Achieving Peak Performance
“No one appreciates the agonizing effort (Miyamoto) Musashi has made. Now that his years of training have yielded spectacular results, everybody talks about his “God-given talent.” That’s...
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The Power of an “Impossible” Goal
A $2,000 car? The Chairman of Suzuki Motor Corporation said it was impossible…but, that didn’t deter Ratan Tata. Motivated by a passion for meeting the needs of India’s impoverished people,...
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Teaching Kids to Lead
The Riverside School in Ahmedabad, India is an amazing experiment in empowering children and creating future leaders. Founded in 2001, Kiram Bir Sethi and her team have created a unique learning environment...
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Discovery-Based Implementation
In his work as an educational theorist, John Dewey believed that discovery-based education yielded the best learning. By allowing learners to connect with information through participation and experimentation...
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Structuring the Development of People
I have written before about the importance of the structure and physical space in driving the development of right behaviors in an organization. On my last trip to Japan, I was again stuck by the way...
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Mastering New Skills
A few years ago, I was challenged to create a sales boot camp to significantly reduce the time it took to master the selling process in a retail furniture environment. Whereas it had previously taken...