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Când eram mici, eram întrebați ce vrem să ne facem când vom fi mari. Iar când ne-am făcut mari, ne-am așteptat să fim fericiți cu ce ne-am făcut. De câte ori te-ai întrebat, însă, în căutarea vocației sau pe parcursul carierei deja existente, cum arată drumul potrivit pentru tine? Câte răspunsuri ai găsit și de câte ori ai ajuns să concretizezi vreunul dintre ele? Câte dintre răspunsuri ți-au fost, de fapt, potrivite?În primul episod din acest sezon vorbim despre cum ne găsim ADN-ul Vocațional la intersecția între descoperirea trăsăturilor de personalitate, a punctelor forte, dar și a pasiunilor, valorilor și motivațiilor noastre.Acest episod este produs și distribuit cu susținere E.ON Energie România.Resurse:1. Sir Ken Robinson, Do Schools Kill Creativity - https://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_do_schools_kill_creativity?subtitle=en 2. One Third of Your Life Is Spent At Work - https://www.gettysburg.edu/news/stories?id=79db7b34-630c-4f49-ad32-4ab9ea48e72b 3. Vocație, Sever Voinescu, Dilema Veche - https://dilemaveche.ro/sectiune/tema-saptamanii/vocatie-2246226.html

Thoughts on the episode? Let us know.In this conversation, the brilliant Dr. Richard Hodge (aren't you glad you live in a universe that includes him?) introduces the four quadrant model as a way of clarifying and codifying our approach to complex problems.Before we get into it, I wanna say: This is high-level stuff.It's meaty (ok, seitan-y) and will take a while for most folks to digest. (I'm still working on it after being introduced to Richard's work over 3 months ago.)And it's the real deal — a ninja path to high level impact at scale in a TUNA world.(TUNA, which we learn about in this episode, stands for Turbulent, Uncertain, Novel, and Ambiguous. Richard likes it better than VUCA, and now I do too.)The four quadrants are:WHY (drives meaning)HOW (drives connection)WHAT (what we're going to do)IF (impact if implemented)The beauty is, we can apply this process to both large-scale organizational problems and personal challenges.The process is question-based.First, we ask why to uncover meaning and values.Then we explore how to build connections between people, nodes of the system, and outside forces.We inquire into what we're going to do, diving into the oft-overlooked details of strategy, operations, and governance. (Yes, this is complex, but you can apply it to your personal goals and challenges, like improving your diet or starting a journaling habit or upgrading how you communicate with work colleagues and loved ones.)Then we look at the projected consequences and outcomes, and ask if they match our initial goals and values.We go deep here, covering concepts like identity and policy framework. And I realize this isn't your usual podcast-while-taking-a-walk episode.In fact, I highly recommend you set aside time and space to watch the video — there's a lot of valuable white-boarding, which will make the whole thing way more understandable.And I don't want the complexity to obscure the big idea here: that every person has a role to play in making the world a better place. By understanding their place in the larger system, they have exponentially more power to contribute to positive change.LinksDrRichardHodge.comSir Ken Robinson's TED Talk: "Do Schools Kill Creativity?"Man's Search for Meaning, by Viktor FranklWalking Well, by Michael Gelb and Bruce FertmanClick to subscribe to the Mindset Mastery Memo.Support the Show.

Under his helm, the TED Conference went from a small industry gathering to a global phenomenon. Chris and Steve talk about how to build lasting institutions, how to make generosity go viral, and what Chris has learned about public speaking. SOURCE:Chris Anderson, head of TED. RESOURCES:Infectious Generosity: The Ultimate Idea Worth Spreading, by Chris Anderson (2024).TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking, by Chris Anderson (2016)."The Best Stats You've Ever Seen," by Hans Rosling (TED, 2006)."Do Schools Kill Creativity?" by Sir Ken Robinson (TED, 2006)."Close-Up Card Magic With a Twist," by Lennart Green (TED, 2005)."The Freakonomics of Crack Dealing," by Steve Levitt (TED, 2004).ZoeCoral.com. EXTRAS:"Giving It Away," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2022)."We Can Play God Now," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2022)."Self-Help for Data Nerds," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2022)."Steven Pinker: 'I Manage My Controversy Portfolio Carefully,'" by People I (Mostly) Admire (2020).

