S1E20 Hows & Whys of International Assignments — Paul Cortney joins Madelyn
What it means to work internationally from prep to dealing with language and culture differences to getting paid. Corney gives you the ’skinny’ from his work in over 23 countries.
S2E31 Management through a Different Lens with John Hovell
Frank Lloyd Wright’s genius is explored through the lens of management. Surprises arise.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Management Through a Different Lens
05:33 Using different connotation to grab attention
10:18 Peer assist and knowledge management
16:44 Letting nature inspire
24:38 Hidden and evident features in organizations
33:44 Resilience and grit
43:44 Seek, sense, and sharing interesting perspectives
49:04 Gestalt Psychotherapy
Books of Impact:
50 Lessons to Learn by Frank Lloyd Wright
Body Process by Dr. James I. Kepner
S1E18 Women in Project Management — Laurel Sim joins Madelyn
Laurel Sim discusses the overwhelming career opportunities for women in project management and also defines what is means when she calls herself a stepping stone.
S1E16 How Students of Today Have Changed – Ruffin & Hoffman join Madelyn
It’s Time to Think
“How is it we have so much information, but know so little?” –Noam Chomsky
We are awash with pieces of information. Post the query in Google, ‘the rain in Spain’ and you will be barraged with links that range from the rainfall in Spain to the George Bernard Shaw’s play, Pygmalion. When I did this, I realized that the song about the rain in Spain is even more important than the weather – based on the relative placement and number of responses I read on the first page of results. How does this impact our students and their ability to turn information into knowledge? In other words, their learning? How does this affect teaching? How can it be leveraged to prepare students for their life’s work? The list of questions goes on.
How Students of Today Have Changed
You have to reach students of any age where they are, and you have to offer a reason to do the work of learning. If you are thinking that that only applies to children, think again. If you are healthy, you learn when you want to learn.
In this week’s show, we will be talking about learning in today’s environment that no longer looks as it did 30 years ago. That no longer has the same incentives. That no longer is without interruption. That now offers infinite resources of information at one’s fingertips but with constant interruption. The days of assuming a good job once you are educated are no longer. At the same time, the desire to go to the right school has placed enormous pressure on young minds. It’s a different world. Which is why, I have invited two colleagues to join me.
Ed Hoffman, PhD will be my guest. Many of you already know him from his prior appearances as guest and co-host. On this show, he and I will be joined by a special guest, Joel Ruffin, one of our previous students. Joel today works for Goldman Sachs, and will give some reality check to the conversation. I think it will be most interesting to see how three minds explore the topic of students of today and how they learn. I hope you will join us.
Joel Ruffin, Sr
S2E23 Speaking Our Minds Unapologetically with Ivna Curi
How to speak your mind in difficult situations, maintaining the seriousness of the message along with acceptance of you as the messenger. Moving beyond nice.
S1E13 Unltralearning — Scott Young joins Madelyn Blair
I am very excited to be joined by an author who loves learning. He is Scott Young of Vancouver, Canada, author of the book, Untralearning. Scott describes himself as a writer who undertakes interesting self-education projects, such as attempting to learn MIT’s four-year computer science curriculum in twelve months and learning four languages in one year.
If you’ve ever been impressed when you heard why someone says, It’s an honor to introduce my friend who… Imagine being able to say, It’s an honor to introduce yourself in the same way!
