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Episode 176: The Goal Is Not The Goal (Wed., Nov. 13, 2024) 6:26

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Episode 176: The Goal Is Not The Goal (Wed., Nov. 13, 2024) There is a lot of bait and switch throughout K-12, in all subjects. The professors promise you’ll be educated, but instead they make you learn minor stuff, irrelevant stuff. The crucial stuff is forgotten. ---------------------------------------------------------- Listen to PODCAST or read…

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No Silver Bullet: Debunking the Quick Fix In Leadership with Steve Hearsum 48:03

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In this episode of Work’s Not Working, Siân Harrington sits down with Steve Hearsum to debunk one of the most seductive myths in leadership and organisational change – the myth of the "silver bullet." From tales of vampires and werewolves to the Lone Ranger’s legendary single shot, Steve uses storytelling to explore why leaders are so often tempted…

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Episode 175: Millions of Children Suffer from Schoolitis Wed., Nov. 6, 2024 7:03

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Episode 175: Millions of Children Suffer from Schoolitis Here is a dirty little secret. Experts create clouds of confusion around our schools. Parents do not know what's going on in the schools. Or whether anything good is happening. Here are some tips for evaluating the damage ---------------------------------------------------------- Listen to PO…

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Episode 174, What is The Education Enigma? Wed., Oct. 30, 2024 7:03

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Episode 174, The Education Enigma -- Wed., Oct. 30, 2024 What is THE EDUCATION ENIGMA? USA spends more money per capita than any other country, but we have the worst schools. And the least educated students. How do you explain this to yourself? This paradox I have named The Education Enigma. Everything is unbelievably shoddy and low-level, except t…

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Episode 173: What Are Best Education Topics To Study In Grad School (Wed., Oct. 23, 2024) 5:01

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Memo to students. Are you looking for good topics to research and write about? I have been studying education for many years. I've published a lot of material that you will find useful. So much of the writing within the field of education is shallow, useless, and boring. Typically, professors try to protect methods that should never have been embra…

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Episode 172: Trump threatens to cancel Department of Education. Is this Good? Bad? Or merely a premise for Comedy? 6:10

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Episode 172: Trump threatens to cancel Department of Education. Is this Good? Bad? Or merely a premise for Comedy? (Wed., Oct. 16, 2024) K-12 is not a serious place. It’s an endless array of goofy ideas that should never be used. Basically, that's why Trump wants to eliminate the Department of Education. Personally, I support anything that puts pre…

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Episode 171: Why Kids Need Multiplication Tables (Wed., October 9, 2024) 5:50

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Episode 171: Why Kids Need Multiplication Tables (Wed., October 9, 2024) What is the one method that every student knows is essential for middle and upper level math. It's a list of shortcuts that we call the multiplication tables. What is 6 by 4? If you don't know, you have to start over again on every question. You have to put little dots on the …

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Episode 170: Critical thinking about why do zebras have stripes? (Wed., Oct. 2, 2024) 6:35

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Episode 170: Critical thinking about why do zebras have stripes? (Wed., Oct. 2, 2024) Ed professors play a dangerous game, keeping students ignorant, while pretending that somehow they are being educated. No matter what people are discussing, you need a little basic information on that topic to join the discussion. Did you know that science has not…

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Episode 169: Make sure your child is reading in first grade. (Wed., Sept.25, 2024) 7:48

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Episode 169: Make sure your child is reading in first grade. (Wed., Sept.25, 2024) -- K-12 is polluted by bad reading theories. They are killing the country. And if you let them, they will cripple your kid. Maybe you think the education professors are nice guys lost in the woods, that's why they prefer bad theories. No, it's not possible. The argum…

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People Aren’t Data: How to be an AI Savvy Leader with David De Cremer 46:18

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In this episode of Work’s Not Working Siân Harrington speaks with AI and leadership expert David De Cremer about the challenges business leaders face when integrating AI into the workplace. They explore how the rush to adopt AI can often miss the mark by focusing too much on technological solutions and not enough on the human elements that make suc…