In episode 339, we delve into Chapter 12 of Grant's latest book, exploring the cutting-edge neuroscience of change. Building on seven months of in-depth discussions, this episode aims to equip you with the knowledge to thrive in 2024 by understanding how our brain interprets change as either a reward or a threat. We'll revisit key episodes that have previously tackled the concept of change, including insights from futurist Chris Marshall and renowned neuroscientists. Discover how your brain's response to social and emotional threats can be as powerful as its response to physical dangers, and learn practical strategies to navigate these challenges. Gain a deeper understanding of Maslow's hierarchy of needs and its evolution into self-determination theory. Explore Bosnick's ACRES model—Autonomy, Competence, Relatedness, Equity, and Sureness—to see how meeting these needs can help you embrace change and achieve your goals. Join us as we unpack Dr. Huberman's insights on how to harness neuroplasticity to create lasting behavioral changes. Learn how to manage the agitation and strain that come with pushing past your comfort zone, and find out how to build a positive change network to support your journey. Whether you're looking to enhance your agility, resilience, or overall well-being, this episode offers valuable tools and reflections to help you navigate and embrace change with confidence. Welcome back to SEASON 12 of The Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast, where we connect the science-based evidence behind social and emotional learning and emotional intelligence training for improved well-being, achievement, productivity and results—using what I saw as the missing link (since we weren't taught this when we were growing up in school), the application of practical neuroscience. I'm Andrea Samadi, an author, and an educator with a passion for learning and launched this podcast 6 years ago with the goal of bringing ALL the leading experts together (in one place) to help us to APPLY this research in our daily lives. On today's episode #339 we continue with our 18-Week Self-Leadership Series based on Grant Bosnick's “Tailored Approaches to Self-Leadership: A Bite Size Approach Using Psychology and Neuroscience” that we first dove into with our interview on EP #321[i] the end of January.  The goal was that each week, we focused on learning something new, (from Grant's book) tied to the most current neuroscience research, that builds off the prior week, to help take us to greater heights in 2024. So far, it's taken us 7 months to cover the first 12 chapters thoroughly, and we still have 7 chapters to go.  After this week on change, we have chapter 13 on agility, 14 on resilience, 15 on relationships and authenticity, 16 on biases, 17 on trust, 18 on empathy and the final chapter 19 (and one of my target areas to focus on this year), the topic of presence. When we finish each of these chapters, we will put them all together, with a review of each one, in one place. On today's EPISODE #339 we will cover: ✔ The Neuroscience of Change ✔ How our brains sense rewards versus threats ✔ How social and emotional threats are the same as physical threats ✔ Review of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs ✔ Review of Self Determination Theory ✔ Triggers to watch for during times of change. ✔ How to Change Our Nervous System to change our actions and behaviors, and leave behind a legacy we are proud of. For Today, EPISODE #339, we are moving on to Chapter 12, covering “The Neuroscience of Change” which came out as a low priority with 0% (Pathway 5) along with Agility and Resilience. I wasn't surprised to see this topic showing up with a low priority for me this year, mostly because I love change, and am constantly looking for new ways to do things. If I am doing the same things over and over again, I can tend to get bored, so it's important to find new angles, and challenges, daily to inspire the most creativity. If you've taken the leadership self-assessment[ii], look to see if Change  (in Pathway 5) along with agility and resilience, is of a low, medium or high priority for you to focus on this year. We've covered the topic of “change” in many different places on this podcast, most recently on EP 296,[iii] with Futurist Chris Marshall on his book “Decoding Change”, EP 244 “Using Neuroscience to Change our Perceptions”[iv], or EP 209 on “Using Neuroscience to Impact Change”[v] where we looked at a quote from the great, late Sir Ken's famous TED TALK, Do Schools Kill Creativity, where he reminded us that “If you're not prepared to be wrong, (by not fearing change and making mistakes along the way) you'll never come up with anything original.” Think about this for a moment. Think of the times in your life where you embraced change. Would you agree with me that embracing change helps us to have more guts and perhaps stretch more in the future? It helps us to build our future confidence levels. There are many different ways to change our brain, like we found out with Dr. Michael Rousell on EP 159[vi] who taught us “How the Power of Surprise Can Secretly Change the Brain.” So what does Grant Bosnick say about The Neuroscience of Change in Chapter 12 of his book, Tailored Approaches to Self-Leadership? He opens up the chapter with examples of change, asking how we feel when: Example 1: We are in nature and come across a “breathtaking view” (how do we feel) I love seeing water (rivers, lakes or waterfalls in nature). How about you? What do you enjoy seeing/feeling in nature? Or, think of this—we are in nature, and we see a large bear in front of us (how do we feel seeing a large bear compared to the first example of the beautiful river or waterfall)? I've never seen a bear, but we do see rattlesnakes often on the hiking trails with the same effect as a bear! If a rattlesnake doesn't kill you with their venom, they could very possibly bankrupt you, due to the high cost associated with treating snake bites.[vii] Think about how seeing a bear or a snake in nature, makes you feel now? The first example is obviously peaceful, and the second quite stressful. Example 2: We are working hard, and go for our dream position at work, and we are thrilled that we actually land the promotion! (How do we feel) This feels incredible! Or, you don't get the promotion, someone else gets it (how do we feel then)? Deflated is a word that comes to mind. With both of these examples, the breathtaking view, or when we land the promotion we worked so hard to achieve, Bosnick explains “we feel like we got a reward. It's a rush. We get a sensation in our brain and a hit of the big neurochemicals” dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, norephinephrine, adrenaline.” (Page 132, Ch 12, Bosnick, Tailored Approaches to Self-Leadership). But with the bear in the woods, (or snake on the hiking trails), or being overlooked for the promotion our brain actually sees this “like it's a threat. We feel tense, stressed, pressure…our body physically feels it.” Then Bosnick said something that caught my attention that showed me the difference between these two examples. Bosnick says that “Neuroscience has shown us, that the feeling we get from a social or emotional threat (like being passed over for the promotion) is the same as the feeling we get from a physical threat, (like seeing the bear of the snake) and that the negative (threat) response is stronger than the positive (reward) response.” (Page 132, Ch 12, Bosnick, Tailored Approaches to Self-Leadership). This explains to me why social and emotional threats can have a long-lasting impact on us and deflated just doesn't cover it. If we let these threats impact us, they do have the ability to zap our future confidence levels. When we see how our brain interprets “everything and everyone we meet as either a reward or a threat” we can better understand “how our body reacts, (and) our brain and mind think, (leading) to the decisions, behaviors and actions we make.” (Page 132, Ch 12, Bosnick, Tailored Approaches to Self-Leadership). It's here that Bosnick reviews the five levels of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, where the bottom two are our physiological needs (food, water, shelter) then safety needs (health, emotional security, financial security) that we need first for survival. The top three are our psychological needs, social belonging (friendships and love), the need for self-esteem (confidence, recognition and respect) that leads us to the top, with self-actualization (where we pursue our goals and seek happiness).  Bosnick talks about how Maslow's model evolved into “Self-Determination Theory” around the year 2000 where researchers found that there were “three physiological needs: the need for Competence (feeling valued for our knowledge, skills and experience), the need for Relatedness (collaborating, connecting or serving others) and the need for Autonomy (being able to exercise self-regulation…to achieve our goals.” (Page 133, Ch 12, Bosnick). Bosnick expands on this, calling it ACRES, A=autonomy or the feeling of control or choice), C=competence (feeling valued and respected for our contribution), R=relatedness (a need to belong and be accepted, to also have social connections), E=equity (perceiving actions as fair) and S=sureness (the ability to predict what's going to happen moment to moment).  (Page 133, Ch 12, Bosnick). Bosnick tells us that “if all of our ACRES are being met, it will put us in a toward state and we will fully embrace everything ahead of us; (but) if our ACRES are threatened, it will put us in an “away state” and will then resist or block things ahead of us. IMAGE CREDIT: Figure 12.1 ACRES Example Grant Bosnick Bosnick shows us the ACRES example in his life, showing the reward and threats he felt with a work situation. Understanding our basic human needs, and how they have evolved over the years, helps us to understand why we resist change, whether it's intentional, or from a subconscious point of view. Remembering that Our brain is tied into “everything that we do, and everything that we are.” (Dr. Daniel Amen) I can look at Bosnick's ACRES example, and clearly think of a work experience I did not enjoy, as it went against the ACRES Model of Needs. With brain science in mind, I can gain more understanding of why I didn't enjoy this experience, helping me to seek out a NEW work experience, where the ACRES were all met. When I think of that work experience I did not enjoy, ALL five of the ACRES examples were not met, so I felt the negative threat response in my brain, activated daily, didn't notice any positive reward responses, and even though I felt like I was consciously making an effort, my brain kicked into the “fight of flight response” just like my body was preparing for a threat (like the bear in the woods, or snake on the hiking trail).  At the end of each day, I felt threatened and not rewarded. Can you think of when you have felt the ACRES Model working for you (where you feel rewarded) or against you (where you feel threat) while going through change? Bosnick next explains how open-minded or close-minded we are to change, in his figure 12.2 with an image that was created by Michael Mahoney[viii] the author of The Human Change Process book, who addresses why change is so difficult for people, and how to lean into change, and maximize your chances for success. “The open-minded/closed minded dimension relates to the degree of mental openness to the environment and our level of curiosity. Open- minded represents the level of reward that we perceive and close-minded represents the level of threat that we perceive. With a passive mindset, we will either subtly support or oppose the change; with an active mindset, we will either overtly support or overtly reject the change.” (Page 137, Ch 12, Bosnick). We did dive into the emotion of curiosity on our interview with the co-author of the famous book The Archeology of Mind, Lucy Biven on EP 270[ix] where we looked at Jaak Panksepp's research, and again with Gabrielle Usatynski on EP #282[x] “How to Use Jaak Panksepp's 7 Core Emotions to Transform Your Family, Career and Life.” With this look at effective neuroscience, it makes sense to set out with a “seeking” or curious mindset, while approaching change, to be as open as we all can to what we might learn in the process, while being mindful of what makes you close-minded. Bosnick points out that it's normal to go back and forth between these two states, but just to be mindful of what shuts you down, or puts you in the threat response. We want to be in the “Bring Change On” quadrant from figure 12.2 but what do we do if something is “triggering” us as a threat response? Bosnick lists a few triggers we can be mindful of watching during times of change. Some included: History of this particular type of change: Think about how have you been in the past with the change you are experiencing now? Remember that past behavior can help you to predict future behavior. Beware of the fear of loss that Bosnick says creates insecurity and unsureness. Beware of the fear of the unknown. Lacking a plan. Fear of giving up our freedom. If you are going through a change right now, look at the change response quadrant figure 12.2 and see where you would place yourself. Are you clearly in the Bring it On Quadrant, or are you going back and forth between being open-minded (and ready for change) or close-minded (and unsure of yourself). Look at the list of triggers and see if any of these are causing you to experience a threat response in your brain. What I love about Bosnick's book, is how many reflection activities he has, in addition to the Companion Workbook that goes along with this text. Bosnick suggests to “build a positive change network” so you don't need to face change on your own. He suggests adding in new social connections to increase the positive rewards in your life, and minimize the threat responses you might face. What Else Does Neuroscience Say About Change? Can we really change our nervous system—specifically our actions and behaviors that will lead us to NEW conditions, circumstances and environments in our life? Can we with focus, and with the use of our will, become more open-minded to change in our life? After learning about how our brain either feels threatened or rewarded during times of change, I wondered what Dr. Andrew Huberman would suggest and I found an episode he did back in 2021 on “How Your Brain Works and Changes”[xi] that gave me some insight into how I can change my actions and behaviors to be more open-minded, getting me to that “Bring it on” Quadrant, so that I'll see the change I'm experiencing as a reward, instead of a threat. I think this is brilliant! Using our understanding of practical Neuroscience to actually change our brain, and lean into change, with an open-minded, active mindset, keeping our brain primed for rewards, and aware of how to mitigate threats. Dr. Huberman suggests that in order to change our actions and behavior towards something, we must first of all understand how this part of our brain works in our nervous system. He dives into an hour long explanation you can watch, but I will give you the short-cut version. He explains that our nervous system consists of these five things: We experience sensation (we have neurons that see color, feel sensations, taste, smell). We can't change our sensory receptors. We experience perception (our ability to take what we are sensing or paying attention to) and focus on it. He says we can put a spotlight on something we want to pay attention to, for example. Then we have our feelings/emotions (like happiness, sadness, boredom, frustration) and he reviews how neuroscientists, psychologists, and philosophers argue (like crazy) about this topic, and how emotions/feelings work. Dr. Huberman says that it all goes back to understanding that there are certain neuromodulators that have a profound impact on our emotional state. Dopamine (involved with motivation and reward, and important with things outside of ourselves, things we want to pursue) and serotonin tends to help us to feel good with what we have. Dr. Huberman reminds us that “feelings and emotions are contextual” and that while showing joy/sadness can be appropriate in some cultures, it can also be inappropriate in others. While he says, there are no “happiness” or “sadness” circuits in our brain, but it is fair to say that “certain chemicals, and certain brain circuits tend to be active when we are in a happy/focused state, certain brain circuits tend to be active when we are also in a non-focused, or lazy state” (Dr. Huberman) It makes sense to me here to do our best to lean into the happy focused state as often as we can, knowing we could use the happiness brain chemicals in our pursuit of new things. Then our thoughts: that are like our perceptions, but they draw on “not just what's happening in the present, but also things we remember from the past, and things we anticipate in the future…and our thoughts can be controlled in a deliberate way” (Dr. Huberman). We have spent a considerable amount of time on this podcast talking about how important our thoughts are, with ways to lean into positive thinking, and put a hard STOP on the negative thoughts that come our way. Then finally our actions and behaviors that Dr. Huberman considers to be the most important part to our nervous system. Our actions and behaviors he says are the only things that will create any “fossil record” of our existence. Or I say, they will be what will determine our legacy, or the impact we want to have on the outside world. When we die, our body disintegrates. The sensations, perceptions, feelings and emotions, or thoughts we had in our lifetime “none of these are carried forward” except the ones that we convert into actions (like writing, or actually doing something with the things we THINK about. Our legacy, or “fossil record” is through the ACTION we take in our life. IMAGE CREDIT: Hand drawn from Andrea's notes from Dr. Andrew Huberman's Solo SP Jan 3, 2001 "How Your Brain Works"  At this point, I can draw back on MANY episodes where we have focused on taking action (rather than just thinking of what we want to do) but we are focused on the Neuroscience of Change right now. How can we stay open-minded to bring on change in 2024 and keep moving forward? Dr. Huberman has us reflect back on what builds our Nervous System (our sensations, our perceptions, feelings and emotions, our thoughts) and they ALL lead to this one last part, our ability to TAKE ACTION. He says that we do “have the ability to change our nervous system” and this is when we “deliberately put our focus on something that we want to do.” This is where the work comes in here. When we want to “learn something new, CHANGE something (like a behavior) and he gives the example of learning to resist speaking, or force yourself to be quiet where we want to actively suppress our behavior and CHANGE our BEHAVIOR or ACTIONS. When are suppressing a circuit in our brain, (using our forebrain that is fully developed by age 22) to do something different (that's challenging to us) norepinephrine (adrenaline) is released and it will create a feeling of challenge or agitation as you engage these neurocircuits to push yourself past this threshold of where you normally don't go. In the situation where we are learning to not speak, and withhold something we really want to say, we are putting self-regulation into action. “You will feel limbic friction that comes from this top-down processing.” (Dr. Huberman). Think about any time you have tried to take a new action or behavior. You'll feel annoyed (which is really the adrenaline that's released from your brain). “Agitation and strain is the entry point to neuroplasticity” Dr. Huberman If we can push past this agitation and strain, we will be changing our brain, our actual nervous system, as we create a NEW change of behavior in our life. This brings me to a quote by Peter Senge where he says that “people don't resist change. They resist being changed.” That feeling of agitation will come up during change, and when the change is your choice…or something that you really want to do, you will push past the threshold to overcome the change. REVIEW AND CONCLUSION To review and conclude this week's episode #339 on “The Neuroscience of Change” we looked at two examples of what happens to our brain when we see something our brain wasn't expecting, like the breathtaking view, or when we land the promotion we worked so hard to achieve, Bosnick explains “we feel like we got a reward. It's a rush. We get a sensation in our brain and a hit of the big neurochemicals” dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, norephinephrine, adrenaline.” (Page 132, Ch 12, Bosnick, Tailored Approaches to Self-Leadership). But when we see a bear in the woods, (or snake on the hiking trails), or we are overlooked for a promotion at work, our brain actually sees this “like it's a threat. We feel tense, stressed, pressure…our body physically feels it.” We learned that “Neuroscience has shown us, that the feeling we get from a social or emotional threat (like being passed over for the promotion) is the same as the feeling we get from a physical threat (like seeing a bear or a snake). When we see how our brain interprets “everything and everyone we meet as either a reward or a threat” we can better understand “how our body reacts, (and) our brain and mind think, (leading) to the decisions, behaviors and actions we make.” (Page 132, Ch 12, Bosnick, Tailored Approaches to Self-Leadership). Next we reviewed Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs that led to “Self-Determination Theory” around the year 2000 where researchers found that there were “three physiological needs: the need for Competence (feeling valued for our knowledge, skills and experience), the need for Relatedness (collaborating, connecting or serving others) and the need for Autonomy (being able to exercise self-regulation…to achieve our goals.” (Page 133, Ch 12, Bosnick). We learned that when our ACRES are being met, (our autonomy, competence, relatedness, equity, and sureness) it will put us in a toward state and we will fully embrace everything ahead of us; (but) if our ACRES are threatened, it will put us in an “away state” and will then resist or block things ahead of us. Looking at Bosnick's ACRES example, we thought about work experience we did not enjoy, to see where it went against the ACRES Model of Needs. With brain science in mind, we can gain more understanding of why we either enjoyed, or didn't enjoy this experience. It all led back to how our brain either interprets the experience as a reward, or a threat. We looked at triggers to be aware of to mitigate threat, during times of change. Finally, we looked at how to change our nervous system, to change our actions and behaviors, so we can leave behind a legacy (or fossil record as Dr. Huberman calls it) that we are proud of. We learned that “Agitation and strain is the entry point to neuroplasticity” Dr. Huberman This is when lasting CHANGE is happening at the brain level, and impacting our entire nervous system. So when I'm working on something, (like trying to learn something new…like understanding the neuroscience of change for this episode) and that limbic friction feeling comes up, (and I'm annoyed or agitated) I now have a deeper understanding of what's happening at the brain level. I will now push forward, stay positive and lean into the change that I know is happening in my brain, as I embrace the change and say “Bring it on!” The Neuroscience of Change is an exciting topic, and it's only going to be strengthened with the next two topics, Agility and Resilience. To close, I'll revisit the quote from the great Sir Ken[xii], who's vision for creativity in our schools and workplaces of the future, is something that left a lasting impression on me. If we are afraid of change, of failing and doing something wrong, we will never come up with anything original.   I hope this episode has inspired you, like it has me, to lean into change, with brain science in mind, and keep working on the legacy or fossil record that you want to leave on the world. I'll see you next time. REVIEW OF OUR MAP (This is chapter 12/19) In this 18-week Series that we began in the beginning of February, (after I was inspired to cover Grant's book after our interview the end of January) we are covering: ✔ Powerful tactics from this Grant Bosnick's award-winning book that illustrates how change and achievement are truly achievable both from internal ('inside out') and external ('outside in') perspectives. ✔Listeners will grasp the immense power of self-leadership and its transformative effect on personal growth and success by applying the neuroscience Grant has uncovered in each chapter. ✔Explore practical strategies for habit formation and the impact of a self-assessment system. ✔Gain insights from Grant's expert advice on maintaining a balance between strengths and weaknesses while chasing after your goals. ✔Embark on an intellectual journey that has the power to elevate personal achievement and self-awareness to uncharted levels while we map out our journey over this 18-week course. REFERENCES: [i]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #321 with Grant ‘Upbeat' Bosnick  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/insights-from-grant-upbeat-bosnick/   [ii] Self-Assessment for Grant Bosnick's book https://www.selfleadershipassessment.com/   [iii] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #296 with Chris Marshall on “Decoding Change”  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/futurist-and-behavioral-scientist-chris-marshall-on-decoding-change/   [iv]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #244  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/brain-fact-friday-using-neuroscience-to-change-our-perception/   [v]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #209 “Using Neuroscience to Impact Change”   https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/using-neuroscience-to-impact-change/   [vi] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #159 “Using the Power of Surprise to Change Your Beliefs” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/dr-michael-rousell-on-the-power-of-surprise-how-your-brain-secretly-changes-your-beliefs/   [vii] Rattlesnake Bites in Pima County Pose Costly Consequences Bri Pacelli April 2, 2024 https://www.kgun9.com/news/community-inspired-journalism/midtown-news/rattlesnake-bites-in-pima-county-pose-costly-consequences   [viii] Human Change Processes by Michael Mahoney https://www.amazon.com/Human-Change-Processes-Foundations-Psychotherapy/dp/0465031188   [ix] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #270 “A short-Cut to Understanding Affective Neuroscience” with Lucy Biven https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/lucy-biven/   [x] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #282 “How to Use Jaak Panksepp's 7 Core Emotions to Transform Your Family, Career and Life” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/gabrielle-usatynski-on-how-to-use-jaak-panksepp-s-7-core-emotions-to-transform-your-relationships-family-career-and-life/   [xi] How Your Brain Works and Changes by Dr. Andrew Huberman 2021 https://open.spotify.com/episode/6wuY0R571xaBTbNOX4yuqY   [xii] Do Schools Kill Creativity? Sir Ken Robinson TED Talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY        

