No matter how you approach the future of education you’re always going to have a group of people who disagree with you. That’s great. That means you’re on to something. It’s when everyone’s in agreement you should be worried.
How Do You Fix School?
Something To Believe In…
From http://gapingvoid.com/
Does your company have a philosophy? A purpose? A vision? A mission?
What’s your BHAG (big hairy audacious goal)?
What do you give your employees to believe in? Why are you in business? If it’s just to make money you’ll never attract the talented employees you’re going to need to grow.
11 Things You Can Do Right Now To Improve Your Online Brand
- Write a review for a book you read on Amazon.
- Claim your company’s Google Place Page.
Educate Yourself
Want to have an opinion on a topic? Easy, read a few books on said topic, you’ll have plenty of material for your next cocktail party. Don’t like reading? Buy an audio book on iTunes. Don’t like books? Read blogs. Don’t like reading blogs? Listen to Podcasts. Don’t like Podcasts? Watch as many videos on Ted.com as you possibly can.
True education is not institutionalized learning, that’s the bare minimum of education (school).
The University of Regina iPhone App
I don’t think most companies and organizations in Saskatchewan need an app. We’re still pretty far behind the technology curve. So if you think developing an app as your next strategic move, I’d look into it a little deeper. One organization that does have an app is the U of S, so obviously we need to ask the question; why doesn’t the University of Regina have one?
Before you go developing god knows what kind of app for your company make sure you ask the difficult questions along the way.
Why do we need an app? What incentive is there to downloading our app? Will an app make it easier for people to _________(fill in the blank) at the University of Regina? Is it just our website in a different format? Who is responsible for updating it? Is our app worth talking about?
What Do You Talk About?
“Small minds discuss people , average minds discuss events, great minds discuss ideas.”
-Anonymous
The next time you find yourself gossiping about people, remember this quote.
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