Learning for Life: An Interview with Mukta Arya

by Diane Fitzpatrick | Sep 1, 2020 | Learning

An inter­est­ing thing hap­pened to Muk­ta Arya on her way to becom­ing a bio tech­nol­o­gy pro­fes­sion­al: She changed paths, got an MBA, and began a career in cor­po­rate human resources. The impe­tus? Her desire to help people. “I felt very drawn to it,” she said....

Learning at Home Alone and Online? Take Charge

by Diane Fitzpatrick | Jul 28, 2020 | Learning

John Dewey would say we are struck. Paulo Freire might add that we’re shocked. And William James would call it pure experience. That’s 2020 through the eyes of edu­ca­tion­al the­o­rists and psy­chol­o­gists. Regard­less of the labels applied to our cur­rent...

Learning in Motion: What Your Movements Say About You

by Diane Fitzpatrick | Jul 14, 2020 | Learning

There’s a Big Bang The­o­ry episode in which Shel­don goes to Pen­ny to learn act­ing tech­niques to improve his teach­ing and con­nec­tion to his stu­dents. Pen­ny sug­gests that Shel­don “move around in the space! Do what­ev­er feels nat­ur­al,” as a warm-up...

Nine Practices for Leaders to Accelerate Your Learning Power

by Molly Taylor | Mar 3, 2018 | Leadership, Learning

Tom Fried­man, the New York Times colum­nist and author, believes the rate of change has become so rapid that it now out­paces our cur­rent abil­i­ty to adapt. In order to man­age dur­ing this dis­ori­ent­ing insta­bil­i­ty lead­ers need to learn faster and bet­ter....