The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Crowdsourcing educational projects is perhaps not what immediately comes to mind when one thinks of crowdfunding, but research from the University of Michigan highlights not only how popular it is but how effective it can be. Indeed, each funded educational project on the platform achieves up to a 1.6% increase in pupil performance. “We

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Leading Blog

MAY 6, 2024

Netflix, for example, claims to have saved more than $1 billion annually using machine learning. Organizations can do more with less. Just as email transformed communication and iPhones and apps created widespread connectivity, AI is reshaping everything from healthcare to education to manufacturing to travel.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Educating Others. The most powerful way was enabling children of incarcerated parents and their parents to spend time together while learning AND having fun. Linda’s projects at Florida prisons also resonate with me, because I do volunteer work at a local prison.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 17, 2021

The expansion of education in developing countries has made considerable progress possible in terms of the access to education available to people. New research from IIASA highlights how this progress is not seen equally, however, and indeed, mere presence in school should not be confused with a quality education. Rapid change.

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Mills Scofield

MAY 19, 2014

Education is learning languages: the languages of words, music, math, art, chemistry, biology, etc. Education is learning paradoxes … and oxymorons. So let me highlight an oxymoron that is damaging our kids’ education: Lifelong Learning and Gap Year.

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Mills Scofield

MAY 20, 2013

MOOCs (Massively Open Online Courses) are a very hot topic in higher education and corporate training. UVa’s Darden School of Business and University of Washington are finding unexpected value and learning by using Coursolve. We are in a new age of education, and just leave it our students to make sure they are front and center!

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Mills Scofield

MAY 29, 2013

Victor has hacked his MBA and learned more than he would have in school. I told my Middle Eastern parents that I wouldn''t be pursuing the traditional routes of doctor, lawyer, or engineer and left home to pursue a degree and work in education. Risk: From students to self-made education. How would I do that?

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

As a recent British study highlighted, refugees, like everyone else, don’t want work that simply passes their time, but rather gives them meaningful things to do. What’s more, connections that do exist are often unreliable and expensive. The right credentials. Leading content.

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Joseph Lalonde

AUGUST 9, 2017

He was learning more outside of the classroom. To doing photography. In episode 44 of the Answers From Leadership Podcast, Derek and I discuss what the changing landscape of education looks like and what that looks like for organizations today. Really intested in what could be done to improve the education system.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 5, 2023

In Generation Why: How Boomers Can Lead and Learn from Millennials and Gen Z , McGill University professor Karl Moore asks why. Our education has a huge impact on how we believe the world does and should work. Managers can use the SKS framework both to provide effective feedback: What should I stop doing? They depend on it.

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Thin Difference

JUNE 29, 2019

Leaders who are the most relevant and effective within their spheres of influence are those who prioritize continued growth and learning—both for themselves and their teams. Why Being an Education-First Leader Matters. Communicate Your Learning Goals from the Onset. Guest Post by Jessica Thiefels.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

What to say next when you’re overloaded at work (without sounding whiny) Ever found yourself cackling at the monstrous to-do list glaring back at you, thinking “Right, that’s not happening,” only to gulp back a sob as you realize none of it’s optional? When your boss asks what they can do to help, have an answer.

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Deming Institute

JANUARY 6, 2020

This series provides resources for those interested in learning more about particular topics related to W. Dr. Deming was an educator for many years. I think this quote provides excellent insight into Deming’s ideas on education (from What Ought a School of Business Teach?, No, I read them to see how I am doing.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 18, 2024

We’ve had many leaders, managers and clients around the world approach us with different cross cultural leadership challenges including: “In my culture, we need sound and music to do our best, but my office is silent as a graveyard. People will certainly learn about one another slowly over time, but why wait? Politely say “no”?

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

In The Ecosystem Economy , McKinsey’s Venkat Atluri and Miklos Dietz paint a picture of the future of education that will see the ways in which we learn transformed. The need to widen access to university was emphasized in IE University’s Santiago Iñiguez de Onzoño’s latest book Philosophy Inc.,

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

It’s a constant parade of senior leaders looking to learn and looking to help. Is the purpose to educate executives so they understand the inner workings of the business? Or do they think these visits benefit you and your teams by providing moral support and encouragement? What does success look like?

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Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 17, 2023

Follow these tips to learn how to make your processes smooth and efficient for a more satisfying experience for everyone involved, including you. This is especially true when you have just designed a highly-proficient presentation only to turn around and do it again. It does not have to be this labor-intensive.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 16, 2020

If you are thinking about making a career change then you might consider whether you should explore the education sector. Do You Have A Particular Area Of Interest? Do You Have Experience? A lot of people think you can become an educator once you have the right degrees in place. Do You Have The Right Temperament?

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Lead from Within

MARCH 9, 2023

Despite investing heavily in education for their executives, many companies don’t see a good return on their investment. This is because traditional educators and businesses don’t often teach the vital skills necessary for success. Hence, avoid using a cookie cutter approach, which is common in most organizations.

