Monthly Archives: September 2009

Sizzler Questions to Innovative WBF09 Leaders

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Here are 2-footed questions addressed to HSM, WBF09 and top global leaders: 1). How can brainpower extend genius opportunities beyond a few who boast power from money? 2). What can be done to open new spigots of innovation within closed corporations that stockpile most resources and guard traditional gates? 3)…. Read more »

Facilitate Innovative Brainpower!

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Facilitators with brains in mind, blast open 10 entry points that inspire innovation: At meetings – facilitators add zip to roundtables because people speak and feel heard. Across professions – facilitators inspire shared language that leaves behind jargon to favor communication. In learning circles facilitators draw on multiple literacies to… Read more »

Ode to Innovation Brainpower!

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Have you every thought of practicing to be a genius at anything? Several gurus in intelligence, claim that endurance and hard work get higher grades than raw intelligence scores from IQ tests. Do you agree?  Einstein claimed he was no more intelligent than others – but he stayed with problems… Read more »

Work with Rita Right-Brain?

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Researchers at Queensland Brain Institute may have identified the molecule that links left and right brainpower, but Rita Right Brain’s the gal who uses it most at work. Professor Helen Cooper said her group’s research provided new clues regarding development of the corpus callosum, and yet Rita’s corpus callosum of… Read more »

Work with Sam Serotonin?

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Sam Serotonin is a bit like watching a miracle drug at work, when situations blow up and he creates calm.   At times called a molecule of happiness, serotonin is far more than that in any workplace when even one person engages its power. Sam’s mental chemicals often add focus and… Read more »

Work with Carol Cortisol?

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Long before our cortisol gal – let’s call her Carol Cortisol, arrives at work, she’s fed up and already well into anxiety. She fears taking any risks herself at work, and lambastes others who seek adventure when her down moods crank up her intolerance. It doesn’t take much for Carol’s… Read more »

Radical Reconfiguration for Money and Mind

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Consumer confidence is at an all time low. Few disagree, that the way we do money separates community and caring from real riches of mindfulness together.  It doesn’t have to be that way. Do you agree?  The globe cries out for financial opportunities from people who engage multiple intelligences and… Read more »

Blokes and Babes Where You Work

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Heaven or Havoc?   Which of these characters work with or in you? Serotonin Sam: “Feelin’ good – hey guys you’re welcome to share, anytime.” Cortisol Carol “Touch my stuff and you die!” Plasticity Patty: “Glad to know I can still nail this new knack at any age.” Amygdala Arnie:… Read more »

MITA Brain Renewal for Leading and Learning

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What makes MITA renewal so different from  multiple intelligence theory  and evidence based learning theory that make it up? Thanks to Dr. Robyn McMaster‘s masterful handiwork with cameras and talented online solutions, we’re able to carry on the MITA renewal conversation that we engage in many countries and among delightfully… Read more »

Mindful Leader Series 3 – Conaty Risks Renewal

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While some HR staff complain of too little respect at work, HR veteran, Bill Conaty  won the 2004 HR Executive of the Year for risks he took to promote talent and raise HR status at GM.  He reversed downturns into bubbles, more because of his vision for renewal possibilities, than… Read more »