Tag Archives: psychology
The power of a good story
For ages now I have been planning to write some posts about the power of "story" but for a number of reasons (some of which I don't yet understand myself) I have been unable.
SO, when I came across an article by Jill Chivers yesterday, I thought I'd share it with you. It's called "The Power [...]
Posted in Practice Also tagged accelerated learning, anchoring, Comunication, meaning, retention 5 Comments
When our passion clouds our judgement
One of the challenges we face in Brain Friendly Learning is reacting to scientific discoveries in an appropriate way. This is especially true when the headlines or accepted interpretation of the data reinforces our own experience. It's only natural that we use this new (or sometimes surprisingly old!) data in our training sessions and workshops.
We [...]
Brain Friendly(ness) as a way of life?
In his book "Blink" Malcom Gladwell makes several references to the work of Dr. John Gottman.
Gottman is well respected for his research on relationship stability by using scientific direct observations published in peer reviewed literature. This makes him a man worth listening to.
While most of his work has been around predicting whether couples are likely [...]
Posted in Reflections Also tagged behaviour, brain, fear, flight, neurology, productivity, recollection, retention 6 Comments
Podcast: Interview with Stella Collins Pt2
In this second part of our interview with Stella Collins, director and consultant at Stellar Learning and co-founder of Brain in Business, Stella and Ally discuss Stella's influences, how pirates got her into training and ways to enliven 'dry' subject matter.
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In Part One of our interview, Stella and [...]
Do you praise effort or talent?