If you don’t act for equality, it doesn’t matter how much you want it, you aren’t going to get it. Almost nobody is acting for equality so we aren’t getting it. Many people think they are acting to create equality, but their behavior is counterproductive to equality, despite their intent. Why do I say people aren’t acting for equality? What are people doing if they aren’t acting for equality? Many[…] Keep reading →
If you like learning, you like learning effectively, which our mainstream educational institutions could improve in. I’m constantly learning and experimenting to improve my teaching. I think I’m getting a lot better at it. A tremendous resource and inspiration is my long time friend and founding Principal of the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia, Chris Lehmann. I normally don’t post TED talks, much less TEDx talks (I find they make[…] Keep reading →
Want to learn and practice one of the most effective leadership techniques? Then join me for a workshop, Tuesday, December 1st at 6:30pm in midtown, and get a copy of the #1 bestselling leadership book included! This is an encore workshop from attendee enthusiasm at the last one. From the announcement from the Columbia Business School Alumni Club (everyone is welcome): The Workshop Committee of the Columbia Business School Alumni[…] Keep reading →
Longtime readers know a big inspiration for how I teach leadership and entrepreneurship is how we teach acting, based on the self-awareness, emotional expression, mutual support, and ability to perform I see in great actors. Leaders and entrepreneurs can use many of the same skills, and much of my teaching practice involves using what works in teaching acting for teaching leadership and entrepreneurship, with appropriate changes. To learn the training[…] Keep reading →
Continuing yesterday’s post on why we body-slam kids in school, I wanted to reiterate the role of the United States’ overall culture—you and I included—in creating school environments where cops body-slamming kids is inevitable. Three movies illustrate our culture’s views on violence and kids. American Sniper First, watch the closing scenes of American Sniper, which show real-life footage of the main character’s funeral. You don’t need to have seen the[…] Keep reading →
You saw the video of the cop slamming the student in a grade-school classroom. Everybody is quick to talk about race and belligerent cops. What everyone is missing We’re so accustomed to regimented schools, we miss what an anti-educational environment we’ve made our schools into. Notice that during this violent interaction, none of the other students or the teacher acts with shock, to defend her, or to do anything but[…] Keep reading →
Years ago no schools taught entrepreneurship. Some enterprising people had the idea to create business plan competitions to motivate entrepreneurially-minded people to create business plans. I applaud their idea and its implementation at the time. Business plan competitions filled a gap in academia by promoting action and learning by doing. That was generations ago. The academic gap no longer exists. Today business plan competitions are an academic distraction from business[…] Keep reading →