"How do you say 'DEAL!' in Chinese?"
Our friend and InsideWork’s South American correspondent, Glenn McMahan, provides some insight into the importance of language in today’s global economy.
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How parenting and education are killing American entrepreneurship and innovation
A new “nontrepreneur” generation is entering the marketplace: one characterized by fear of failure and an excessive need for hand-holding. Bernard Moon dives into some of the reasons behind the declining American entrepreneurial spirit.
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The Use of Technology in Education
Video designed to stimulate the use of technology in education. A challenge to teachers and business people alike for the development of the first generation to grow up in a digital world.
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60% of college students don't get a successful education - wasting billions and billions of dollars annually. Richard Light conducts a survey of Harvard students to find out what advice can help students be more likely to succeed.
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What if you could only use lines from sports movies?
The hilarious ultimate commencement address from Page 2 of ESPN using only lines from sports movies. Hilarious!
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Gardner outlines five premium thinking abilities: the disciplinary mind, the synthesizing mind, the creating mind, the respectful mind, and the ethical mind.
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A High School Teacher Lays Out the Challenge
Dan Wooldridge continues his challenge to the parents, educators and leaders of today to prepare our children for today's world.
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A High School Teacher Lays Out the Challenge
Dan Wooldridge calls parents, employers, educators, and church leaders to wake up to the rapid global changes happening in today's flat world.
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Thomas Friedman speaks to a network associated with Claremont McKenna College on the thesis of a flat world. Dan Wooldridge records his impressions of the speech as well as some implications for professional and personal development.
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Preparedness in a World of Uncertainty
Dan Wooldridge writes that the new world of risk demands a shift from prediction and planning as personal and organizational drivers to preparation and adaptation.
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Do you know what you're hiring?
Dan Wooldridge points out that the rampant cheating in schools will eventually have a long term impact in business performance and the quality of our society.
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Measuring Up 2006: The National Report Card on Higher Education, a study by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, underscores what a September 2006 New York Times editorial characterized as "ominous trends." No kidding
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Final Thoughts on The Best Commencement Speech . . . Ever
The last of Al Lunsford’s three reflections on Steve Jobs’ speech to the Stanford Class of 2005.
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The Best Commencement Address . . . Ever
Al Lunsford’s reflections on the best commencement speech he ever heard
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Cal Berkeley’s AnnaLee Saxenian has a clear vision of how the global economy is being transformed, and she has revealed it in The New Argonauts (2006, Harvard University Press).
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