Career analyst Dan Pink makes a case and examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don’t: Traditional rewards aren’t always as effective as we think. Listen for illuminating stories — and maybe, a way forward. Daniel Pinks Surprising Science of Motivation Transcript I need to…
Do Schools Kill Creativity?
Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity. Do Schools Kill Creativity TRANSCRIPT
How are mobile learning technologies changing the executive learning landscape?
Research for UNICON, produced by Ashridge, November 2011 Research Question: How are mobile technologies changing the executive learning landscape? DOWNLOAD MOBILE LEARNING RESEARCH REPORT HERE (64 pg PDF) Table of Contents Definition of ‘Mobile Learning’ What is a Mobile Device? Why Mobile Learning? How Mobile Devices can be used for Learning Case Examples Introduction Hub of…
The Creativity Crisis: The Decrease in Creative Thinking (RESEARCH)
[st_row background=”solid” row_bg_opacity_slider=”” div_padding_top=”10″ div_padding_left=”10″ div_padding_bottom=”10″ div_padding_right=”10″ id_wrapper=”elm_59633308d27b2″ ][st_column span=”span12″ id_wrapper=”elm_59633308d2761″ ][st_text id_wrapper=”elm_59633308d270f” ] The Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT) was developed in 1966 and renormed five times: in 1974, 1984, 1990, 1998, and 2008. Research Population & Sample Size The total sample for all six normative samples included 272,599 kindergarten through 12th grade students…
92% of Fortune 500 companies are testing or deploying iPads
TheNextWeb writes on October 4th, 2011 that 92% of the Fortune 500 companies are testing or deploying iPads Certainly mobile learning and the use of tablets has a significant impact for work and learning in the future! Read the article below: Tim Cook of Apple is talking iPad during todays Apple event, and has…
U.S. Military Creates Fake Online Identities To Counter ‘Enemy Propaganda’
NPR reports on two separate stories from the Guardian (original links below) In an original story by NPR titled: “Report: U.S. Creates Fake Online Identities To Counter ‘Enemy Propaganda’”, they relate that the U.S. Military hired a California company to create software that allows one person to control up to 10 different and sophisticated fake…