Sorry you are leaving (the asylum) & other tidbits of wisdom
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under change management & wellness
I originally wanted to send this to my mom after she spent a month visiting us in Africa but then I thought I’d do a blog post on it. It’s from a fabulous site called Beautiful Revolution. Here’s what it says on the ‘about this project page’: In 2004, I was depressed. In 2005, I [...]
Tags: beautiful revolution, change, inspiration
The Rock.Paper.Scissors newsletter is out: what a former child solider has to say about forgiveness & more
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under change management & wellness, Diversity & culture
This month’s Rock.Paper.Scissors e-newsletter focuses on what Emmanuel Jal, international hip-hop star & former child soldier had to say when I sat down with him. Read the entire issue here or see below for an excerpt. Not on the monthly e-newsletter mailing list? Sign up for free here. Emmanuel Jal. If he’s not on your [...]
Tags: activism, art, change, conflict, emmanuel jal, forgiveness, inspiration, passion
Training & development learning well December blog post round up
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under change management & wellness, communication, Conflict resolution, Social Responsibility, training & development
December is about to bid farewell & with that, usher in a new year. 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 the learning well or take a small sip. [...]
Tags: africa, communication, evaluation, holidays, hope, inspiration, ladysmith black mambazo, perspective, rock.paper.scissors newsletter, social change, twitter
The Rock.Paper.Scissors newsletter is out: seeking happy holidays through hope
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under change management & wellness
This month’s Rock.Paper.Scissors e-newsletter focuses on four small gifts designed to lift your spirits for the holidays. Read the entire issue here or see below for an excerpt. Not everyone starts off the season with warm fuzzies. Many are stressed, frazzled & frenetic. Others are on pure overwhelm due to having been on overdrive for [...]
Tags: holidays, inspiration, rock.paper.scissors newsletter
The Rock.Paper.Scissors newsletter is out: seeking happy holidays through calm inspiration
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under change management & wellness, communication
This month’s Rock.Paper.Scissors e-newsletter focuses on four small gifts designed to lift your spirits for the holidays. Read the entire issue here or see below for an excerpt. Not everyone starts off the season with warm fuzzies. Many are stressed, frazzled & frenetic. Others are on pure overwhelm due to having been on overdrive for [...]
Tags: calm, deepak chopra, holidays, inspiration, meditation, rock.paper.scissors newsletter
Social Change for Christmas? How about an ad aimed at reducing terrorism.
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under change management & wellness
Need a reason to celebrate this time of year? Want an extremely creative example of effecting social change? In a coming together of advertising & social responsibility, a Colombian ad agency won the grand prize at a prestigious London ad awards ceremony recently with their ad designed to reduce terrorism. The agency sent soldiers into [...]
Tags: Christmas, inspiration, simon houpt
29 ways to stay creative when you’re training (part 3 of 3) plus a contest
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under creativity & innovation, training & development
Note: this post contains a chance to win a free song. Keep reading for how to enter… I came across this great video (see below) from Tofu Design called 29 ways to stay creative. I really like the title because it assumes you and me are creative to start with, which is my mantra. Creativity [...]
Tags: agenda, creativity, curiousity, inspiration, organization
29 ways to stay creative … when you’re training (part 1 of 3)
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under creativity & innovation, training & development
I came across this great video from Tofu Design called 29 ways to stay creative. The title caught my eye – particularly the word stay as it assumes you and me are creative to start with, which I firmly believe. You can view the video below. I’ve added to each point to emphasize how you [...]
Tags: inspiration, organization
Looking for inspiration? Try an ad (especially these unusual ones from Fast Company)
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under creativity & innovation
The roots of engaging training can be found anywhere. You do however have be on the lookout. Some of my ideas have come from advertisements – yep ads. When I say I’m going to be talking about hairy, naked guy (above specimen) I can see participant’s question marks dancing in the air. (Curiousity being a [...]
Tags: amygdala, creativity, curiousity, fast company, inspiration, stress
Heaven doesn’t need harmonica players
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Social Responsibility
Andy Mackie, a retired horse trainer, had 9 heart surgeries. The resulting 15 prescriptions caused more problems than they were worth so he stopped taking them. That’s a lot of dough for a lot of drugs. So what did he do with the money he saved? He figured he’d live for only about a month [...]
Tags: andy mackie, haiti, harmonica, inspiration, jesse joshua watson, learning, music