I LOVE TED Talks. About six years ago, I posted my list of favorites for teachers on my blog, and it has been shared thousands of times. I decided it was time to update things, as the educational landscape has changed so much since then. Guess what? Even with all the changes, three of my Top 5 have withheld the test of time. Get ready to be inspired and invigorated!Top 5 TED Talks for Teachers 2024 updated:Rita Pierson - "Every Kid Needs a Champion"A heartfelt reminder of the importance of building positive relationships with students. This TED Talk inspired one of the most beloved prompts in my Positive Mindset Habits for Teachers Journal.Best Quote: "Every child deserves a champion—an adult who will never give up on them."Sal Khan - "How AI Could Save (Not Destroy) Education"Explore the potential of AI to revolutionize education with personalized tutoring and teaching assistants.Quote: "AI could spark the greatest positive transformation education has ever seen."With all the negativity surrounding ChatGPT and school, this talk will leave you excited and inspired with the possibilities to provide every student with a personal tutor, and every teacher with a turbo-charged assistant.Sir Ken Robinson - "Do Schools Kill Creativity?"A compelling case for nurturing creativity within the education system.Why it's still relevant today and a must-watch for every educator.Tyler DeWitt - "Hey Science Teachers, Make It Fun"A call to make learning engaging and accessible through stories and demonstrations.Reflects on the impact of deconstructing jargon and fostering a love for science.William Kamkwamba - "How I Harnessed the Wind"An inspiring story of determination and ingenuity from a young mind in Africa.Encourages teachers and students to appreciate the power of education and creativity. I find it helps me connect with the very best about why I am so passionate about free education for all students.Perfect to watch in your class with your students.What do you think about my picks? Do you havTo learn more about The Elevated Teacher Experience visit: www.gracestevens.com/elevate Want to truly thrive in teaching without sacrificing your personal life? Check out the Elevated Teacher Experience hereCheck out the best-selling Positive Mindset Habits for Teachers book hereAnd the #1 new release for educators Beat Teacher Burnout with Better Boundaries book hereWanna get social?https://www.tiktok.com/@gracestevensteacherhttps://www.facebook.com/GraceStevensTeacherhttps://www.Instagram.com/gracestevensteacher Old school: Website : www.GraceStevens.com (courses, blog & freebies!)

Summary:In today's episode, Kate shares her exciting news about approving her TEDx talk for 2024. The topic? The Fulfilment Effect: How Career Contentment Drives Global Health, Happiness, and Prosperity. Kate and Sam dive into a deep conversation about how our societal expectations, the messages we give our children, our definition of “success” and our education system is leading to rampant burnout, anxiety, and stress in the workplace globally. According to Gallup, 70% of the global workforce is disengaged. In Australia, nearly 60% of professionals report feeling stressed in their work. And this is having far-reaching problems on our collective health and wellbeing. Kate and Sam both have personal stories on this topic and passionately share their views about how we can make things better.Key Highlights:Personal journey: Kate candidly shares her journey from a pivotal youth moment where societal expectations diverted her from following her natural strengths and the disastrous consequences that unraveled as a result.TEDx talk theme: In her upcoming TEDx talk, Kate underscores the profound connection between vocational happiness and physical health, emphasising how aligning one's career with strengths, personality, and natural abilities is essential to long-term wellbeing.Societal pressure on children: Sam and Kate discuss the societal pressures on children to conform to traditional career paths, leading to anxiety and dissatisfaction within the younger generation.Research into education systems: Drawing on research into the education systems of the world's happiest countries, Kate advocates for fostering self-awareness in children and encouraging diverse career pathways right from a young age.Emphasis on joy and purpose: How do we redefine success beyond societal norms and foster encouragement for individuals to follow their strengths and passion, instead of trying to live up to limited perceptions of “successful”?This episode concludes with a powerful message: Success is not defined by societal norms but by doing what you love and loving what you do. Kate and Sam envision a world where career contentment becomes the true measure of success.Other great links: Listen to Ken Robinson's great TEDx 2006 talk ‘Do Schools Kill Creativity?' https://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_do_schools_kill_creativity?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare Connect with the Women Doing Business Hosts:Kate De Jong, PhD | Inspired BusinessWebsite: https://katedejong.com/Instagram: katedejong.inspiredbusinessEmail: kate@katedejong.comSam Morris | The Business ImplementorWebsite: https://thebusinessimplementor.com/Instagram: sammorris.businesscoachEmail: sam@thebusinessimplementor.com

My son and I attended a TEDx yesterday, and I found a theme running through most of the presentations - the importance of taking risks. Have you ever gone to a TEDx?  You've probably watched a TED talk on their website or on your TV.  They are on YouTube as well.  My favorite is the one by Sir Ken Robinson titled "Do Schools Kill Creativity?" But back to yesterday and the theme.  The presenters weren't talking about education, but I could see how so much of what they shared was applicable to our lives as educators and parents.  There were some definitely genius connections made! Listen in to hear about a few of the presentations and see how they can connect to your life! Would you like more information about the presentations I mentioned?  We attended the TEDx Temecula on September 30, 2023.  The speakers I mentioned are Dr. Smita Malhotra, Taylor Cole, and Connie Stopher.  It will take a couple of months for the recordings to be posted on YouTube but be sure to check for them!  The presentations were great!

Everyone talks about disruption. Disrupting the status quo, the industry, the way we do things with their cool new product or service. But how about we disrupt leadership? How about we learn to embrace failure, build connection, and establish trust as the keys to success? My guest today, author, mentor, and CEO Colin Hunter shares why leaders need to be more wrong in order to be more successful. Today we talk about why leadership needs to be disrupted, a 3-pronged model for how leaders can increase their impact, how to create more resilience and avoid burnout, and why we need to be more wrong and embrace experimentation and play so we can learn faster - leaving ego at the door in order to find success. To access the episode transcript, please click on the episode title at www.TheEmpathyEdge.comKey Takeaways: Self-care and mindfulness are so important. And without it, you do burn out as a leader, especially if you are a good leader and are trying to give of yourself to your team, but it does your team no good if you end up going up in flames.Just like how you recharge your phone every night, you need to do something that recharges you, as a leader, so that you can ground yourself, allowing you to show up better for yourself, your team, and your organization. Utilize the power and energy of everyone on your team. As you lead with empathy and active listening and give them a playground you will see an amazing difference in your team.  "As children, we have this self-clearing mind -  we learn, experiment, play, fall over, fall out with friends, and then we self-clear and we go. But as we grow older, we freeze. If you aren't doing your work, aren't practicing disrupting, learning, experimenting every day, then you've frozen your mind." —  Colin Hunter Episode References: The Empathy Edge podcast, Rebecca Friese: How to Build a Good CultureThe Empathy Edge podcast, Rhonda Manns: Design Thinking in Healthcare and BeyondAtomic Habits by James ClearIDEOSir Ken Robinson, TED Talk, Do Schools Kill Creativity?Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder by Nassim Nicholas TalibCitizens: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us by Jon AlexanderThe Trusted Advisor by David MaisterAbout Colin Hunter, CEO of Potential Squared and Author, Be More WrongColin Hunter is an author, mentor, coach, and founder of Potential Squared which specializes in creating playgrounds to disrupt the way people are led.  He lives with his family, near London, but originally from Scotland, and still retains his love of the Scottish mountains and the outdoors.  Colin and his team work with their clients to provide leaders and their teams the chance to, as he describes, “Sail their ship out of the harbour and test themselves in rougher seas”.  He is a practitioner and his work and his book are based on personal experience and purposeful practice with his clients.”Connect with Colin Hunter:  PotentialSquared: https://www.potential2.comBook: Be More Wrong  https://www.potential2.com/be-more-wrong/Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/Potential_2LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colinhunter/Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/potentialsquared2/Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/potential_2/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecolinhunter/ Don't forget to download your free guide! Discover The 5 Business Benefits of Empathy: http://red-slice.com/business-benefits-empathy Connect with Maria: Get the podcast and book: TheEmpathyEdge.comLearn more about Maria and her work: Red-Slice.comHire Maria to speak at your next event: Red-Slice.com/Speaker-Maria-RossTake my LinkedIn Learning Course! Leading with EmpathyLinkedIn: Maria RossInstagram: @redslicemariaTwitter: @redsliceFacebook: Red Slice

Everyone talks about disruption. Disrupting the status quo, the industry, the way we do things with their cool new product or service. But how about we disrupt leadership? How about we learn to embrace failure, build connection, and establish trust as the keys to success? My guest today, author, mentor, and CEO Colin Hunter shares why leaders need to be more wrong in order to be more successful. Today we talk about why leadership needs to be disrupted, a 3-pronged model for how leaders can increase their impact, how to create more resilience and avoid burnout, and why we need to be more wrong and embrace experimentation and play so we can learn faster - leaving ego at the door in order to find success. To access the episode transcript, please click on the episode title at www.TheEmpathyEdge.comKey Takeaways: Self-care and mindfulness are so important. And without it, you do burn out as a leader, especially if you are a good leader and are trying to give of yourself to your team, but it does your team no good if you end up going up in flames.Just like how you recharge your phone every night, you need to do something that recharges you, as a leader, so that you can ground yourself, allowing you to show up better for yourself, your team, and your organization. Utilize the power and energy of everyone on your team. As you lead with empathy and active listening and give them a playground you will see an amazing difference in your team.  "As children, we have this self-clearing mind -  we learn, experiment, play, fall over, fall out with friends, and then we self-clear and we go. But as we grow older, we freeze. If you aren't doing your work, aren't practicing disrupting, learning, experimenting every day, then you've frozen your mind." —  Colin Hunter Episode References: The Empathy Edge podcast, Rebecca Friese: How to Build a Good CultureThe Empathy Edge podcast, Rhonda Manns: Design Thinking in Healthcare and BeyondAtomic Habits by James ClearIDEOSir Ken Robinson, TED Talk, Do Schools Kill Creativity?Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder by Nassim Nicholas TalibCitizens: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us by Jon AlexanderThe Trusted Advisor by David MaisterAbout Colin Hunter, CEO of Potential Squared and Author, Be More WrongColin Hunter is an author, mentor, coach, and founder of Potential Squared which specializes in creating playgrounds to disrupt the way people are led.  He lives with his family, near London, but originally from Scotland, and still retains his love of the Scottish mountains and the outdoors.  Colin and his team work with their clients to provide leaders and their teams the chance to, as he describes, “Sail their ship out of the harbour and test themselves in rougher seas”.  He is a practitioner and his work and his book are based on personal experience and purposeful practice with his clients.”Connect with Colin Hunter:  PotentialSquared: https://www.potential2.comBook: Be More Wrong  https://www.potential2.com/be-more-wrong/Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/Potential_2LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colinhunter/Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/potentialsquared2/Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/potential_2/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecolinhunter/ Don't forget to download your free guide! Discover The 5 Business Benefits of Empathy: http://red-slice.com/business-benefits-empathy Connect with Maria: Get the podcast and book: TheEmpathyEdge.comLearn more about Maria and her work: Red-Slice.comHire Maria to speak at your next event: Red-Slice.com/Speaker-Maria-RossTake my LinkedIn Learning Course! Leading with EmpathyLinkedIn: Maria RossInstagram: @redslicemariaTwitter: @redsliceFacebook: Red Slice

The most-watched TED Talk was given by Sir Ken Robinson who posed the question, "Do Schools Kill Creativity?" A generation has passed since and yet, nothing has changed. Mark Riley sits in sharing his insights. Also, we talk about the comedy movie Mark wrote and his acting roles in various projects.