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Episode 168: Back To School: Don’t Let Children Be Culturally Illiterate (Wed., Sept. 18, 2024) 6:47

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Episode 168: Back To School: Don’t Let Children Be Culturally Illiterate (Wed., Sept. 18, 2024) All of education depends on starting small and building on that foundation. Our public schools have gutted the early stages where you learn the basics, also known as cultural literacy. Demand that children learn more facts and knowledge from kindergarten…

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Episode 167: Back to School: Make Your Students Smarter Faster (Wed., Sept. 11, 2024) 7:20

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Our country is dumber each year because less and less knowledge is taught in the classroom. Don't accept this incompetence, or what I would call it, malevolence. Episode 167 offers ideas for making our schools more efficient, and our students more intelligent. ---------------------------------------------------------- Listen to PODCAST or read TRAN…

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Episode 166: Back to school: Modern History Elevated by Iron and Steel 6:33

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Episode 166: Back to school: Modern History Elevated by Iron and Steel Wed., Sept. 4, 2024 SUMMARY: A look at the central ingredient of modern times, namely, the SKYSCRAPER. When did it appear and how and why? —————————————————————————— —————————————————————————— POSTSCRIPT: as urgent as ever Reading is the most important thing. Our public schools …

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Five Generations, One Workforce: Fixing Leadership for a Multi-Generational Future with Paul Anderson-Walsh 48:28

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In this episode of Work’s Not Working, Siân Harrington and inclusion expert Paul Anderson Walsh explore the challenges of managing five generations in the workplace and the need for adaptive leadership. They highlight the different expectations and perspectives of each generation, from Traditionalists to Gen Z, and the impact of these differences o…

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Episode 165: Back to school: Jump into science, e.g., electricity 7:07

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Episode 165: Back to school: Jump into science, e.g., electricity (Wed. Aug. 28, 2024) Start small. Teach the littlest amount of information possible. Over time you can give children the fundamental information they need. Kids are sometimes given no preliminary instruction and then expected to grasp sophisticated phenomena. Won’t happen without a s…

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Episode 164: Back To School: Make Reading #1 Priority (Wed.,August 21, 2024) 6:41

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Episode 164 Back To School: Make Reading #1 Priority (Wed.,August 21, 2024) Super-condensed explanation of why the schools can’t teach reading. This is the single most important flaw in American culture. Don't take it anymore. The podcast is interrupted in the middle so you can watch a video called READING IS EASY. Only three minutes. If you don't …

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Episode 163: More Good Ideas For Going Back to School 7:48

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Episode 163: More Good Ideas For Going Back to School Wed., August 14, 2024 ---------------------------- Let's reclaim the classrooms and fill them with joyful learning. To understand why the schools are so bad, you have to understand that the professors in charge do not care about intellectual or academic content. Sorry, that's the tough reality. …

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Episode 162; Exploring through Typography Wed., Aug., 7, 2024 7:22

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Episode 162; Exploring through Typography Wed., Aug., 7, 2024 BACK TO SCHOOL with better ways to do everything. For example, use graphics and type design to teach reading, aesthetic judgment, marketing, in short, all the things that a savvy adult should know. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Listen to PODC…

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Episode 161: Schools more violent!! Experts pretend to be baffled?? Wed., July 31, 2024 6:58

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Episode 61: Schools more violent!! Experts pretend to be baffled?? Wed., July 31, 2024 If sight-words and constructivism, didn't work 50 years ago, why do you think they'll work today? The schools are full of goofy ideas. Think of them as ticks on a dog, pluck them off and burn them. Episode 161 explains why the Education Establishment is so unhelp…

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From Cog in Machine to Human at Work: Why Victorian Beliefs are Holding Us Back with Blaire Palmer 41:51

