Is Old Music Killing New Music? I learned the danger of excessive caution long ago, when I consulted for huge Fortune 500 companies. The single biggest problem I encountered—shared by virtually every large company I analyzed—was investing too much of their time and money into defending old ways of doing business, rather than building new…
Tucker: The Man and His Dream Like a lot of people, I’m a sucker for David and Goliath stories, and Tucker: The Man and His Dream is a great one. Preston Tucker battles the Big Three automakers in the hopes of producing the “car of the future” with safety features such as disc brakes, seatbelts,…
I would like to thank our special guest author Kolt Buchenroth for his contribution today to Eduk8.me! He is currently the public relations manager for Kenton City Schools. The case against social media Nearly every communicator in the country will tell you that you need a social media presence. While they’re technically not wrong, throwing…
Christmas break is the most wonderful time of the year for students, right? Not for all of them. As teachers, we know that many students dread the thought of Christmas break. They may feel like they have nothing to look forward to or worry about not being able to get through the break without their…
“Rewards are constellations of attributes, and firms should focus more on the motivational effects of the attributes associated with a reward rather than the reward type itself,” Presslee said. “Results confirmed that each of these attributes – individually and in combination – increases employee effort and performance.” Source: Cash may not be the most effective…
There are only so many times you can say “Johnny, stop hitting your sister” before it feels like banging your head against a wall. The same goes for teaching – there’s only so many times you can teach the same material before it feels like groundhog day. Here are 5 ways to mix things up…
AUSTIN, Texas – Co-workers who team up to solve problems or work on projects can benefit when they have less in common and take turns spotlighting their different expertise, according to new research from The University of Texas at Austin. The findings have implications for how managers can better form and manage teams so all…
A lot of businesses have moved or are moving to an open plan layout for their office space. This movement is under the assumption that social encounters are more valuable than deep work. However, recent studies have shown that this is not the case. In fact, employees in open plan offices are interrupted more frequently,…
Now that everyone is rushing back to in-person learning, it is time to evaluate how we can use online learning in the future. Unfortunately, for a lot of teachers and students, the view of online learning was that it was a disaster. But online learning did work for some. The focus of what we can…
This article first appeared in the Eduk8me newsletter. Be sure to subscribe to be the first to get articles such as this. We can always coast, do the things we’ve done a million times before, but does that offer any growth? We shouldn’t look at the term self-improvement as a negative. To some it implies…