomsky on The Purpose of Education. “In In the colleges, in the schools, do you train for passing tests, or do you train for creative inquiry?”.

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