learning

One of the most amazing things about memories is that they are malleable.  How many times have you been speaking with a friend and talking about something in the past only to realize that you've forgotten a number of the details. As it turns out, it's...

I had the pleasure of being on the Bill Good Show this morning on CKNW 980 to represent ViRTUS and talk about how CEOs and entrepreneurs are reacting to the current economic situation.  Click here to listen to the program, select 11am - it's starts...

  If you haven't heard about TED Talks yet then you're missing out on the opportunity to listen to the world's leading researchers, practitioners, entrepreneurs, and innovators, talk about the bleeding edge of technology, entertainment and design.   The annual conference now brings together the world's most fascinating...

FORTUNE magazine published a story entitled, "10 Gurus You Should Know."  It details the ten new up-and-coming gurus in the business world. It's quick read as each page has only a few paragraphs on each person. The two most interesting to me are Joel Podolny, Dean...

The distinction between the old style of university lecture learning (pedagogy - child learning) where the professor has the answer or it's in a book, and our job is to write down as fast as possible the "nuggets" of information for the purpose of memorizing it...