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In this episode of Work’s Not Working, Siân Harrington speaks with Blaire Palmer about the outdated Victorian beliefs and practices still influencing modern workplaces. Despite technological and societal advancements, many organizations remain entrenched in old paradigms, treating employees like second-rate machines. Blaire argues that these antiqu…

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Episode 160: How Ideological Hacks Ruin The Schools (Wed., July 24, 2024) 7:29

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Episode 160: How Ideological Hacks Ruin The Schools (Wed., July 24, 2024) Don't let the blizzard of lies confuse you. It's the same pattern over and over. They try to take you off your game. So they can order you around and make you behave the way they want. The answers themselves are just garbage. That's the thing to keep in mind. ----------------…

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Episode 159: What About the Attempted "Assassination" of American Children? ( Wed., July 17, 2024) 5:07

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Episode 159: What About the Attempted Assassination of American Children? Wed., July 17, 2024 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Really hyper ingenious conspiracy. Or just weird dumb luck. I'm talking about the Trump assassination. I'm also talking about the weird ways they teach…

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Episode 158: Public Schools gone to hell?? Who you gonna call?? 5:55

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Episode 158: Public Schools gone to hell?? Who you gonna call?? Wed., July 10, 2024 Basically all education, in all times and places, can be described as incremental mastery. You learn a little today and then a little more tomorrow and then still a little more the next day. Just as if you want to build a high brick wall, you start with one row of b…

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Episode 157: Why do Public Schools hate Geography?? (Wed., July 3rd, 2024) 8:40

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Episode 157: why do Public Schools hate Geography? (Wed., July 3rd, 2024) There are no good ideas in our public schools, only garbage expressed in protective sauce. Instead of telling you how to reach your destination, the schools will lay out a program of scuba diving, mah Jong, and fashion tips. You won't get to where you wanted to go. After a wh…

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Episode 156: The Waste of Systemic Ignorance (Wed., June 26, 2024) 7:54

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Episode 156: The Waste of Systemic Ignorance (Wed., June 26, 2024) The situation is simple. The professional educators, as they deceptively call themselves, don't believe in education. They like ignorance. Learn, baby, learn. That should be the chant and the cheer of all educated people. Good School, Bad School. How to tell the difference-- see sho…

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Episode 155: Sight-Words Are Killing Us. --- Wed., June 19, 2024 7:46

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Reality One, we have to get rid of sight-words, so that literacy will have a chance. Reality Two requires explaining the subject to lots of people. That's done most easily, according to author Linda Goudsmit, with the following one-page method. This explanation requires navigating the chaos of print, like what a child has to deal with. It's better …

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Episode 154: "How did our institutes of higher learning turn into Marxist reeducation camps?” (Question on Quora.) 7:34

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Episode 154 - Wednesday, June 12, 2024 "‘How did our institutes of higher learning turn into Marxist reeducation camps?” (Question on Quora.) ----- A pivotal question which every American should try to answer. Here's my short answer: a vast army of saboteurs has been working in the shadows for more than a century. Here is the chronology, starting i…

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Episode 153:: What your students need to know about Socialism. (Wed., June 5, 2024) 6:40

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Episode 153:: What your students need to know about Socialism. (Wed., June 5, 2024) Perfect short summary of Socialism and Communism, 5 minutes, for all classes American schools are full of covert Communists and Socialists. They pretend to explain things in long convoluted ways that don't explain very much. Socialism can be a life-and-death choice.…

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Episode 152: Curriculum Planning, max speed (Wed., May 29, 2024) 7:12

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Episode 152: Curriculum Planning, max speed (Wed., May 29, 2024) Stop teaching nothing all day. Teach all the wonderful things children need to know and want to know. Not to mention, you'll have more fun. Here are about 50 ideas you can use this year. Deliberate Dumbing Down is not an ethical approach. Nor is keeping children in a vacuum so they ne…

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The Glass Cliff: How We’re Setting Women and Global Majority Men Up For Leadership Failure with Sophie Williams 43:38

