See Our New Innovation Leadership Program!
Connect With Me
Email darin@darineich.com about bringing his facilitation, speaking, workshops, or program development to your organization or conference.Check out Darin’s new book!
Author Archives: Darin Eich
Startups, Beanbags, Earthquakes, and Fires: The James Tamplin Story
I’m chronicling the stories of determined entrepreneurs, innovative leaders, unique path creators, and friends. Last month was Rishi Shah and this month is James Tamplin, CEO and Co-Founder of Firebase. I met James Tamplin when he was a student at the … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Personal Development
Tagged California, career, Company, Entrepreneur, Firebase, innovative leader, Innovator, James Tamplin, leadership, Madison, san francisco, Silicon Valley, Startup, story, Wisconsin, Y-Combinator
4 Comments
Flipping The Leadership Program
Influenced by Khan Academy’s “Flipping the Classroom” model, we are designing, building and facilitating new innovation focused leadership development programs for students at Dartmouth’s Rockefeller Center and for faculty & staff at the University of Wisconsin. These new programs are rooted in … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Research, Theory
Tagged Course, Curriculum, Khan Academy, leadership development, Learning, program, seminar, social media, Student, technology, video, workshop
Leave a comment
How to Flip the Classroom: Program for Higher Education
How to Flip the Classroom: Experiential Group Activities in the Classroom and Video-guided Reflection Outside of the Classroom Have you heard of the “Flipping the Classroom” trend, made popular in education by Khan Academy? Are you interested in learning more … Continue reading
How to take an idea from Google and scale it down to you
I try to spend a couple of weeks in San Francisco each year. It is like a “study abroad” program to learn the latest in innovation just being there. I have many friends who are out there now leading startup … Continue reading
Work Freedom: The who, what, where, when, why, and how of work checklist
It’s a valuable thing to work with who you want, on what you want, how you want, where you want, when you want, and to own what you work on. It’s meaningful to have a quick but thoughtful answer to … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Development
Tagged activity, assessment, Autonomy, Career Development, Checklist, HR, Human Resources, infographic, Organization, Professional, Reflection, Student, Work Freedom
Leave a comment
Hit Escape Three Times
Take a look at all of the things you are involved in, doing in your work, or at your organization. Which do you need to hit the Escape button on? About what do you tell yourself, “Times have changed…this doesn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Development
Tagged cut, Escape, New Year, Planning, save time, strategy, time management
Leave a comment
Move faster in the morning with a time management assessment
Lately I have been most passionate about helping people to innovate their own lives, solve their own problems, respond to change, and transform themselves at a higher level. This begins with identifying a challenge. A common challenge I see many … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation Knowledge, Personal Development
Tagged activity, assessment, coffee, make time, morning, save time, start, time management
Leave a comment
Step up the ladder: A visual infographic to help you start innovation
A metaphor and visual model can help us get started with innovation and the important, frequent, and necessary conversations with others about what we are working on. I’ve whipped up an innovation ladder model infographic to help you think about … Continue reading
Posted in Education
Tagged conversations, framework, image, infographic, innovation, model, start
Leave a comment
Use the repeat button with care in your life and work
When I listen to music I love the repeat button. I especially love the “repeat 1” button. I love to hear the same song over and over again. It drives most people crazy. After a while, admittedly about 5 times, … Continue reading
Survey says: The 4 most critical skills to develop due to the rapid pace of change
The American Management Association (AMA) surveyed 2,115 managers about the most important skills needed in our organizations. It is not the 3Cs but now a different set of 4Cs: Critical thinking/problem solving, Communication, Collaboration, and Creativity/innovation skills. Why are these 4Cs … Continue reading