The learning technique that science has proven to be the most effective is the one used the least. Spreading out learning over time is one of the most effective strategies. The technique is called “Distributed Practice,” meaning learning is broken… Read More »The Best Way To Learn Is Hardly Ever Taught
Most large corporations have a budget for executive education, and the question becomes, “Where do we spend the money?” If the choice is between the intellectual/cognitive vs. the emotional/affective, choose the latter. Reasons Why Information metastasizes every day. New books,… Read More »Executive Education
Many presenters begin their talks like this: “I’d like to take this opportunity to talk a little bit about…” Don’t do this. First of all, what you would like to do at that particular moment is of considerably less interest… Read More »Presenters should avoid this opening phrase
I heard an Indian novelist interviewed recently. Asked what struck her when she first came to America, she said, “I noticed that in America, the rich are thin and the poor are fat—the opposite of my country.” Of course, she… Read More »The rich, the poor, the highly-educated and the tongue-tied
It begins with an agonizing silence–The Duke of York standing at a microphone in Wembley Stadium trying to bring the world’s greatest exposition to a dignified conclusion for the entire British Empire listening on the radio. His stammering and stage… Read More »Movie Review: The King’s Speech
On the left you see a picture of my garden hose, the one I failed to turn off after hosing down the front porch. The temperature dropped, the hose popped, and I now have a column of ice reminding me… Read More »An attempt to link a column of ice with presentation skills