My friend Zoë (hi Zoë!) is taking a course on learning design. In it, she heard about Behaviourism, Cognitivism, and Constructivism, and while she said that she found it confusing, her main takeaway is that "you need a bit of each". I recorded this episode to help her have a clearer sense of what these three words really mean, and that "a bit of each" is emphatically not the right message. I thought that others might benefit from the same summary. This is a frequent topic in education courses, and I think it generally gets a pretty poor treatment. Hopefully this will clear things up for a lot of people. Enjoy the episode. *** RELATED EPISODES Note how the distribution of episodes reflects the importance of topics. Behaviourism is important to know about but it really isn't current as a way of thinking about learning, it's more of a historical relic with some lasting applicability to animal training. Constructivism is a mistaken and misleading theory that keeps negatively affecting educational practice and never seems to go away, so I keep having to talk about it. Cognitivism is a really effective approach which deserves to be known more widely - it took me a long time to find out about it, hence why the episodes about it tend to be more recent. Behaviourism: 3. Don't Shoot the Dog! The New Art of Teaching and Training by Karen Pryor Constructivism: 42. Do Schools Kill Creativity? by Ken Robinson; 65. Beyond the Hole in the Wall by Sugata Mitra; 87. Experiential Learning by Colin Beard and John Wilson; 88. The Failure of Constructivist, Discovery, Problem-based, Experiential, and Inquiry-based Teaching; 90. Discovery learning: the idea that won't die; 124. The Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences Cognitivism: 79. What learning is; 80. The Chimp Paradox by Prof Steve Peters; 82. Memorable Teaching by Pepps McCrea; 85. Why Don't Students Like School? by Daniel Willingham; 95. The Reading Mind by Dan Willingham; 132a. Direct Instruction and Project Follow Through; 132b. Direct Instruction: the evidence; 135. Professional writing expertise; 136. Congitive architecture and ACT-R; 136+. Interview with Prof. Christian Lebiere on ACT-R and Cognitive Architecture REFERENCES I mention the following article as one where the authors (eminent figures in cognitive architecture, one of whom is a Nobel Prize winner) ask Constructivists to stop misrepresenting their work and saying things in direct contradiction to the evidence. Anderson, Reder, & Simon (1999). Applications and Misapplacations of Cognitive Psychology to Mathematics Education. SUPPORT You can support the podcast and join the community forum by visiting https://www.buymeacoffee.com/edubookcast.

The UK is ranked #23 in the worldwide education system rankings.   For one of the supposedly most evolved countries in the world, why are we number 23?   I have been fascinated with the idea of holistic education for a decade, ever since a friend gave me a book by Sir Ken Robinson, and told me to listen to his TED talk, “Do Schools Kill Creativity?”. That same friend went on to open a Democratic School, and put me in touch with Ben Kestner, who has created a system within the school he now runs that rivals any of the antiquated “education systems” we in the modern world are aware of.   Discussed: What constitutes “education”? Why are more families than ever opting for Unschooling? Why are our schools failing our children? How can we change it? Can the system that currently exists improve, and how do we help that? Is unschooling for me? And ... why did I choose to recently choose to move my own son to a different school...   All this and more I speak to Ben about in this HUGELY eye-opening episode.    Whether you're a parent or not, we all have an obligation to fight for a better, more aligned future for our children, so please make time to listen to this as a way to educate yourself on a new way of thinking.   Books recommended: All books by Sir Ken Robinson -  Finding Your Element and Creative Schools  Unschooled by Kerry McDonald Free to Learn by Peter Gray    *** Our partners for this season are HIFAS DA TERRA and SENSATE.   Hifas da Terra is one of the world's leading Mycotherapy companies. Their medicinal mushroom supplements - for adults and children - have changed my life and I'm so excited to be partnering with such an important company for this season. Visit www.hifasdaterra.co.uk and use code LAUREN15 for a 15% discount across the range.   Sensate is the palm-sized, infrasonic device that will not only help reduce anxiety, but will also deepen your meditations. Visit getsensate.com and use code LAUREN10 for 10% off.   I have created a FREE journaling course, just click this link HERE  to gain access   For more info on The Recondition Your Life Academy, products and events, as well as hundreds of articles, recipes and recommendations, visit www.laurenvaknine.co.uk   If you enjoyed this episode, please consider sharing it with friends, and please also make sure to subscribe / follow and leave a 5* review! It really helps us to reach more people!   If you'd like to connect with me, get in touch on Instagram. You can also see me over on my YouTube channel where all these podcasts are posted.  

How much problem-based learning should we be doing with our students?This week we discuss ideas about problem-based and inquiry learning and look into the question: where do these ideas actually come from?We also chat about Sir Ken Robinson, Sugata Mitra and hear from teachers about their experiences using problem-based learning in the classroom.The Pedagogue-cast is a space to dive into all things weird and wonderful about classroom pedagogy. Please rate and subscribe so you're the first to know when our next episode drops.You can hear more of Staś over at his podcast, Education Bookcast or learn more here.The Pedagogue-cast is proudly powered by Maths PathwayShow notes:"Do Schools Kill Creativity?" - Sir Ken Robinson Ted Talk with 21 million views"A school in the cloud" - Kate Torgovnick May, Ted Blog“Hope in the Wall” - Payal Arora“Why minimal guidance during instruction does not work” - Paul A. Kirschner , John Sweller & Richard E. Clark“Rebranding of Discovery Learning” - Richard E. Mayer“The neuroscience of musical improvisation” - Roger E. Beaty

On this episode we will cover: ✔︎ The importance of making mistakes and failing forward ✔︎ How an understanding of the most current research can improve productivity and results in our schools, sports and workplaces ✔︎ An important ingredient for change to occur ✔︎ A review of past episodes to consider what change you could initiate in your workplace ✔︎ Prepare for our NEXT EPISODE #210 with Dr. Jon Finn the author of The Habit Mechanic. “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”--American architect, systems theorist, author, inventor, philosopher and futurist, Buckminster Fuller This quote made me think of why we launched this podcast in the first place. Not to fight against all the models that we struggle with in our world today, but to offer solutions like Sir Ken Robinson[i] did with his thought-provoking case of creating an educational system that nurtures, rather than undermines creativity. If you haven't watched Sir Ken's TED talk in a while, I encourage you to go back to it (it's got over 72 million views)—and you'll see how the concepts he talks about are still as valid today, as they were in 2006. Sir Ken's TED Talk reminded me that “all children have exceptional capacity for innovation” and that “creativity is as important as literacy” in our schools, but we tend to squander it. I could “ponder deeply” (Greg Link, EPISODE 207) about that for a while, and am always looking for ways to increase creativity and innovation for our next generation of students in the classroom. Sir Ken said something else that hit me on a deep level on his famous TED talk, as I sat at my desk, listening to his words, knowing that he's been gone for some time, but he's not really gone. His legacy lives on as he makes me think about his words and write this episode, making connections to past episodes and speakers, and sharing these thoughts with you, wherever you might be listening to this podcast. With one of his examples, he said “If you are not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original” when he shared a story of a four-year-old who wasn't afraid to be wrong and then he brought it back to how school teaches us that mistakes are the worst things you can make. Making me think again-- Am I afraid of making mistakes? Not so much anymore, but take me back to 7th grade, being wrong in class (in front of everyone) probably would have prevented me from trying in the future without someone there to encourage the idea of failing forward, which is such an important concept for us to all learn early. With today's episode on “The Neuroscience of Change” I'm hoping that we can all take Sir Ken's advice, and be prepared to be wrong, with the hopes that it somehow moves us forward. Looking back and connecting the many dots over my career, I know I wouldn't be here today on this podcast if an educator didn't sit me down in his office, and show me where he thought I was wrong and could improve my work and career path with this understanding of simple neuroscience as the solution. But it did take action on my part without worrying about the outcome. We've got to be prepared to be wrong first, Sir Ken reminds us. What about you? Do you have ideas that you would like to move forward with—to impact change? Maybe in your school, or to be used in sports with athletes, or in your workplace?  These episodes were created in the how-to format to generate ideas for all of us.  I hope we can all ponder deeply about this, think about where we would like to see change, write down some thoughts and ideas, and see if these ideas can take us to somewhere new, somewhere we've never been before, as we make connections with the neuroscience of change. For returning guests, welcome back, and for those who are new here, I'm Andrea Samadi, author, and educator, with a passion for learning, understanding difficult concepts, and breaking them down so that we can all use and apply the most current research to improve productivity and results in our schools, sports, and modern workplaces. Today's EPISODE #209, on “Using Neuroscience to Inspire Change” we will build off of our last two interviews where we dove deep into why The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People book with Greg Link on EPISODE #207[ii] sold over 40 million copies worldwide, breaking the Covey organization through many obstacles along the way, taking them to where they had never been before not only in North America, but also in Japan, using many of the principles that connects the dots back to simple neuroscience, years before the research could explain their success. Or Blaine Oelkers from EPISODE #208[iii] who showed us how change begins in our mind with “what we think about.” We will continue to stretch our thinking on EPISODE #210 that's being recorded later next week with Dr. Jon Finn, author of The Habit Mechanic[iv] where he will show us how traditional approaches to being our best are outdated and ineffective and will really take our thinking to new heights when he shares the secret science behind an iconic sporting success, Roger Bannister, who is famous for being the first athlete to run the 4-minute mile, but did you know that Bannister's secret advantage had to do with the fact that at Oxford University, Bannister was training to be a medical doctor, and he used his understanding of the inner workings of the body to gain a competitive advantage over all other athletes, making his training “more effective and efficient.” (Page 59, The Habit Mechanic). As we begin this episode, I know there are some things that are very difficult to change and what I'm proposing here isn't easy at all. Beliefs run deep, and require some serious thought. We covered self-belief and identity on EPISODE #199[v] where we could actually see when our identity and self-belief forms in the brain and that this pathway is strengthened with daily practice (whether it's through meditation, a sport, or practicing an academic skill) that we learned from Dr. John Dunlosky's work all the way back to EPISODE #37[vi]. We covered “The Neuroscience of Belief” on EPISODE #173[vii] where we looked at cognitive bias, and challenging our beliefs which is important especially when we follow the most current brain research. I just learned yesterday that something I once believed, is no longer true as new research has already debunked it, and found there is a more effective way. On episode #159[viii], we looked at “The Power of Surprise” and how our brain secretly changes our beliefs, and then EPISODE #146[ix] with Howard Rankin, taught us “How NOT to Think.” The goal of this episode is not to change your mind, or challenge you to believe what I believe, (that an understanding of how our brain works can lead us all to increased productivity and results) but my goal is to show all of us that hearing those words “you are wrong” can actually lead to innovation, like Sir Ken told us, and to keep an open mind as we are learning. Especially as we move ahead with our interview with Dr. Finn next week, where we will see how the most current research leads to innovation, when we are ready to make change, without the fear of failure, or of being wrong. Just look at these examples and think about how “being wrong” could possibly move us forward, to uncover a new way. Right or Wrong? You Tell Me… If you are in the field of education, you'll likely be aware of the reading wars,[x] where one camp believes in teaching phonics versus the whole word, and each camp firmly believes in their methodology. I know I could create a presentation for a group of educators and show how an understanding of the science of reading could make you lean towards having more belief in the need to break words down as we are learning them, (and teach the skill of reading with the brain in mind) but this still might not convince a die-hard fan whose taught reading a certain way their entire career. Is there a right or wrong? Just keep an open mind and see if there could possibly be another way to teach a child to read—with the brain in mind. Like the reading wars, I learned about the “therapy and coaching wars” yesterday, where brain scans that began in the late 1990s now reveal that some of the practices that exist in traditional coaching and therapy are not effective,[xi] as they are not evidence-based. John Norcross, American professor, board-certified clinical psychologist and author in psychotherapy, behavior change and self-help has spent the past 15 years researching what works in psychotherapy, that can be applied to coaching/therapy as well. You can read the links in the show notes of what Dr. Norcross has discovered doesn't work in therapy or coaching, but I want to focus on one particular finding that he mentioned DOES work and that's when the client, or student is “self-initiating, self-motivated, and self-aware—with the ability to self-heal.”[xii] Which brings me back to our EPISODE with Greg Link where he talked about the “secret sauce” of Dr. Covey's success with the 7 Habits book, and he mentioned that the secret to their success came from the fact that people who attended Dr. Covey's events were “self-initiating” or they chose to be there. When they were not forced to attend his events, but chose from their own free will, they participated in an entirely different way than if they were told they had to attend. This is what Dr. Norcross noticed made psychotherapy work, and what Dr. Covey also noticed led to personal change with the 7 Habits. There does appear to be a neuroscience to change, and it has to do with “leaning in” to what you what to learn or accomplish. If you are listening to this podcast, you are also “leaning in” and open to change with the ideas that you are learning. This is how change occurs, one person at a time. Change in the Classroom: Scroll through our episodes and see if there are certain ones that stand out to you as interesting, and listen to those ones to generate new ideas for change and innovation in your school or classroom. I can't list all of them, but do highly recommend EPISODE #56[xiii] with Dr. Lori Desautels on her book “Connections Over Compliance” that rewires our perceptions for discipline in our schools, Greg Wolcott's EPISODE #64[xiv] on “Making Connections with Neuroscience and SEL,” EPISODE #78[xv] with Dr. David A. Sousa on “How the Brain Learns” and EPISODE #111[xvi] with resiliency expert Horacio Sanchez on “Finding Solutions to the Poverty Problem.”   Change in the Sports World: If you work with athletes, don't miss EPISODE #38[xvii] where we connected the daily grind required for success in the sports world to Dr. John Dunlosky's research of the importance of spaced repetition, or EPISODE #116[xviii] and #121[xix] where we saw how exercise impacts academic achievement, #134[xx] on wearable devices that measure and track sleep, strain and recovery, #163[xxi] on reading the emotions in others, and #166[xxii] on accelerating leadership for success in sports and the classroom.  Episode #168[xxiii] with Dr. Bruce Perry and Steve Graner uncovers the importance of teaching and coaching with the brain in mind. As we prepare for our episode with Dr. Finn next week, on “Fine-Tuning Your Brain to Supercharge How You Live, Work and Lead” and think of new ways to inspire creativity and innovation in our workplaces, without being afraid to make mistakes like Sir Ken reminded us, we will dive deep into the science behind habit building.  We will look closely at why some traditional approaches to being our best are outdated and ineffective, with an understanding of cutting edge science to better build our habits, to create higher levels of success in our future. And like Dr. Norcross pointed out, whatever we are learning today, might change in 30 years as new science is revealed…but that shouldn't stop us from looking at change through the lens of neuroscience, with the hope that what we can learn can take us to new heights in the meantime. I hope you enjoy reviewing some of our past episodes, or ones that you find interesting to your field of work, and I'll look forward to seeing you next week with Dr. Finn that I know will take us ALL to new levels of awareness. See you then! REFERENCES: [i] Sir Ken Robinson TED 2006 “Do Schools Kill Creativity?”  https://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_do_schools_kill_creativity?language=en [ii] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #207 with Greg Link on “Unleashing Greatness with Neuroscience, Trust and the 7 Habits” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/co-founder-of-coveylink-greg-link-on-unleashing-greatness-with-neuroscience-sel-trust-and-the-7-habits/ [iii] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #208 with Blaine Oelkers on “Mastering Your Thoughts, Goals and Life with the WYTAYBA Strategy: What You Think About You Bring About” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/blaine-oelkers-on-mastering-your-thoughts-goals-and-life-with-the-wytaba-strategy-what-you-think-about-you-bring-about/ [iv] Dr. Jon Finn The Habit Mechanic https://www.tougherminds.co.uk/habit-mechanic-overview/ [v] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #199 on “The Neuroscience of Self-Belief and Our Identity” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/brain-fact-friday-on-the-neuroscience-behind-self-belief-and-our-identity/ [vi] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #37 with Dr. John Dunlosky on “Improving Student Success”  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/kent-states-dr-john-dunlosky-on-improving-student-success-some-principles-from-cognitive-science/ [vii] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #193 on “The Neuroscience of Belief” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/brain-fact-friday-on-the-neuroscience-of-belief/ [viii] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #159 on “The Power of Surprise: How Your Brain Secretly Changes Your Beliefs” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/dr-michael-rousell-on-the-power-of-surprise-how-your-brain-secretly-changes-your-beliefs/ [ix] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #146 with Dr. Howard Rankin on “How Not to Think” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/expert-in-psychology-cognitive-neuroscience-and-neurotechnology-howard-rankin-phd-on-how-not-to-think/ [x] The Reading Wars: Phonics vs Whole Word Published on YouTube August 18, 2020  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7UZP3irJ3I [xi] Dr. John Norcross on What Does Not Work in Psychotherapy https://www.psychalive.org/dr-john-norcross-work-psychotherapy/ [xii] Psychotherapy Relationships That Work: Volume 2, Norcross & Wampold https://www.oxfordclinicalpsych.com/view/10.1093/med-psych/9780190843953.001.0001/med-9780190843953 [xiii] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #56 with Dr. Lori Desautels on her book “Connections Over Compliance” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/educational-neuroscience-pioneer-dr-lori-desautels-on-her-new-book-about-connections-over-compliance-rewiring-our-perceptions-of-discipline/ [xiv] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #64 with Greg Wolcott on “Making Connections with Neuroscience and SEL” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/assistant-superintendent-greg-wolcott-on-making-connections-with-neuroscience-and-sel/ [xv] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #78 with David A. Sousa on “How the Brain Learns” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/award-winning-author-david-a-sousa-on-how-the-brain-learns/ [xvi] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #111 with Horacio Sanchez on “Finding Solutions to the Poverty Problem” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/resiliency-expert-and-author-horacio-sanchez-on-finding-solutions-to-the-poverty-problem/ [xvii] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #38 with Todd Woodcroft on “The Daily Grind in the NHL” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/assistant-coach-to-the-winnipeg-jets-todd-woodcroft-on-the-daily-grind-in-the-nhl/ [xviii] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #116 with Dr. John Ratey on “SPARK: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/best-selling-author-john-j-ratey-md-on-the-revolutionary-new-science-of-exercise-and-the-brain/ [xix] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #121 with Paul Zientarski on “Transforming Students Using Physical Education and Neuroscience” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/naperville-central-high-schools-paul-zeintarski-on-transforming-students-using-physical-education-and-neuroscience/ [xx] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #134 with Kristen Holmes from Whoop.com on “Unlocking a Better You: Measuring Sleep, Recovery and Strain” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/kristen-holmes-from-whoopcom-on-unlocking-a-better-you-measuring-sleep-recovery-and-strain/ [xxi] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #163 with Dan Hill on “How to Read the Emotions in Others” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/dan-hill-phd-the-faces-guy-on-how-to-read-the-emotions-in-others-for-schools-sports-and-the-workplace/ [xxii] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #166 with Chris Gargano on “Accelerating Leadership for Maximum Results” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/vice-president-executive-producer-of-the-new-york-jets-chris-gargano-on-accelerating-leadership-for-maximum-impact-and-results/ [xxiii]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #168 with Dr. Bruce Perry and Steve Graner on “What Happened to You” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/dr-bruce-perry-and-steve-graner-from-the-neurosequential-network-on-what-we-should-all-know-about-what-happened-to-you/  

