Suck or blow? Power surges & power vacuums
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development
Waaaaay back when, when I used to do leadership training with youth, we’d sometimes play a game called suck & blow. It involved passing a playing card around a seated, circle of people, without using your hands, only by way of mouth to mouth. You could only pass the card by sucking in (holding the [...]
Tags: david tees, fred fisher, james macgregor burns, locally elected leadership, power, united nations
Training & development learning well January blog post round up
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, change management & wellness, creativity & innovation, Diversity & culture
The first month of the new year is about to slip by. Sit up, take notice & look back before looking forward. If you didn’t catch all the posts this month simply usher yourself down to the well & click as you wish. Learn well in the training & development learning well. Dive deep into [...]
Tags: change management, creativity, culture, emmanuel jal, forgiveness, jen louden, learning, to do
Ladysmith Black Mambazo – trainers can learn from their energy & enthusiasm
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, training & development
Living in Kenya for a year definitely has its benefits. One of the many is getting to see Ladysmith Black Mambazo live in concert. They initially came to the world’s attention when they accompanied Paul Simon on ‘Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes’. As I grooved to their rhythms, I wrote these words: Hot [...]
The Rock.Paper.Scissors newsletter is out: resources for matching how our brains work with how business & boardrooms could work
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, training & development
This month’s Rock.Paper.Scissors newsletter is a review of John Medina’s wonderful Brain Rules book. John does a great job of inspiring us to rethink cubicles and classrooms. Check out the entire e-newsletter here and/or see below for resources related to how to have our boardrooms and businesses working in sync with how our brains actually [...]
Tags: attention, brain based learning, brain rules, deepak chopra, exploration, john medina, stress
The Rock.Paper.Scissors newsletter is out: Rethinking cubicles & classrooms: matching how our brains work with how business & boardrooms could work
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, communication, training & development
This month’s Rock.Paper.Scissors’ newsletter reviews John Medina’s Brain Rules book. See the entire newsletter here, including a bunch of related resources and/or read the book review below. What is ‘easily the most sophisticated information transfer system on earth?’ Our brains says molecular biologist John Medina in his book Brain Rules; 12 principles for Surviving & [...]
Tags: attention, brain rules, exercise, john medina, sensory integration, sleep, stress, survival
10 things that go into picking a great teambuilding icebreaker
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, Teambuilding
Recently I received an email from a Human Resources colleague who I have enormous respect for. She was looking for some ideas for teambuilding icebreakers for an upcoming event. I get this kind of request fairly frequently and have made it a practice to not suggest any specific activities. Here’s why in my response below, [...]
3 resources solely to make you chuckle – may the farce be with you
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, Humor & comedy
Did you know that Rock.Paper.Scissors Inc. is both a training and entertainment company? The latest Rock.Paper.Scissors Inc. e-newsletter is out! Read the full issue here or sign up to receive your free monthly copy. In every issue we include an article, related resources, resources on the lighter side and upcoming events. The last 2 blog [...]
Tags: diana frances, humour
3 resources for adding humour to your day and your work
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, Humor & comedy
Did you know that Rock.Paper.Scissors Inc. is both a training and entertainment company? The latest Rock.Paper.Scissors Inc. e-newsletter is out! Read the full issue here or sign up to receive your free monthly copy here. In every issue we include an article, related resources, resources on the lighter side and upcoming events. The last blog [...]
Tags: diana frances, doni tamblyn, drew hayden taylor, humour, improv, laugh & learn, me funny
Don’t Perform in an Exit! A true story from a professional improv comedian
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, Humor & comedy
Did you know that Rock.Paper.Scissors Inc. is both a training and entertainment company? The latest Rock.Paper.Scissors Inc. e-newsletter just hit the stands, err inbox. Read the full issue here or sign up to receive your free monthly copy here. In this issue Diana Frances, VP of Rock.Paper.Scissors Inc. & Director of Entertainment, pulls back the [...]
Tags: comedian, diana frances, improv, training & development
Bringing ease & efficiency – say it with me ‘ease & efficiency’ – to you & your life
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development
Who wants some ease? Some efficiency? When time is tight, demands are high and stress is all you can see and feel around you … bring on the ease & efficiency. When time is loose, demands are low and stress is a dot on the far horizon, still … bring on more ease & efficiency. [...]
Tags: ease, efficiency, jodi womack, typeit4me