skills for the future

August 2009

Why Right-Brainers will Rule the World

By |2017-07-13T17:44:06-04:00August 4th, 2009|Career and Business, Shifting Perspectives|

  Daniel H. Pink has created a body of inspiring and thought-provoking work in his book A Whole New Mind. This is a book that Oprah gave to 4500 graduating students from Stanford last year, because it offers a whole new perspective on the skills and apptitudes that will be required for the next generation of leaders.  In his book, he argues that a “Whole New Mind” is required to thrive in the future, one that is more holistic, balancing both the attributes of left and right brain thinking. […]

July 2009

The Dalai Lama is Following my Tweets!

By |2017-07-13T17:44:06-04:00July 30th, 2009|Shifting Perspectives|

"The Dali Lama is now following your tweets on Twitter." Less than a year ago I wouldn't have even understood the meaning of this phrase. The word "Twitter", let alone the concept of Tweets from the Dalai Lama were not in my lexicon a short year ago. Everyone talks about the power of the Internet and new social media. Receiving this message in my morning inbox is one of the most wonderful examples of this I have experienced to date !

January 2009

New Media – Is it Creating Social Transformation

By |2017-07-13T17:44:06-04:00January 7th, 2009|Education, Community and Leadership, Shifting Perspectives|

Can we really create a social consciousness revolution? We finally have the tools, but will we use them wisely? There is a lot of talk today about the new social media, which includes: YouTube, Wikipedia, facebook, Delicious, MySpace, blogs, or the Smartboards that are bringing the transformative potential of the Internet into our children’s classrooms. It is clear that social technology is increasing the amount of interaction and information sharing happening globally. […]

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