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Book Review: Switch by Chip & Dan Heath

I’m just finishing “Switch: How to change things when change is hard” by Chip and Dan Heath.  As I’m sure everyone who knows me knows, Chip & Dan Heath wrote one of my all time favorite “business” books, “Made to … Continue reading

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Idealism

At Educon this past weekend, I had many amazing conversations with educators, people interested in education reform, wild-eyed evangelists and more.  But one of the most telling moments was when Gary Stager asked, “When did idealism become a negative adjective?  … Continue reading

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First Impressions of Linchpin by Seth Godin

I was one of the lucky early few that signed up by making a donation to the Acumen Fund, to get an advanced copy of Linchpin by  Seth Godin. Seth has asked people to read it, think about it and … Continue reading

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Updating Education

I sit on the Technology Committee for our local School District.  We are so very lucky to have a set of tech guys who understand that the world is changing rapidly, and their job is not only to keep the … Continue reading

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Understanding Attention

As someone with two kids with ADHD, attention is a big deal to us.  I’ve made it my job to understand how attention works, how to get it, how to focus it, and how sustain it, because this information is … Continue reading

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