The Mobile Leadership Program The other night, my flight was delayed. I had time in the terminal and found myself in the mood to learn, develop, and work on strategizing to create my own path in life. Yes, I am a leadership geek. Thanks to my smartphone I could. I watched a Create Your Path …
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After I graduated from college, I came down with a case of “Sunday night illness.” It was that sick-to-the-stomach kind of feeling you get when the fear of Monday morning makes you sick the night before, because you are not at the right place in your career. You feel it when are not living within …
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Experiential Learning: Reflect & Make Meaning of your Experiences to Grow Make meaning with the power of reflection. Get better at what you do and how you do it through experiential or active learning. There is so much we can learn about ourselves through our past, and namely, through our specific, unique life experiences. Many …
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It is really difficult to do things on our own. It is even more difficult to do things on our own without any tools or resources. If you’ve ever tried to build or repair something, you know that tools can make all the difference. The same goes for our life. Tools and resources help us …
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Creating your path is all about experiences. Experiences help us to understand ourselves and learn. We create our path for the journey ahead by experiencing. We can take a look back at the path we’ve already traveled and see that it is paved by experiences. An important step on the journey to create your path …
It is the Year of Innovation at the University of Wisconsin and I’m honored and excited to help my alma mater kick off the year at their Innovation U launch event. Hear from Chancellor David Ward first and then I’ll take it from there with a highly interactive program held at the Wisconsin Institutes for …
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I have been involved with “MANIAC” at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for a number of years now. UW-MANIAC is the Madison Area Network for Innovation and Collaboration – a dynamic partnership of University and community people who are creatively exploring the possibilities of a network focused on sparking creative, innovative practices in the workplace. I …
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Today, I’d like to point out two articles in The Innovation Learner that exemplify some of the concepts in the Lean Startup approach to innovation. The first piece, from BusinessInsider.com, reminds us that it’s okay to work with ideas that are rough around the edges. That means you can start with an idea and adapt …
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Today, I’d like to highlight a couple of articles featured in The Leadership Learner that talk about professional leadership, how to become a leader, and how to innovate once you get there. The first comes from the Center for Organizational Learning, which focuses on “creating individual leaders who are architects and builders of significant innovations.” …
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In Today’s Innovation Learner: We’ve culled news from around the web to bring you the best sources on innovation today. Learn about the “100 Important Innovations That Came From University Research,” the 10 underrated hotbeds of innovation in America, the innovations that could save your life, and more! Click here to read The Innovation Learner.