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Human Dynamics

Five Ways That Brain Science Can Contribute to Effective Leadership Training

David Rock, editor of the NeuroLeadership Journal, has said that by better understanding the brain, leaders can align the way they work with the...

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When It Comes To Leadership and Management Training, Your Brain Can Only Take So Much

Don't go out and buy a new day planner or learn a five-step decision-making process -- they won't work. If they did, we would all be much more...

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Effective Leadership Training Means Rethinking Assessment

Dr. Paul Camp, a professor at Georgia Institute of Technology, who for more than thirty years has been studying the ways we learn, describes the...

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Taking the Road Less Traveled: Applying Socrates’ Insight to Professional Development Training Programs

Socrates was sitting outside the gates of Athens when a man came up to him and said, “I am thinking about moving into Athens. Can you please tell me...

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Play, Learn, Repeat - How Business Simulations 'Predict'

In the film Edge of Tomorrow, Tom Cruise must save the world from total annihilation yet again. He is completely overmatched by his enemies, an alien...

Business Dynamics

Learn How to Think Not What to Think for Effective Training and Professional Development

Starting at an early age, the accepted standard both of teaching and learning focuses on what to think. In some cases, this approach proves...

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Co-creation for Effective Leadership Training

To conclude our series of posts on design thinking for more effective leadership training, we’ll dive a bit deeper into the fourth rule of design...

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Business Simulations That Focus on the Problem First

In recent posts, we’ve highlighted the value of incorporating design thinking principles and focusing on divergence before convergence when creating...

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Divergence Before Convergence for Experiential Learning

Divergence Before Convergence: Patience pays for leadership development consulting firms.

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Better Business Simulations through Design Thinking: Create Empathy for Users

Following on our last post, let’s dive a bit deeper into the first rule of Design Thinking:

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Design Thinking for Better Business Simulations

Design thinking is a hot topic in the world of learning and talent development. As it continues to gain popularity, many top leadership programs are...

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Four Cognitive Conditions for Effective Leadership Training

A great set of guidelines for effective leadership training is The Neural Coding System - a design framework consisting of four cognitive conditions...