Fourth Thing: Experience is the best teacher. The only way to learn how to ice skate is to strap on a pair of skates and get out on the ice. You could spend a lot of time reading up on skating and the importance of balance, but it would be difficult to apply any of [...]
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The Minnesota Daily ran a story today on the impact of the economy on executive education (see the story here). I was quoted in a few places describing the Carlson School’s response to the downturn. As I noted in the article, we are introducing a new set of short, “bite-sized” courses this spring. This is [...]
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In case you are interested, my perspective on learning and development in a down economy were mentioned in the article, ”Training Up in Down Times” that appears in the current issue of Minnesota Business magazine. The story is on pages 26-27 (the magazine website is here: http://www.minnesotabusiness.com the full text is unfortunately only available to subscribers) .
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Third Thing: Structured activity drives out unstructured activity. Someone once suggested that the defining feature of a totalitarian state is that anything that is not required by the state is prohibited by the state. In other words, all activity is structured, and there is no room whatsoever for individual discretion. When you talk to some people [...]
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