Based on latest Torrance test data, 85% of today's children are less creative than their 1980s counterparts. CPG industry veterans Erin Fasano and Liz Seelye realized that part of the problem is old thinking when it comes to what kids eat and drink. They started dreaming up drinks and snacks with their kids to bring imagination back to lunchboxes and beyond and together founded Starryside. Their first product is organic, immunity-boosting Star Water in an adventure-ready, kid-sized can. Their big launch is coming up this week during World Creativity & Innovation Week, which runs from April 15th to 21st. Listen in as Liz and Erin share the story behind Starryside, how their background with some of the largest CPG brands informs their work, the process of getting to a minimum viable product including flavor development and finding a manufacturing partner, how they maximized Expo West and the Startup CPG Alley Rally, how their kids inspire them and participate in the growth of Starryside, and more! Episode Links: Starryside website & IG @starryside.co Use discount code STARTUPCPG25 for 25% off your order! Erin's LinkedIn Liz's LinkedIn More info about World Creativity and Innovation Week BevNet feature of Starryside Startup CPG Spotlight feature of Starryside Sir Ken Robinson's "Do Schools Kill Creativity?" TED talk Show Links: Join the Startup CPG Slack community (6K+ members and growing!) Follow @startupcpg Visit host Jessi's Linkedin or website Questions or comments about the episode? Email Jessi at jessi@startupcpg.com

As a species, our ability to be creative is one of the things that makes us different. And yet, it can be incredibly difficult to tap into our creativity - between busyness, stress, fear of failure, fear of judgement, and the common misconception that there is such a thing as a “non-creative type,” it takes effort to introduce creativity into our daily lives! Ashleyne talks with Caroline Brookfield, an author and speaker from Alberta, Canada, about the benefits of introducing everyday creativity into your life, and the acronym DANCE for how you can take easy steps to get started! Here are the resources Caroline mentioned! Dr. George Land - TedTalk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfKMq-rYtnc Sir Ken Robinson on Do Schools Kill Creativity https://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_do_schools_kill_creativity?language=en Felicia Day Embrace Your Weird http://feliciadaybook.com/ Keri Smith Books http://www.kerismith.com/ Tina Seelig (more academic on creativity) http://www.tinaseelig.com/ Natalie Nixon The Creativity Leap https://www.figure8thinking.com/books/

Think about how different the lives of our children are, compared to how we grew up or how our parents and grandparents grew up. It's like night and day when you consider the technology changes, social development, human connection, racial awakening, and more. And yet. The status quo in education is for students to sit in a classroom and listen to a teacher talk. We've learned so much over the years about the importance of student agency, getting the child involved, hands-on learning, and more. Yet we keep doing the same thing and expect different results from the young adults in the workforce. This week on the podcast, I'm talking with Peter Hostrawser, the “unlearning coach,” about how we can stop checking off boxes in the classroom and start to let kids share their stories and design their own education. It wouldn't be difficult for any educational institution to get started; all it takes is an open mind and a desire to do things differently. With how different life is today, I'd say it's a requirement. About Peter Hostrawser: Known as the "Unlearning Coach", Peter Hostrawser has been a business educator for over 20 years. He is an entrepreneur and change agent for traditional educational systems as well as a business coach. Peter has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs and educators innovate their craft. Peter is the host of the Disrupt Education Podcast where creative and non-traditional learners share their stories and thoughts on how to change education. He currently teaches business at Amos Alonzo Stagg High School in Palos Hills, Illinois, USA, is an eLearning Curriculum Developer and EdTech consultant. Jump in the Conversation: [1:40] - Disrupting and evolving education for Peter [3:54] - Times have changed and what we need to do [5:18] - Unlearn the status quo [6:17] - Most interesting question in education [7:20] - Let students lead their own stories [8:54] - Creating an audience and purpose for what kids create [13:41] - Where to start helping kids to own their story [17:26] - Kids are willing to teach us if we truly want to learn [18:46] - What's next for Peter and his mission [20:02] - Turbo Time [24:20] - What to know about finding your value [26:18] - Peter's Magic Wand - That school is the place where curiosity met experience and they can follow their curiosity (also in communities); where people not afraid to fail [27:49] - Maureen's takeaways Links & Resources EF Education as a Human Right Tour Disrupt Education Podcast Listen to my interview on the Disrupt Education Podcast Spikeview portfolio platform Agilities profile and career information Episode 11: Aligning Kids' Futures with Agilities Testing The Giant Killer book and Amazon movie Sir Ken Robinson's TED talk: Do Schools Kill Creativity?  Email Maureen Maureen's TEDx: Changing My Mind to Change Our Schools The Education Evolution Facebook: Follow Education Evolution Twitter: Follow Education Evolution LinkedIn: Follow Education Evolution EdActive Collective Maureen's book: Creating Micro-Schools for Colorful Mismatched Kids Micro-school feature on Good Morning America The Micro-School Coalition Facebook: The Micro-School Coalition LEADPrep