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In this episode Siân Harrington speaks to Sophie Williams about the concept of the glass cliff, where women and marginalized groups are often hired in leadership roles when a business is already underperforming, setting them up for failure. It delves into the impact of the glass cliff on women in the workplace, the reasons behind it and the implica…

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151: How Can We Motivate Underachieving Children Who Don't Want to Learn? (question on Quora; first answered on my Substack) Wed. May 22, 2024 6:55

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Episode 151: How Can We Motivate Underachieving Children Who Don't Want to Learn? (question on Quora; first answered on my Substack) Wed., May 22, 2024 NB: the public schools are probably much worse than you suspect. But people don't want to deal with that information, so the Education Establishment gets away with doing a lousy job. I'm trying to p…

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Episode 150: K-12 -- S.N.A.F.U. (Wed., May 15, 2024) 7:25

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Episode 150: K-12 -- S.N.A.F.U. (Wed., May 15, 2024) --- Welcome to K-12 where education goes to die. Come on, people, get involved. Kids are dumbed down every day. There's no excuse for it. Every sane idea has been sabotaged and sent into exile. Now we see nothing but counterproductive ideas. Naturally, we have epidemics of illiteracy and ignoranc…

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Episode 149: YOU should be an education reformer. (Wed., May 8, 2024) 7:48

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Episode 149: YOU should be an education reformer. (Wed., May 8, 2024) Join the good guys, against the duplicitous professors of education who have devised so much sneaky nonsense. I've been calling K-12 a crime scene for 20 years. This is a very liberating notion. Education is a bad part of town. Adults will be robbed, children will be stunted. QED…

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A Lesson in Customer Loyalty: How to Shift From Quid-Pro-Quo to Serving People w/Jenn McMillen 40:58

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Whether we’re talking about our customers or teams, loyalty is the currency of successful relationships. In the business world of yore, loyalty was one-sided, it was buy something or do something to get something. Today that quid-pro-quo style falls flat. Just like Taylor Swift…brands who do well understand that having customers and employees is a …

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Episode 148: Latin Lives On… and On (Wednesday, May 1, 2024) 7:01

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Episode 148: Latin Lives On… and On Wednesday, May 1, 2024 ------------ Latin Lives On: 333 common words letter for letter identical in Latin and English. Each word is a mnemonic device providing extra texture, extra connections. My list illustrates a general principle: there's always a better, quicker, cheaper way to teach a lot. The Education Est…

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How to See the Gifts in Workplace Adversity 7:53

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You know that job that makes you miserable, that boss who makes your life hell and that co-worker who’s difficult to work with? They are specially wrapped gifts that can work in your favor. Hear me out… Do these situations suck? Do they test our patience? Yes and yes. But, what you might not see in that moment are the skills, competencies, and empo…

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From Frankenstein Managers to Operational Coaches: The Power of Questions with Laura-Ashley Timms 40:19

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In this episode Siân Harrington speaks to Laura Ashley-Timms about the importance of asking good questions as a management superpower. Laura highlights the challenges faced by managers in today's complex and rapidly changing work environment and the need to reinvent the traditional command and control culture of management. She introduces the conce…

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Episode 147: The Great Betrayal: Top Experts Make Millions by Promoting Worst Methods 7:37

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Episode 147: The Great Betrayal: Top Experts Make Millions by Promoting Worst Methods (Wed, April 24, 2024) —————————————————————— First published as “42: Who Ruined Reading” on Improve-Education.org. Site is now unavailable due to incompetence of hosting company. I’m working on recovery. Our Education Establishment is also incompetent. We have 50 …

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Not Making a Decision IS Making a Decision...Here's Why 8:03

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Decisions, decisions…the hallmark of good leadership is swift and impactful decision-making. But let’s be real, amidst the whirlwind of emails, meetings, projects, and strategic pivots, the decisions we have to make can be so overwhelming, that we can decide not to decide at all. Here’s the problem though, not making a decision can be just as detri…

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Episode 146: K-12 Boycott: Are You Ready? (Wed., April 17, 2024) 7:41

