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Leadership Tips 4 Mar 14 1 Comments

Is stress good for our health? This is a question I have often pondered. To explore this question further, take 14 minutes out of your…

Leadership Tips 27 Feb 14 0 Comments

Two nights ago I attended a business networking event with fifty other entrepreneurs, and I was reminded of two truths behind success in business, or…

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This Have You Ever variation is shared by my good friend Jim Schoel, long time Project Adventure colleague and author of Islands of Healing, Exploring Islands…

Leadership Tips 13 Feb 14 0 Comments

In my regular trainings and visits to hundreds of facilities all over the world, one of the most common misunderstandings I come across is the…

Leadership Tips 6 Feb 14 0 Comments

Followers of this blog will know that I am a BIG fan of Seth Godin’s work. Indeed, I consider his art a real gift. His…

Leadership Tips 4 Feb 14 0 Comments

This idea was shared by Jim Doherty on Edutopia (a post I shared some months back): When a student responds to a question you have posed,…

Leadership Tips 3 Feb 14 0 Comments

I love working in front of big groups. I mean, really BIG groups, such as 100, 200 and up to 500 people, often times seated…

Activity Ideas 23 Jan 14 0 Comments

It’s a common complaint of parents and teachers these days – how do I get kids to play outdoors – that kids are so entranced…

Leadership Tips 21 Jan 14 0 Comments

A colleague, Jeffrey ‘Goose’ Gosnell, reported last week that he has chosen to stop using the term ‘team-building’ when speaking with prospective clients at his…

Leadership Tips 16 Jan 14 9 Comments

Here’s a MUST READ ESSAY from Dr Peter Gray, professor of psychology at Boston College, which implores educational systems around the world to introduce more…

Leadership Tips 15 Jan 14 1 Comments

Here’s a terrific TEDx Talk by Frans Johansson, which will inspire you to look at how two apparently unrelated things, can create totally unexpected results….

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Happy new year everyone! Here’s an article that outlines the opportunities that (outdoor) adventure activities can facilitate within the National Curriculum for Physical Education: Opportunities…

Leadership Tips 17 Dec 13 0 Comments

Take a look at this New York Magazine article, passed onto me by James Bennett, which discusses the surprising results of some recent research which…

Leadership Tips 9 Dec 13 0 Comments

Phil from NY asks me to share what would be one of my top pieces of advice in regards to the soft skills required to…

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It’s better to teach students how to think, rather than what to think. This approach leads to enquiry, rather than rote learning. An atmosphere of…

Leadership Tips 27 Nov 13 0 Comments

There is no doubt that we have under-estimated the value of play in our educational ‘systems.’ You only have to look at the stereotypical classroom…

Leadership Tips 25 Nov 13 0 Comments

Stumbled across this post from Terry Heick, a US-based educator focused on social improvement through learning innovation, and Director of Curriculum, TeachThought. He argues, these…

Leadership Tips 22 Nov 13 0 Comments

As a kid, I loved listening to stories, especially those read to me at bed-time by my parents. Today, as a parent myself, I love…

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More and more I have come to the conclusion that one of the most powerful attributes of success for an individual or a group is…

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You can never have enough fun games, and I mean FUN games, up your sleeve to encourage young people (indeed, all people) to be and…

Leadership Tips 31 Oct 13 0 Comments

Adding to my post a few days ago, I offer this further understanding of the benefits of integrating ‘play’ into your curriculum. Extensive research has…

Leadership Tips 29 Oct 13 0 Comments

I make a very simple request at the start of all of my professional development & training workshops – I invite my group to play….

Leadership Tips 28 Oct 13 0 Comments

In a world with a seemingly endless supply of ‘innovations,’ what I really care about as an educator is IMPACT. I could care less for…

Leadership Tips 30 Sep 13 0 Comments

Here are two poor team-building ideas that get under my skin when a client is making decisions in regards to their forthcoming team retreat or…

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