Thoughts

Building presentations that stick

Building presentations that stick (part 1)

Are your best intentions sabotaging your presentation? 😬 You’ve got such great information for your audience. You[…]

Forgetting leads to remembering

Learning science really works!

Forgetting is a path to remembering. 🧠💪 Last week I posted about my recent CPLEE project: building[…]

Don't trust the AI. Verify!

Don’t trust. VERIFY!

Critical thinking with AI?Don’t trust. VERIFY! (👆 there’s your AI mantra for the week) I just came[…]

Brightly colored abstract image representing stress and productivity

We should feel stress at work. (Hear me out.)

Psychologically safe working environments should include stress (meaning pressure to perform and grow). They shouldn’t be overly[…]

Golden apple

Teach what’s NEEDED, not what’s NEXT (3/3)

But… what if you can’t use AI? 😰 My last few posts used AI assists to illuminate[…]

Golden apple

Teach what’s NEEDED, not what’s NEXT (2/3)

You’ll learn best if the learning is targeted to your personal needs. 😎 (This isn’t about learning[…]

Golden apple

Teach what’s NEEDED, not what’s NEXT. (1/3)

But… how do you know what’s needed? 🧐 I had high school classes where the teacher said[…]

Overwhelmed student

Be nice to your learners’ brains!

You’ve heard the expression “drinking from the firehose,” right? If you’ve ever worked in a startup, taken[…]