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K-12 Boycott: Are You Ready? (Wednesday, April 17, 2024) K-12 is too often a bad marriage. The Education Establishment is the alcoholic husband (photo) who beats his long-suffering wife. All the progressive/socialist/communist schemes are dedicated to the idea of using schools to indoctrinate young minds. Real education is about freeing minds. Take…

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How to Master the Art of Influence 7:09

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Influence is a powerful currency for motivation and success…it’s no wonder why influencer marketing has become a literal billion-dollar industry! Being influential doesn’t just work on social media. In a workplace, it’s the lifeblood of leaders who can propel the collective without demanding, manipulating, or dictating. A combination of trust, insp…

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Episode 145: Survey Courses? Yes, We Desperately Need Them. (Wed. April 10, 2024) 6:29

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Episode 145: Survey Courses? Yes, We Desperately Need Them. (Wed. April 10, 2024) Our schools have often given up the very idea of teaching lots of stuff, and even if they try, they have no idea how to do it. Train the teachers better and then let them loose. Survey courses can be a great help, but skip the politicking. Left-wing professors think t…

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How to Fix Your Addiction To Being Right 42:55

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“My people don’t do what I ask them to, they don’t listen and they don’t come up with innovative ideas.” Leaders say it all the time, and if I had a penny for everytime I heard this, I could buy my own private island! But before you point a finger at your team, what if this is all because you’re addicted to being right. Yes, like sugar and shopping…

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144: Best Practice: Teach Items In Clusters (Wed., April 3, 2024) 6:42

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Episode 144: Best Practice: Teach Items In Clusters (Wed., April 3, 2024) If we want to save the schools, we have to teach more information, more quickly. We have to find techniques that will make it easy for students to remember stuff. One of the easiest and most essential methods is using clusters, that is several things united by their similarit…

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It's Not the What, It's the Why. Steps to Evidence-Based HR: Rob Briner 43:49

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In this episode, Siân Harrington speaks with Rob Briner about the challenges and benefits of adopting an evidence-based approach in HR. They discuss the focus on HR fads and the need to shift towards a more informed and effective HR practice. They explore the role of data and analytics in evidence-based HR and the mindset and skills required to imp…

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Triangulation: Stop the game, build trust 6:56

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When conflict arises at work, there are two ways people deal with it. Go directly to the person in question or tell other people about it first. Many times, we take the latter route, and it never goes well. If you ever played telephone as a kid, you’ll know that the original message always gets twisted somewhere along the way. At work, the stakes a…

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Episode 143: 70 Years Ago, Schools Were Already Sabotaged (Wed., March 27, 2024) 7:47

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70 Years Ago, Schools Were Already Warped (Wed., March 27, 2024) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joan Dunn, a schoolteacher, wrote a book about her experiences in Brooklyn schools circa 1953. It is a time capsule, showing that quite long ago the professors of education had substanti…

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How to Lead Through All the Noise 7:33

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Ever tried to have an insightful conversation in a room with loud music? It’s noisy…and that’s what leading feels like today. From the oceans of emails flooding our mailboxes, back-to-back meetings filling our calendars, to the urgent but not important tasks that demand our attention. There’s a lot to wade through in today’s world. When we’re distr…

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Episode 142 - Can Anyone Read? (Wed., March 20, 2024) 7:11

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Episode 142 Wed., March 20, 2024 Can Anyone Read? I think that too often the answer is: no, not really. What we have now is a great range of readers, with only the best being what we used to call readers... - - - - - - - - - - - - --- - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --- - - (Short but comp…

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The Neuroscience of Leadership: How to Eliminate Fear and Create Safety w/Danny Langloss 52:53

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Now that we know a lot more about how the brain works, a lot of what we’ve been taught about leadership is just plain wrong. We have to throw it out the window and never look back. From a neuroscience perspective, there are 2 categories of chemicals constantly firing off in our brains - happy hormones and fear hormones. The old school model of lead…

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