The job market is competitive these days, to say the least. If your company has been trying to hire younger water treaters and you haven't had much success in the recruiting process, I have the perfect podcast guest for you to learn from. Her name is Dr. Ai Addyson-Zhang, and she is a college professor turned entrepreneur, education consultant, and career and life coach with more than 15 years of experience in education. For most of her life, Dr. Ai has been teaching and because of her innate ability to inspire Millennials and Generation Z, she is uniquely qualified to educate water treatment hiring managers and business owners on what we need to know before we schedule interviews with individuals from these two generations.  Dr. Ai  founded Classroom Without Walls (CWW) in 2017 to normalize learning beyond the four walls of a classroom. CWW created a new model in learning that includes the elements of online learning (classes + digital mentors), certification earning, and in-person enrichment. Dr. Ai is also the host of the two live-streaming shows: Classroom Without Walls which focuses on social media and digital marketing; and What Is School For? which was inspired by Dr. Ai's interview with author and entrepreneur Seth Godin, and aims to discuss, debate, and disrupt education.  Today's interview focuses on how we should attract and recruit Millennials and Generation Z to work at your company so that it is a win-win relationship for you and your new hires.   Bottom line: Dr. Ai is going to share how we can attract and hire the next generation of water treaters. Your roadside friend, as you travel from client to client.    -Trace     Timestamps:   Goal setting [01:44]  Get to know college professor turned entrepreneur, Dr. Ai Addyson-Zhang [09:50]  Preparing yourself for real-life as a student [16:18]  Storytelling and Story-selling [24:21]  Tailoring interviews for the younger generation [27:18]  Preparing students to join the workforce [29:31]  What is the next generation looking for in a job [35:53]  Mentors [38:40] LinkedIn tips [42:51]  Lightning round questions [47:12]  James' Challenge: “Calculate how much heat energy goes down the drain with boiler blowdown and how much it costs.”  [58:33]    Quotes:  “Showing up consistently makes a big difference.” - Dr. Ai Addyson-Zhang  “GPA is inversely related to innovation.”  - Dr. Ai Addyson-Zhang  “The best way to connect with each other is storytelling.” - Dr. Ai Addyson-Zhang  “If people are not applying, it is time for you to study who you want to attract.” - Dr. Ai Addyson-Zhang  “This is a “Show me” economy. Show me what you created based on your skills.” - Dr. Ai Addyson-Zhang  “When you don't have purpose, you don't have drive.”  - Dr. Ai Addyson-Zhang  “When they (applicants) choose your organization they need to know your mission and vision and know that what they will do is important and is part of the bigger picture.”  - Dr. Ai Addyson-Zhang  “Instagram and Tiktok: those are the places where young people actually congregate. You need to go where they are as opposed to [telling them where you are].”  - Dr. Ai Addyson-Zhang  “It is very hard to find 1,000 people who are really passionate about what you do, but it is not that hard to find one single person.”  - Dr. Ai Addyson-Zhang  “Most kids are allowing social media to use them, as opposed to, they are using social media to serve their own career needs.” - Dr. Ai Addyson-Zhang  “It is okay to realign your goals when you learn new information.” - Trace Blackmore  “Your day to day is never going to get any better unless you start making changes; unless you work on the outside of what you consider comfortable.” - Trace Blackmore    Connect with Dr. Ai Addyson Zhang:  Live Streaming Shows:   What Is School For? (Goes live on LinkedIn, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and Amazon every Wednesday at 2PM PST)  Classroom Without Walls (Goes live on LinkedIn, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and Amazon every Friday at 9PM PST)  Email: Ai@ClassroomWithoutWalls.ai  Website: https://lifeaccelerator.classroomwithoutwalls.ai/  LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/aiaddysonzhang/  Instagram: @aiaddysonzhang  Twitter: @aiaddysonzhang  Facebook Group: @LifeAcceleratorCWW  YouTube: Classroom Without Walls    Links Mentioned:  Do Schools Kill Creativity? | Sir Ken Robinson's Ted Talk  LinkedIn Live  The Rising Tide Mastermind  AWT (Association of Water Technologies)    Studies Mentioned:  50% of Millennials regretted their major in college  The number of questions children and teenagers ask in a day A Study of Engineering Education - (Mann, C.R., 1918)  Exploring Innovative Entrepreneurship and Its Ties to Higher Educational Experiences - (Mayhew, M.J., et al., 2012)    Books Mentioned:  Why "A" Students Work for "C" Students and "B" Students Work for the Government - Robert T. Kiyosaki  Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us - Daniel H. Pink  Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable - Seth Godin  Your Personality Creates Your Personal Reality - Dr. Joe Dispenza The Five Minute Journal  

Parlare in pubblico potrebbe non essere il tuo forte, se non sei abituato.Ma sai bene che può farti impattare su un gran numero di persone e aumentare in maniera esponenziale le tue vendite.Può trattarsi di un discorso dal vivo, ma anche di un video registrato. E il secondo potrebbe renderti tutto più semplice (se hai letto il Manuale Video Marketing Persuasivo).La vera differenza la fa ciò che dici nel tuo discorso. Ed è qui che molti professionisti e imprenditori si bloccano: non sanno cosa dire.E se potessi avere la struttura precisa del discorsoche ha avuto più successo di tutti i tempi?Potresti trovare degli ottimi spunti per preparare un vero discorso persuasivo e convincere il tuo pubblico a fare qualcosa che altrimenti non farebbe.In questa puntata Andrea analizza un famoso discorso che ha influenzato milioni di persone.In meno di 20 minuti avrai:- la struttura precisa del discorso,- il contenuto,- i dettagli sulla velocità di esecuzione.E soprattutto lo schema per imitarlo. Ecco i dettagli di cosa troverai in questa puntata:[00:00] Gli strumenti utilizzati nella politica e nel commercio per convincere le persone a compiere un'azione[01:28] Il format che fa più presa su un pubblico dal vivo, ma che potresti usare anche tu in una presentazione via Zoom, Skype o altre piattaforme di video conferenza.[03:21] Il trucco per imparare e sfruttare al massimo la struttura di questo discorso[04:48] Quanto deve durare un discorso persuasivo per poter convincere il tuo pubblico[06:13] Quante parole deve contenere un discorso persuasivo di successo [07:03] Ecco com'è strutturato lo script - cioè il copione - di questo discorso: in pratica, cosa dovresti dire per mantenere alta l'attenzione del tuo pubblico e risultare convincente[10:37] Lo schema per imitare questo oratore di successo che ha influenzato milioni di persone in tutto il mondoRisorse menzionate:Il Manuale Video Marketing Persuasivo: https://www.copypersuasivo.com/prodotto/manuale-video-marketing-persuasivo-cartaceo/Presentazione PowerPoint Persuasiva - La Guida Definitiva (di Luca Emiliani): https://www.copypersuasivo.com/presentazione-powerpoint-persuasiva-la-guida-definitiva/“Do Schools Kill Creativity?” di Sir Ken Robinson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY***Inizia a guadagnare di più con le nostre risorse a portata di tutti:1) Il Piccolo Libro della Scrittura Persuasiva https://www.copypersuasivo.com/prodotto/piccolo-libro-della-scrittura-persuasiva-versione-tascabile2) Gli Attrezzi del Mestiere. 11 Fondamenta del Copy Persuasivo® https://www.copypersuasivo.com/prodotto/copy-persuasivo-attrezzi/3) Il Manuale SfornaClienti https://www.copypersuasivo.com/prodotto/manuale-sfornaclienti-paperback/4) “Video Marketing Persuasivo” nello shop di Copy persuasivo® https://www.copypersuasivo.com/prodotto/manuale-video-marketing-persuasivo-cartaceo/***►► Le nostre soluzioni avanzate per Microimprenditori e PMI:- Se vuoi potenziare i tuoi materiali e applicare il Sistema SfornaClienti alla tua microimpresa o attività professionale, prenotati per il Programma Adepto https://club.copypersuasivo.com/ (al momento è full, ma puoi iscriverti per ricevere una notifica quando si libera un posto)- Se hai un'azienda da almeno 2 milioni di fatturato annuo e vuoi delegare il copy e le campagne a dei professionisti, entra nella Lista d'Attesa della nostra Agenzia: https://www.copypersuasivo.com/agenzia-copy-persuasivo►► Se invece vuoi lavorare come Copywriter o Consulente Marketing iscriviti al Programma Seguace: https://www.copypersuasivo.com/prodotto/programma-seguace-copy-persuasivoAndrea seleziona ogni 3-4 mesi persone che addestra personalmente e porta in meno di un anno a guadagnare come Copywriter, anche se non hanno partita IVA né esperienza. Se vuoi ricevere una notifica appena si liberano dei posti, entra in lista d'Attesa.

This month Bekah speaks with the fantastic Emily, known on social media as 21andsensory. Emily shares her experiences of being diagnosed with Autism, Sensory Processing Disorder, and Dyslexia, how these affects her day-to-day life, and what other people struggle to understand about how she experiences the world.Even though we would both say they have a pretty good understanding of neurodiversity, this conversation definitely humbled me (Bekah) in realising how much I don't know and how important it is listen to people when they try to tell you what it's like to be them. Emily has an amazing podcast where she interviews other neurodiverse people, all of who bring their own different and valuable perspectives. We highly recommend checking it out - whether you are neurodiverse, love/support/know someone who is, or just want your eyes opened to how we can make the world a better place for more people. Instagram: @21andsensoryTwitter: @21andsensoryPodcast: 21andsensoryThe TED talk Bekah references: Do Schools Kill Creativity 

So far, one of my most downloaded episodes has been number 42, on Sir Ken Robinson's talk Do Schools Kill Creativity? Numerous members of the audience have told me that they appreciated my critical eye on the matter. But at that time I had not read any of Ken Robinson's several bestsellers. "Don't you think you should? How can you be critical of him when you haven't even read him?" It was goading from someone else, asking me to rise to my own intellectual standards, that made me finally give in. I decided to read a book of his. Suffice to say, it was not a very good use of my time. Out of our Minds comes with the subtitle Learning to be Creative, and yet it gives very little concrete advice on that point. A jumbled book with no clear order, it mixes worn-out platitudes with click-baity list articles ("Nine qualities of a creative leader" - all that was missing was "Number six will shock you!!"). He weaves in talk of a "schism" between arts and sciences without properly defining what he means by this, as well as the occasional anecdote about children and potential that he is so well known for. Probably the most startling of his theses is that the current school system (by which he means children sat at desks learning knowledge from books and a teacher) is a product of the Enlightenment. Besides the questionable relevance of this to the book's pruported subject matter, the idea itself immediately makes no sense to anybody with the faintest inkling of the history of education. How, I wonder, does he think school looked before the Enlightenment? Did children in ancient Babylonia engage in "active learning" according to their kinaesthetic learning styles? Did Jesuit schools organise project-based learning and focus the curriculum around dance? Were Chinese boys studying for the Imperial examinations letting their curiosity go wild through the freedom of discovery learning? The irony that the intellectual tradition to which Robinson himself belongs owes much to Jean-Jacques Roussea's 1763 book Emile, and so is itself a product of the Enlightenment, is completely lost on him. But the problem I want to focus on is not the structure or even the content of the book, but simply the methodology. Robinson is revered around the world, and yet his arguments can hardly be called cogent, thorough, or research-backed. Sprinkling in clever anecdotes and aphorisms might work for a casual chat, but it doesn't do much when you're trying to seriously prove a point. I suppose this book is not meant to convince unbelievers, but for consumption by those already sympathetic to his message. I would like to remind you that I was at first a fan of Robinson, all those years ago. It was a combination of his charisma and my values that made me like him, and I was intrigued by his arguments (such as they were). Had I been better armed with knowledge of how learning really works I could have realised what was wrong from the outset. At least now, all those years later, I can share my criticism of him and hopefully make more people realise the flaws in his ideas - and his methodology. Ultimately, the questions that the work of Robinson raises are worth discussing, but properly. Let's not simply swallow his words whole without thinking about their validity. Let's think about what he is suggesting, and investigate it with proper scientific scrutiny and broad humanistic erudition, as far as we can. Enjoy the episode. *** RELATED EPISODES 42. Do Schools Kill Creativity? by Ken Robinson

Solocast musings with your host, Dr. Dee DuffyTOPICS THIS WEEK:"Shed not a clout, till May is out" ... I should have listened to my mammy!Re-learning self-care practicesAchieving a personal goal and hitting all of Glasser's 5 Basic Needs (Choice Theory)The 'Yes Day' Essay: swapping out the 7 Deadly HabitsWhat are we sending kids to school for? To do what they are told? Or to be creative, imaginative, and innovative thinkers?Darkness Into Light 2021: what we planned versus how it happened RESOURCES MENTIONED:Mobility training:  https://movement101.com/Swim Ireland: https://www.swimireland.ie/news/return-to-open-water-april-2021William Glasser's 5 Basic Needs: https://wglasser.com/quickstart-guide-to-choice-theory/#basic-needsSir Ken Robinson "Do Schools Kill Creativity?" TED talk:  https://youtu.be/iG9CE55wbtYDarkness Into Light: https://www.pieta.ie/_______________________________________________________Subscribe to Journeying YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/3jLTdaqRate & review Journeying podcast on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/journeying/id1529912826Like Journeying Facebook Page: https://bit.ly/33kp4bUVisit the Journeying website: https://journeying.me/Instagram: @journeyingpodcast

Controversial subject alert. Cooper and Cary have words about homeschooling. Why school your children at home if your tax dollars/pounds are already paying for a government-run education? What is "a good education", biblically speaking? And what does a homeschooler (like James) say to the most frequently posed objections to homeschooling? Dumbing us Down by John Taylor GattoSir Ken Robinson's TED talk, Do Schools Kill Creativity?Production and music by Cooper & Cary. Opening theme by Roger Taylor, AKA Beyond Our Galaxy. Would you like:Access to the entire back catalogue of more than 100 C&C episodes (only 30 are available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify etc).Access to extended video versions of every new C&C episode, days before the edited audio is released. That's 26 extended episodes every year.Access to never before released episodes.Access to occasional live video Q+A sessions in which you can ask James and Barry anything.Other electronic goodies, including a digital copy of the Cooper & Cary Annual.If so, become a C&C Patron!

