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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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.
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We want to help you learn innovation in real time. Be sure to check out the innovation articles in our daily innovation e-newspaper, The Innovation Learner. The focus of this daily publication is on sourcing you current articles that can help you to innovate in your work and life. Here are a couple of articles
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During my research on high quality leadership programs – interviewing more than sixty stakeholders about what matters most for student learning and leadership development – I rarely (if ever) heard that the following program elements were contributing positively to student learning and leadership development. Here is a list of what I didn’t hear: 1. Lecturing
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Do you want to learn how to be a better innovator on a daily basis? Would you like to develop your leadership skills from scanning expert articles? If so, we’ve created a new daily e-newspaper just for you. It is called “The Innovation Learner.” Check out the first issue. If you like it you can
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Here are some recommended books from UW-MANIAC members at the University of Wisconsin. UW-MANIAC (Madison Area Network for Innovation and Collaboration) hosts a variety of innovative and creative events…and attendees are always sharing books about organizations, change, design thinking, innovation, creativity and leadership with each other. Add any other recommended books that you can think
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Leadership programs and courses are becoming popular in middle and high schools. So is character education and service learning, which is a great tool for teaching high school students leadership. Turning student creativity loose and letting them take real action in teams can be good for student learning and development. Here are some example high
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