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Teachable Points of View

I am in the US.  Just arrived in Philadelphia for a stint at Wharton to be precise.  But a conversation this evening on Teachable Points of View sent me scurrying back to refresh my knowledge.  I found a useful interview with Noel Tichy who invented the phrase, and some memorable quotations. One that struck me
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Economist Debate No 3

The Economist has just launched debate on 3:  Social networking technologies will bring large (positive) changes to educational methods, in and out of the classroom. Ewan McIntosh from Learning and Teaching Scotland is putting the proposition and Michael Bugeja is putting the case against.  You can read the opening statements here. Michael never seems to
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Signs of the Times No 2

Students are voting with their feet.  The Age released the latest univeristy place offers in Australia. Natural and Physical Science down 21.1% on last year Education down 13.4%  Engineering down 12.1% But  Agriculture and Environment UP 129%, that is one hundred and twenty-nine percent! Someone out there is thinking about the future! 
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One More from Gary

One more quotation from Gary Hamel taken from the video clip on Amazon introducing his book:   "You can’t win unless you are able to get the very best out of your people." I hope that this becomes the coda for the next few years.   
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On ABC Radio

I have been doing a four weekly stint on ABC Radio which ends this next Tuesday 15th January, the evening before I leave for the UK and the US.  The general plan has been to talk about work and how it can be made more rewarding and fulfilling;  how to be more creative and share
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Some Links for ABC

For those of you who listened to my ABC talks,  here are a few links.  Plus a free download of one of my articles. I hope that they are useful.  Simply click on the links.  Creativity Getting Noticed at Work  Better CVs And here Online Jobs   Nigel
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The Future of Management

Gary Hamel has a new book out called the Future of Management .  Jay Cross drew it to my attention and, like him, I am now reading it.  It is a radical rethink of management processes and I have found a few delicious quotes:  "You can’t build a company that is fit for the future
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Five Kinds of Wealth

Robin Sharma believes that there are five kinds of wealth: economic;  relationship wealth;  health; adventure, challenge and fun; contribution and impact.  Listen to his podcast here. Robin says that to be genuinely wealthy (as opposed to being rich) you need all FIVE kinds of wealth and you should work on achieving all five.
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LearnX 2008

This e learning and training conference and exhibition is running in Melbourne on 12th and 13th June.  Jay Cross and I are amongst the Keynote Speakers.  We have been asked to prepare a brief introductory video about our talk with a bit of an environmental theme.  Jay’s video is here. Here is mine. 
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Being a Learning Leader

Learning Leaders are very important and increasingly important in their respective companies or public sector organisations.  That is why Elliott Masie and I are running a 3 day intensive boot camp for you in Saratoga in upper New York State. It runs from March the 10th – 12th 2008 and is called the Learning Leaders
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