A couple of weeks ago, in my blog Get the Basics Right First, I talked about the executive functions of your brain. You’ll find more about that this today. The next executive function is attention. Several … Continue reading
Executive functions of the brain Last week I attended the excellent Learning and the Brain conference in Boston. At this conference you get to hear neuroscientists and other researchers talking about their research and how it impacts on learning. … Continue reading
Difference and Sameness Which situations do you learn the most from? The comfortable ones or the uncomfortable ones? It’s very easy to spend all your time with people you like and get on well with. What is … Continue reading
A few weeks ago I went on a very good short break walking holiday in Yorkshire. The scenery and weather were excellent, as was the food. When you are walking, the weather takes on an importance that it … Continue reading
There are some objectives it’s very easy to get wrong. One particular area is in research. In research you often get several teams working on different options for solving a particular problem. You see team objectives like this: … Continue reading
The trouble with chocolate Eating chocolate can reduce your chances of having a stroke by 17%. I confess that I love chocolate. I have been known to go to great trouble to get particularly good chocolate. So you … Continue reading
Aggressive behaviour at work and how it can happen In a documentary on the making of the film Apollo 13 one of the NASA managers made a very interesting comment. Referring to some of the aggressive behaviour depicted in the … Continue reading
You will have heard many people complaining about change – usually the kind of change that is forced on them by others. Perhaps you have experienced unwelcome change yourself. Changes in your working arrangements can be very contentious. It’s your … Continue reading
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