The Wonder Twins: Creative and Strategic Thinking
Have you ever gone into a meeting hoping to make a decision only to find yourself inadvertently brainstorming newer and more exciting options? You left the meeting energized, with creative juices flowing only to realize what you needed was a decision and what you got...
Want to Learn Smarter and Faster? Pick Up a Hobby.
What is Smarter Learning? I always thought I was good at learning because I was good at school. It took me a long time to realize that I was not very good at learning at all. In fact, I faced a lot of frustration when approaching new tasks and was more apt to repeat...
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Anxiety is a “hair-on-fire” problem. Building skills must be one part of the solution.
Young adulthood is one of life’s great transitions and, as with any transition, a certain amount of anxiety is to be expected. However, current statistics should be raising alarm bells. In 2018, 63% of college students in the US reported suffering from...
Visual notes are pretty. Do they help you learn?
Read on as I put learning preferences to the test. I have been following the #studygrams study notes trend on Instagram and wondering if this visual note taking is just fun or if it actually helps people learn better. This started me thinking about how I...
Free event: From Gap Year to Power Up Year
For parents of kids taking a gap year. How can you help your kids prepare for the road ahead? Join the discussion and learn how Skillpod may be able to help.
You are not selling what I am buying…
Success in life is closely tied to one’s success in earning, but when the learning’s out of date, where should I be turning?
Design Thinking and Philosophy
The job of a philosopher is to connect ideas about how the universe runs – what is true – with how we should use this knowledge to run our societies.
Where Will He Be?
Meet Victor—he's the one waving. He's in Montessori 3, first year in school. So he should be in the school graduating class of 2030. At the rate school curriculum is changing today, he will have more or less the same education I had in '54, and his dad, the rower, in...
Building Your Futures
For many years, we have been interested in how best to prepare our youth for their futures. Just recently, daughter Connie, with whom we are now working, explained how her son, Ben, 10, would construct his future universe, and with what personal brand, knowledge and...
Perhaps the education mandarins are right
Perhaps the education mandarins are right. There is no need for new skills for the future. Our culture really hasn't changed. All fake news. Jarvis Collegiate Institute was one of the top schools in Canada in past years. It may still be. It saved me as did Bishop's U!...