Lars is Learning

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Here he is essentially promoting his new book The Element which champions the notion that education should first and foremost be about self discovery and self development, actively supporting us as individuals to discover our talents and passionate interests. I have a lot of time for Sir Ken Robinson.

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Lars is Learning

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Malcolm Gladwell's new book Outliers is out this month and I was struck by this extract from the Guardian/Observer: Take a look at the following list of numbers: 4, 8, 5, 3, 9, 7, 6. Read them out loud. Now look away and spend 20 seconds memorising that sequence before saying them out loud again.

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Lars is Learning

APRIL 19, 2008

picked out an interesting example which relates to the world of training and learning: Consider, for example, the experiment in an Israeli army boot camp recounted in Bob Sutton's quirky book Weird Ideas That Work. Incoming recruits were.

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Lars is Learning

OCTOBER 19, 2008

Ever since Gladwell's Blink, it seems that every book I pick up follows the same pattern: Sway - the Irresistable Pull of Irrational Behaviour - Brafman & Brafman Nudge - Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness - Thaler & Sunstein Yes!

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