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Leading Blog

JULY 30, 2021

When we do try to teach our kids, our conversation about online safety is too limited, focusing on not sharing personal information, talking to digital strangers, or posting things they might regret later. Using screen time as the primary factor for moderating tech takes away our children’s ability to learn to self-regulate.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 1, 2024

Co-Intelligence : Living and Working with AI by Ethan Mollick Something new entered our world in November 2022 — the first general purpose AI that could pass for a human and do the kinds of creative, innovative work that only humans could do previously. Or how do you make sure that you're a good mentor?

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Leading Blog

MARCH 25, 2021

They align their best efforts with the organization’s in natural ways that other systems can’t lead them to do. Scientist and mathematician Richard Hamming on the purpose of education: “Teachers should prepare the student for the student’s future, not for the teacher’s past.”. It is the difference between rowing and sailing.

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Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

The industries expected to see the most significant growth in older workers include healthcare, education, and professional and business services. This can foster a learning culture within the organization. Adaptability: Contrary to stereotypes, many older workers are adaptable and willing to learn new technologies or methods.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 29, 2019

Those who are educators will know that there are varied different learning styles and that to reach the understanding of your whole group; you need to be able to tap into each style equally. Some of those in your learning setting will be auditory based learners. Kinesthetic learners prefer to hold or touch to learn new things.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 27, 2023

Yet they’re also in the throes of developmental changes that include learning to become independent from their family — both in proximity and with relation to financial dependency. Older family members must create space for connections and learning while enabling emerging adults to explore and express their independence.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 20, 2023

Lessons learned from our experiences alone do not make for Experiential Intelligence alone. Your abilities represent broader approaches to how you do what you do, so you can apply what you know how to do in different contexts. XQ is a framework that provides a lens through which we can view our experiences.

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 6, 2024

Also, by asking more questions you’ll help break down barriers, resolve challenges, encourage collaboration, and imagine new ways of doing things. Listen to Learn : How can you hear what someone is really trying to tell you. Reflect & Reconnect : How to take the right action based on what you’ve learned. Zip your lip.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2021

R OBERT DILENSCHNEIDER looks at the lives of twenty-five accomplished men and women and asks what they were doing at around age 25 that led them to become the people they became in Nailing It: How History’s Awesome Twentysomethings Got It Together. What was the fledgling reporter to do now? And at a time of personal grief?

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

If learning something new was on your list, you’re not alone – and it’s not too late. did, and wisely said) that “leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” Learning not only benefits ourselves but helps advance our communities as well. These three guiding principles have allowed us to do just that.

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Experience to Lead

APRIL 24, 2024

An effective facilitator not only guides learners through educational content but also creates an engaging environment that connects theory with practical application. David Kolb’s Experiential Learning Cycle provides a foundational framework for Experiential Learning formats.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 29, 2019

It’s a world in which we’re told that the shelf life of skills is getting ever shorter, and therefore we must all learn continuously in order to have the skills required to thrive in whatever life throws at us. Students of all ages need to learn the skills that are critical for lifelong learning and success.”

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Hyper-Learning : How to Adapt to the Speed of Change by Edward D. Professor Ed Hess believes that requires us to become Hyper-Learners: continuously learning, unlearning, and relearning at the speed of change. Hyper-Learning requires a new way of being and a radical new way of working. Society venerates experience.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 6, 2020

This idea is encapsulated in his phrase, “ learning our way forward.” We must learn to push through the fear and trust in the process. It is learning our way forward. “We We are learning as fast as we can. Educate to Bring Clarity. His intent was to drive out fear by education and consistent communication.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Did you wake up eager and ready for the learning and relationship challenges that were there each day? There is lots of conflicting research about what really matters in the process to educate children. They, as we did, bring with them the patterns of behavior learned for security and survival. So it is with all organizations.

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Eric Jacobson

APRIL 22, 2024

Fortunately, according to Dr. Kandi Wiens , author of the new book, Burnout Immunity , you can learn how to build immunity to burnout. Those specific EI behaviors include: They believe that each new stressor offers an experience to learn, expand, and evolve. They can handle the discomfort of learning curves and uncertainty.

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Coaching Tip

APRIL 9, 2013

" Cage-Busting Leadership " (Harvard Education Press) is of profound interest and value to school and district leaders, a s well as everyone, with a stake in school improvement. However, it is also the case that leaders have far more freedom to transform, reimagine, and invigorate teaching, learning, and schooling than is widely believed.".

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Joseph Lalonde

AUGUST 30, 2022

I’m learning about topics that were never taught (or I don’t remember) during my school years. I learned about his struggles with cancer, how he was a Michigan native from Grand Haven, MI, and the bond he and his dog formed. You’ll also begin to understand what pushes someone to do the things they do.

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