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Jack Shaw

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Finding the Way Out of a Coffin That’s Nailed Shut

Tom in The Glass Menagerie wants to know how the magician or anyone can “find…

Training & Development

Twitter Wit: Is It Time for Subtle?

Before we had all of our gadgets, even television and radio, we had to amuse…

Improving Yourself

The Worst and Best Degrees: A Bunch of Bunk!

It was a while there and I couldn’t speak–so upset was I that countless, thoughtless…

Improving Yourself

Why Use Icebreakers When There’s No Ice?

I saw this question as a search question for training and while I don’t know…

Leadership Skills

What Will Training Look Like in 2050?

Here’s your question–just for the fun of it. What will training be like in the…

Training & Development

“Lean, Mean, Learning Machines” – The New Age of Training

Michelle Rosenbloom with the 3Leaf Group is a marketing professional. Now, what she is marketing…

Training & Development

I Can’t Make You Learn a Thing! Let the Machines Do It!

Really! What you learn is up to you. Retention works best if it is self-motivated.…

Improving Yourself

Unlocking Creative Potential – A Neuroscience Approach, Part III

Sandy Cormack, a personal and organizational consultant, continues with his installments of Unlocking Creative Potential.…

Improving Yourself

Navigating the Training Labyrinth

You don’t really want to make a wrong turn and there is no GPS for…

Training & Development

Making Digital Training “An Affair to Remember”

In an article I wrote called How to Make Training “An Affair to Remember I…

Training & Development

Unlocking Creative Potential – A Neuroscience Approach, Part II

Sandy Cormack, a personal and organizational consultant, continues with his installments of Unlocking Creative Potential.…

Improving Yourself

Unlocking Creative Potential – A Neuroscience Approach, Part I

In my last article, I talked about performance from the viewpoints of Performance Psychologists. This…

Improving Yourself

Performance: The Psychologist’s View

I am a working actor and a working trainer. For both professions, you could say…

Performance Management

On Evaluating Standardized Tests

I just read an article from the Washington Post that disturbed me: When An Adult…

Improving Yourself

Battling for Creative Solutions

About a year ago I ran across a NEWSWEEK article that still moves me on…

Leadership Skills

Finding Employee’s Other Qualifying Factors, Part II

As you can tell from the title, this is Part II of my previous blog…

Leadership Skills