What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy is a book that I read early in my education research quest. At the time, I thought that it had interesting points to make, but I was unclear on quite how to react to it. After several more years of reading and research, it's clear to me that this book is deeply flawed. First of all, the author redefines "literacy" in a very strange way. He takes any form of semiotic system to count as a "type" of literacy. So, for example, if you know how to use a smartphone, then you are "literate" in the layout, symbols, and conventions of smartphone user interface. This is obviously not the kind of literacy that most people are interested on or concerned about, and it is less valuable than "conventional" literacy, partly because of barrier to entry (learning to read is relatively hard, learning to use a phone is relatively easy) and partly because of utility. Secondly, he coins a lot of new terminology for no apparent reason. During the recording I've had to translate some of his terms into more ordinary language, including the usual technical terms rather than his special ones. His terminology only serves to obscure his message and make it seem as if there is more content here than there really is. Finally, and most importantly, his central point is misguided. He essentially says that learning a subject is mostly about socially getting on in that world - knowing how to get on with other artists, mathematicians, surgeons, or whatever other skill "community", depending on the domain. However, this completely overlooks the glaring difference in difficulty between getting to know social conventions and attitudes of a subculture and learning the requisite knowledge and skills in order to be useful and productive in that domain, let alone to actually understand what is being said by other practitioners. The former takes a matter of weeks or months of acculturation, and the latter years or even decades of dedication. If we focus on the social context of knowledge rather than the knowledge itself, to coin a phrase, it would be like making beautiful light fittings for a house that you haven't built - pointless in the absence of the larger task that is left undone. Enjoy the episode. *** RELATED EPISODES Cognitive science (general): 19. Seven Myths about Education by Daisy Christodoulou; 52. How We Learn by Benedict Carey; 79. What Learning Is; 80. The Chimp Paradox by Steve Peters; 81a. The Myth of Learning Styles; 81b. on the Expertise Reversal Effect; 82. Memorable Teaching by Pepps McCrea; 85. Why Don't Students Like School? by Dan Willingham; 86. Learning as information compression Cognitive science (literacy-related): 41. What Reading Does for the Mind by Keith Stanovich and Annie Cunningham; 91. Vocabulary Development by Steven Stahl; 93. Closing the Vocabulary Gap by Alex Quigley; 95. The Reading Mind by Dan Willingham Expertise: 20. Genius Explained by Michael Howe; 22. The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle; 24. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell; 49. The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin; 97. The Polymath by Waqas Ahmed; 98. Range by David Epstein Games and play (including computer games): 34. Reality is Broken by Jane McGonigal; 35. Minds on Fire by Mark Carnes; 36. Fun, Play, and Games; 37. A Theory of Fun for Game Design by Raph Koster Other fads / critical reviews: 42. Do Schools Kill Creativity by Sir Ken Robinson; 53. Brain-based Learning by Eric Jensen; 59, 60 on Brain Training; 62. Brainstorming makes you less creative; 65. Beyond the Hole in the Wall (on Sugata Mitra); 71. Visible Learning by John Hattie; 81. on Learning Styles; 87. Experiential Learning; 88. The Failure of Constructivist, Discovery, Problem-Based, Experiential, and Inquiry-Based Teaching

In this episode, Dan shares the audio of an interview he recorded with the late Sir Ken Robinson several years ago.  Sir Ken Robinson PhD died on the 21st August 2020 after a short battle with cancer. A New York Times bestselling author, he led national and international projects on creative and cultural education across the world, unlocking and igniting the creative energy of people and organisations. Sir Ken was the most watched speaker in TED’s history, with his 2006 talk ‘Do Schools Kill Creativity?’ being viewed online over 60 million times. You can listen to another interview between Dan & Sir Ken on Episode 5 of the Habits of Leadership.  http://sirkenrobinson.com/ Don't forget you can find out more about our work and submit questions and suggestions for topics and guests for upcoming shows at: https://habitsofleadership.com/podcast/

Pictured: Chadwick Boseman Matthew Bannister on Chadwick Boseman, whose portrayal of the King of the fictional African kingdom of Wakanda in the movie Black Panther made him a global star. Sir Kenneth Robinson, the charismatic education expert whose TED talk “Do Schools Kill Creativity?” has been viewed online more than 67 million times. Lord Renton, the Tory politician who was Chief Whip when Margaret Thatcher was forced to step down as leader. Doreen Davies, who presided over the music policy and daytime output of BBC Radio 1 during its heyday in the 1970s and 80s. Interviewed guest: Amon Warmann Interviewed guest: Chris Anderson Interviewed guest: Dr Andy Hargreaves Interviewed guest: Julia Langdon Interviewed guest: Simon Mills Interviewed guest: Johnny Beerling Producer: Neil George Archive clips from: Marshall, directed by Reginald Hudlin, Chestnut Ridge Productions 2017; Get On Up, directed by Tate Taylor, Imagine Entertainment 2014; Jo Whiley, Radio 2 14/10/2014; 42, directed by Brian Helgeland, Warner Bros 2013; Trevor Nelson's Rhythm Nation, Radio 2 19/11/2019; Black Panther, directed by Ryan Coogler, Marvel Studios / Walt Disney Pictures 2018; Front Row, Radio 4 09/02/2018; Chadwick Boseman – A Tribute from Marvel Studios, JoBlo Movie Trailers 31/08/2020; Sir Ken Robinson: Do Schools Kill Creativity?, TED February 2006; Sir Ken Robinson: How To Escape Education’s Death Valley, TED Talks Education April 2013; The Radio One Story, BBC Two 09/05/2010; Jimmy Young, Radio 2 13/06/1978; John Lennon Dies, Today Archives / NBC News 09/12/1980.

In Episode 50 of The Staffroom Podcast, Chey and Pav talk about Sir Ken Robinson. Sir Ken passed away earlier in the week, and his passing left Chey and Pav very reflective with his teaching philosophies and ideas towards education. He was a British author, speaker and international advisor on education in the arts. Most educators would know him from his inspiring Ted Talk entitled, "Do Schools Kill Creativity." Chey and Pav both provide lots of anecdotal stories and commentary with respect to their experiences with Sir Ken, and the extent to which their teaching philosophies have been based upon their learning from Sir Ken Robinson. Chey talks about how the educational philosophies have been cornerstone to much of the agency and ownership of his grade 8 students within his class every year. Pav talks about some of the reflecting she has done on Ken in the past few days, from re-listening to his Ted Talk to finding some rich discussions in podcasts recorded as recently as a few months ago. Chey and Pav introduce Jillian DuBois, Grade 2 teacher from Clearwater, Florida for their 3 Enlightened Minutes segment. Jillian talks about the ways in which she has found JOY, from her connections with people on Twitter, to the learning that she has done along her journey within education. Jillian has a brilliant blog, website and podcast that you should certainly check out! After the 3 Enlightened Minutes segment, Chey and Pav wrap up by briefly talking about their experiences with pedagogy within their spaces, and also where education can potentially go in the future. Remember to Inspire, Don't Require, always be a Humble Servant, and Education Never Dies. You can Check out our 3 Enlightened Minutes Guest, Jillian DuBois at: Twitter: @JillDuBois22 #impardEDjoy Website/Blog: bit.ly/impardedjoy Podcast: https://anchor.fm/jillian-dubois/episodes/ Sir Ken Robinson Ted Talk: Do Schools Kill Creativity: https://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_do_schools_kill_creativity?language=en Sir Ken Robinson - The Ted Interview: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0p2oZeBCnv2SdNxfNFFJ4G?si=KzfSwFfLSTSw9-UZ2CS3tg ----------------------------------------------------------- The Drive with Chey & Pav on Voice Ed Radio: https://voiced.ca/project/the-drive-with-chey-and-pav/ Chey and Pav are a part of the School Rubric team: https://schoolrubric.com/publications/articles/perspectives/item/105-the-staffroom-podcast-with-chey-and-pav-an-origin-story https://schoolrubric.com/publications/articles/itemlist/user/318-thestaffroompodcast Chey & Pav are part of the ONPodcastMedia group: https://www.onpodcastmedia.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------- Stay in touch with Chey and Pav Through Email and Social Media Email: thestaffroompodcast@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/staffroompodcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_staff_room_podcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/StaffPodcast https://twitter.com/TheDriveVoicEd https://twitter.com/EduNeverDies Pav Twitter: @PavWander Chey Twitter: @Mrccheney

In February 2006, Sir Ken Robinson (http://sirkenrobinson.com/) stepped onto the TED stage and delivered the most viewed talk in the history of TED, entitled Do Schools Kill Creativity. Viewed by than 66 million people, Sir Ken called on us to re-examine how we learn, and to encourage every kid, every person to seek out the myriad unique ways intelligence shows up in every one of our lives, then honor and build around it. To reimagine and even revolutionize the way we see each person’s gift, their brilliance, and create opportunities that nurture it, even if that means blowing up the rigid systems that serve some, but also utterly demoralize and sometimes even demonize others. He reminds us to ask not "how intelligent are you?" but rather, "how are you intelligent?"He devoted his adult life to creating and stoking the fires of a global creativity and education revolution. I had the amazing gift of sitting down with him in the studio a number of years back to not only explore his ideas, but also his personal story. Growing up in post World War II Liverpool, a fiercely-active kid who loved soccer and hope to one day play professionally (though, of course, he called it football), his dreams were cut short when he got polio at the age of four, forever changing the course of his life, leaving him with physical disabilities, and exposing him to the profound injustice that awaits so many kids labeled as “different.” His experience as a kid, in no small part, became the source fuel for his unrelenting devotion to recognizing, celebrating and supporting how each child, each person needs to come into themselves in their own unique way. I was profoundly moved not only by his work, but by his lens on life, family, creativity and service, and the story he told in the way he lived his life.You may notice I’ve been speaking about him in the past tense. Sir Ken Robinson passed away on Friday, August 21st at the age of 70 after a short battle with cancer. So, we wanted to share this “Best Of” conversation from our 2015 archives in honor of his life and his extraordinary will to make a difference, both a tribute and a provocation to explore how we all show up in the world, and commit to making meaning.You can find more about Sir Ken Robinson at:Website : http://sirkenrobinson.com/Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/sirkenrobinson/Check out our offerings & partners: GiveWell: GiveWell searches for the charities that save or improve lives the most per dollar. Get your first donation matched - up to $100 when you go to GiveWell.org/GOODLIFE and select PODCAST and Good Life Project at checkout.Green Chef: Use code goodlife80 to get $80 off your first month plus free shipping on your first box! Go to GreenChef.com/goodlife80 to redeem and for more details.

Il 21 agosto è morto Sir Ken Robinson, uno degli educatori che più ha influenzato il mio percorso nell'educazione dei bambini. Questo è il mio piccolo omaggio spontaneo a lui. Il video di cui parlo qui è questo: Do Schools Kill Creativity? (potete scegliere i sottotitoli italiani) Potete anche leggere un mio vecchio post sul blog con alcune riflessioni personali: La scuola uccide la creatività? e questo racconto di Helen Buckley che dà un esempio concreto di come effettivamente la scuola uccida la creatività (magari duro, ma per me fu necessario per aprire gli occhi). -- Come appoggiare il podcast: Io non faccio pubblicità e non accetto sponsor, perché le pubblicità mi danno fastidio e non voglio sottoporvi a più pubblicità di quelle che già vi sommergono nella vita quotidiana. Se vi piace il mio podcast e volete aiutarmi a mantenerlo vivo, potete acquistare uno dei miei corsi: Educare a lungo termine: un corso online su come educare i nostri figli (e prima noi stessi) in maniera più consapevole. Tanti genitori mi dicono che gli ha cambiato la vita. Co-schooling – educare a casa: un corso online su come affiancare il percorso scolastico per dare l'opportunità ai bambini di non perdere il loro naturale amore per il sapere.

