The power of a good Story

Last night I had the opportunity to speak with Mr. Chris Johns the Editor in Chief of National Geographic Magazine. Since 2005 Johns has led the magazine and its redesign, his photojournalism roots are very obvious! Johns is worth listening to not only because he has gone from being a photographer to editor of a [...]

Looking for education innovation

There is a lot of noise out there today and too much of it revolves around innovation that is not innovation at all. Mark Hurst of Good Experience spends a lot of time looking at the experience we have in a retail and even education environment and has tapped into 3 examples of innovation on the [...]

Time/Technology-need a reboot

Last night I had an interesting discussion about technology with many people in Dubai. The big question was is technology working for us or against us? Do we rely too much on technology today? The discussion was interesting to say the least, give it a listen if you want. What I took from the conversation [...]

Ian Gilbert @ TEDxDubai 2009 Re-Imagining Education.

Ian Gilbert Live at TEDxDubai 2009. I had the pleasure of meeting Ian Gilbert about a year ago. I instantly knew that Ian had a story to tell and many people with ear plugs in need to listen and hard! We have a global education crisis today because bureaucrats, CFO’s (chief failure officers), accountants and [...]

Hold on tight to your passion

Have you been following the99.org? Last night I had a chance to catch up with Dr. Naif, he did an amazing talk at TEDxDubai, and as usual was amazed! The message from Dr. Naif is simple, follow your passion and hold onto what you believe with both hands. Have a listen to the conversation. Dr. [...]

A little food radio?

I cannot stop listening and watching the Jamie Oliver TEDPrize speech. All I keep asking is what can I do? Sadly, as Oliver says in his opening sentence, I am not so sure people know where to start or if they can see where how! For 3 months I have been saying, “there must be [...]

Pick up the phone!

I think, just maybe, with all our text, tweets, SMS, MMS, facebook, Qik, blogs… we have forgotten how nice it is to just pick up a phone and tell someone something, anything! I think, just maybe, we are hiding behind technology when it comes to communication today! The old voice on the phone can be [...]

Bring on the mobile media!

I have been doing some experimentation with mobile media and breaking my own rules! The main rule I live by with mobile media is keep it short! I have been recording my classes at the university and formatting them for an iPhone! The lectures are about 60 minutes and they actually seem to have a [...]

How transperent do we want our education? Bring on the curious public!

By the very nature of going to a school, 4 walls to separate the students from the curious, and then rooms to further separate the spectators from the curious, we have bought into an idea of education that promotes elitism and anything but transparency! Teachers go behind closed doors and deliver classes to a small [...]

Re-Apply?

I was reading my daily page of “U2 by U2″, a book about the band that very surprisingly is filled with anecdotes and ideas that can inform the way we think about education, business and even our personal interactions! Today’s gem in the rough was Bono talking about how in 2000 it felt to him [...]

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