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How to make our brains grow
October 10, 2014For a long time, I have believed that we learn the most from the tasks we struggle with, as opposed...
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Language learning and systems thinking
October 3, 2014I’ve been reading a lot this week about language study and what some researchers and writers are discovering about...
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Struggling to learn a language, growth mindsets, and another opening to systems thinking
September 18, 2014Last week, I referred to a Financial Times opinion piece by Simon Kuper about language learning, entitled “Learning another language? Don’t...
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Systems thinking, liberal arts education, and learning language
September 12, 2014Systems thinking seems to be crossing my path these days. Or, is it perhaps my current mindset that causes...
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Systems thinking, employee satisfaction, and worker engagement
August 28, 2014When I began writing about systems thinking in mid July, I thought I would write a few blog posts...
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Silos and systems thinking
August 21, 2014Last week, writing about General Motors caused me to reflect a bit more on why silos exist in organizations,...