Our hearts ache with the loss of Sir Ken, after an extraordinary life as one of the world’s leading thinkers on creativity and innovation.   Sir Ken Robinson Ph.D. passed peacefully on 21st August 2020, surrounded by family after a short battle with cancer. Sir Ken is well known and respected for his TED talk lecture called "Do Schools Kill Creativity" and is an NYT bestselling author. He is a force for good in championing the notion that the non-academic components of our education system should be considered with deep reverence, especially with how they can help culture a new form of children and humanity out in the world solving the biggest problems of today.  Sir Ken, you will be deeply missed. It was an absolute pleasure to meet you, interview you, and get to share your wisdom with the world through Transcendence 2. For that, I will be forever grateful.  In this week's episode with Sir Ken Robinson you’ll discover: The founding principles and history of mass public education. The concept of academic ability and disability among a population. Sir Ken’s childhood experience with his own physical disability. How the way we interact with animals has changed in recent years. How creativity is the executive wing of imagination and how we can express this in our own lives. The characteristics of language, visual art, and the growth of human civilization. Diversity vs conformity; how this is present in our culture and the natural world. Practical applications for cultivating more creativity and broadening the ways we educate ourselves and our children.

With the news over the weekend of Sir Ken Robinson's passing, it seems fitting to revisit his 2017 Art Ed Radio interview. Sir Ken was a world-renowned expert on creativity and innovation, and his TED Talk, "Do Schools Kill Creativity?", is still the most viewed TED Talk of all time. In this wide-ranging, nearly hour-long interview, he and Tim covered a plethora of topics. Listen as they discuss the evolution of Sir Ken's career and his move to the United States, testing culture around the world, the role of creativity in preparing students for the future, a possible way forward for our schools, and how teachers can affect change from their own classrooms. Resources and Links: Sir Ken Robinson's TED Talk Tim asks about Creative Schools, Sir Ken's book The official website of Sir Ken Robinson Remembering Sir Ken's Impact on Art Education

His 2006 talk ‘Do Schools Kill Creativity?’ has been viewed online over 60 million times, and has been seen by an estimated 380 million people in 160 countries. Sir Ken Robinson, regarded as one of the world’s leading thinkers on reforming the educational system, sadly passed away last Friday. We pay tribute to his legacy, and look back at his powerful takedown of the world’s current educational paradigm. Image Source: Wikimedia Commons

Sir Ken Robinson works with governments, education systems, international agencies, global corporations and some of the world’s leading cultural organizations to unlock the creative energy of people and organizations. He has led national and international projects on creative and cultural education in the UK, Europe, Asia and the United States. The embodiment of the prestigious TED Conference and its commitment to spreading new ideas, Sir Ken Robinson is the most watched speaker in TED’s history. His 2006 talk, “Do Schools Kill Creativity” has been viewed online over 60 million times and seen by an estimated 380 million people in 160 countries.

On this episode of Remarkable People, Guy Kawasaki interviews Sir Ken Robinson whose viral TED talk, Do Schools Kill Creativity, has been watched over 65 million times. An expert in creativity and innovation, Robinson shares why he thinks school is stifling children's creativity in favor of math. His delightful stories mixed with gold nuggets of wisdom will truly entertain and inspire you.

Sir Ken Robinson’s talk, Do Schools Kill Creativity?, the most seen TED talk, sparked off this discussion into the often controversial topic of education. You’ll hear our observations and ideas and hopefully you’ll be inspired to share your Ideas Worth Spreading on the topic.

You’ve probably seen me post pictures on Instagram where I look like something out of Star Wars using my Joovv red light therapy device. I first started this health experiment about a year ago, and I’ve gotten so many questions from you all about how it works that today we’re back with Joovv creators (and husband and wife team) Justin and Melissa. Fun fact… they also get to work together just like my husband and I do! (And they also have six kids!) I know this episode will be super enlightening for us (pun totally intended) and I’m ready with my second round of questions! Episode Highlights With Justin & Melissa of Joovv what got Justin and Melissa interested in red light therapy in the first place how they made their first homemade red light prototype why precise wavelengths of light can penetrate the body’s cells and boost healthy ATP function what the science shows about photobiomodulation (red light therapy) benefits for skin, vision, muscle recovery, wound healing, hormone balance, and more key differences between the sauna and red light therapy the interesting way infrared light mimics cardiovascular exercise why red light therapy may counteract the effects of EMF and Wi-Fi on our cells how Joovv may benefit the man in your life by boosting testosterone production and more! Resources We Mention Learn all about Joovv devices here – and don’t forget to use the code “wellnessmama” to get a free gift! Oura Ring for sleep tracking (Use the code “wellnessmama” for $50 off) Do Schools Kill Creativity by Sir Ken Robinson Bunker Hill by Nathaniel Philbrick More From Wellness Mama 94: Low Level Red Light Therapy for Cellular Health and Healing The Benefits of Red Light Therapy (Photobiomodulation) Infrared Sauna Benefits (& the Risks) Is EMF Exposure Really a Big Deal? Have you ever tried red light therapy? What benefits did you see? Also, please take two minutes to leave a review on iTunes. I value knowing what you think and this helps other moms find the podcast as well! Read TranscriptChild: Welcome to my Mommy’s podcast. This podcast is sponsored by Four Sigmatic- that is my source for delicious coffees, teas and elixirs that all contain beneficial medicinal mushrooms like Lions Mane, Chaga, Cordyceps, Reishi and others. These mushrooms have a long history of use and a lot of studies to back up the

This week Talking Dietz teaches the league a lesson with Darren Jarman Now on Twitter @talkingdietz https://twitter.com/talkingdietz Sir Ken Robinson, Changing Education Paradigms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U Sir Ken Robinson, Do Schools Kill Creativity? https://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity Gonski 2.0 https://www.education.gov.au/review-achieve-educational-excellence-australian-schools Adelaide Crows 1994 v St Kilda https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-mozGvXPS0 Kym Koster Highlights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRW4U-8k00I

#167: The most watched TED Talk in history "Do Schools Kill Creativity?" made Sir Ken Robinson, PhD. a widely known crusader of non-traditional education around the world. In his new book YOU, YOUR CHILD, AND SCHOOL, co-authored with Lou Aronica, Sir Robinson argues that we should demand an education system revolution for our children and the future of humanity. No big deal.“One of the deep problems in education, which should concern you as a parent, is the limited idea of intelligence that permeates school culture.” - Sir Ken RobinsonAlways witty and super down to earth, Sir Ken Robinson discusses on Atomic Moms: how parents can help their children find the best school for them to thrive, the billion dollar testing industry, ADHD, how our current education system can be compared to industrialized farming, who is actually at fault in the school dropout crisis, and why dance is as important as mathematics in school! xo EllieFollow along on Instagram: @atomicmoms, Facebook, and our private Facebook community. Subscribe on iTunes.com! Please leave a written review.

In this episode we discuss where our name Finding Beautiful Here came from and gratitude in the mundane. We introduce our new segment, "Nerding Out" in which we discuss a fabulous TED talk on creativity and how we can keep it alive in our kids! Lots of laughs in this one and of course there's singing. Enjoy! Episode Notes: Here’s our new kitchen light! https://www.worldmarket.com/product/large-capiz-lotus-pendant-shade.do TED talk by Sir Ken Robinson, Do Schools Kill Creativity? https://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity#t-94651 Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss a thing! We're so excited about what's coming up! Like what you hear? Leave us a review and comment on Apple Podcasts! @findingbeautifulhere findingbeautifulhere@gmail.com Theme song & transition music by Looperman R01D

In this very special episode of Art Ed Radio, Tim is in Los Angeles to interview the one and only Sir Ken Robinson. Sir Ken is a world-renowned expert on creativity and innovation, and his TED Talk, "Do Schools Kill Creativity?", is the most viewed TED Talk of all time. In this wide-ranging, nearly hour-long interview, he and Tim cover a plethora of topics. Listen as they discuss the evolution of Sir Ken's career and his move to the United States (11:00), testing culture around the world (15:30), the role of creativity in preparing students for the future (27:45), a possible way forward for our schools (37:00), and how teachers can affect change from their own classrooms (45:00). Resources and Links: Sir Ken Robinson's TED Talk Tim asks about Creative Schools, Sir Ken's latest book The official website of Sir Ken Robinson See more about Art Ed Now, where Sir Ken will be presenting on August 3rd

Sir Ken Robinson's TED talk Do Schools Kill Creativity is the most popular TED talk ever given, with just under 45 million views at the time of my writing this. It is so influential that Robinson has a page on his website devoted to feedback forms about how the talk changed people's lives. It is also nonsense. And yet, somehow, I was also convinced by it when I first heard it. The weakness of Robinson's arguments combined with the powerful effect he seems to have on people are testament to his incredible skill as a public speaker. The talk demands closer scrutiny even if only to take notes on how to give persuasive presentations. Almost all of Robinson's claims given in the talk are either given without any supporting evidence or argumentation, or are demonstrably wrong. A large portion of his statements are of the "I strongly believe that..." form, reminiscent a church pastor or of George W. Bush. The remaining time is padded out with well-chosen jokes and anecdotes, which appear to support his case, but, more importantly, build rapport with his audience. In this episode of the podcast, I provide a critique of Do Schools Kill Creativity, highlighting both the speaker's rhetorical devices and the failings of his argument. Enjoy the episode. Music by podcastthemes.com. Audio samples from TED.com.

Drive or walk around Chattanooga and you are bound to do a double take as you see something that is both odd and capitivating... Blue Trees. For the past two weeks our downtown trees have been colored blue in a new art installation created by artist Konstantin Dimopoulos. Kon is a world renown artist, known for his ability to highlight social and environmental issues through art. In this episode we discuss the vision and meaning behind the Blue Trees and we are joined by Public Art Chattanooga's Katelyn Kirnie for a conversation on the importance of public art for our community. Referenced in this episode: Learn more about the Blue Trees in Chattanooga: http://bit.ly/2fgbfBW Kon's website: http://bit.ly/2fjgW0C Family Fun Day Event at the Bessie on 11/5: http://bit.ly/2fwYEOv Sir Ken Robinson "Do Schools Kill Creativity?" TED Talk: http://bit.ly/2fjjsEa

Hello Life Reframers,Welcome to Episode 3 where we talk about Education and Careers. Two topics that many of us continually revisit and reframe in our lives. I'm sure all of us can identify with feeling awkward at some point in our lives when we were asked, "So, what do you do?" In this episode we talk about our paths - from crazy jobs we have had, to going back to school later in life (at 50 for Sandy!). One thing we know for sure is that most of us don't end up where we start out or even where we think we are going. We are always making choices and those choices take us down paths that are full of discovery. Sandy shared some books. Click on the book title for a link to more information.Refuse to Choose by Barbara Sher - What's your nectar? Sandy found answering this question helped her reframer what seemed like an inability to stick with anything to a desire to be continually learning. The Element by Ken Robinson & Lou AronicaThis book is full of stories of people who have followed their passion and not the status quo to greatness. Let Your Life Speak by Parker J. Palmer. Wise advice to listen to yourself and pay attention to what you are drawn to as you pursue vocation. And here is a TED Talk worth checking out:“Do Schools Kill Creativity?” with Ken RobinsonWe hope you enjoy this episode. Please let us know what has helped you as you have made choices around education and career on our Facebook page. Sandy & Jo-Anne x

[button link="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789" bg_color="#2d7ec4"]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What's Coming This Episode? Chasing that perfect work life balance? Maybe you should come at it from another angle. This week Sean has been working with clients around the world using FaceTime. Ed has been listening to a lot of Daft Punk. We both discuss Stephen Hawking, Katie Hopkins, names and the top 5 regrets of the dying. Enjoy! Show Notes and Links The great and wonderful Stephen Hawking has been talking at Caltech. A young chap called Jordan Hassey drove a long way to see him talk Katie Hopkins almost killed YouTube with her exciting mix of snobbery and pseudo-facts How Much Does Your Name Matter? A New Freakonomics Radio Podcast Our very own (and mightily popular 'Work Life Balance Tips' blog post Top five regrets of the dying - The Guardian Our 'Procrastination' blog post - it's not all bad! Resource of the Week Sean mentioned a whole human being – Tim Ferriss. Grab his book The 4 Hour Work Week, The 4 Hour Chef and The 4 Hour Body, all of which are incredible bodies of work. Tim's blog is magnificent and you can find him on Twitter, Facebook and all over YouTube. Ed spared a few moments for Sir Ken Robinson, a wonderful creativity expert. His book The Element is a must read. Here's his massively popular and influential TED Talk titled 'Do Schools Kill Creativity?' Stay in Touch We're all over the web, so feel free to stay in touch: Follow Live in the Present on Twitter and Facebook for daily doses of inspiration Follow presenter Edward Lamb on Twitter Follow therapist Sean Orford on Facebook and Twitter Subscribe to our weekly podcast on iTunes (coming soon!) Leave a Review on iTunes We'd be amazingly grateful if you could leave us a review on iTunes. It will really help us to build our audience. So, if your like what you hear (and would like to hear more great free content) then visit our iTunes page and leave us an honest review (all feedback gratefully received!).