Learning & Development Roundtable – Drum Cafe Style
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Diversity & culture
For about a year & a half now I’ve been organizing a monthly learning & development roundtable in Nairobi. (Check out the link for a list of our workshop topics & resources.) We are an eclectic group from NGO’s, corporate companies & the UN. Each month we have a different speaker. This month we were […]
Tags: drum cafe, leadership, learning & development
Jessica Fraser, co-founder, Mobile Movement, on innovation.
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Creativity & innovation
I recently co-hosted AIESEC’s Youth to Business Forum where 500 delegates came from 110 countries to engage, inspire and take action on three tracks: innovation, corporate responsibility and leadership. My last two posts talked about wise words from AIESEC speakers Chris Weeks, Director for Humanitarian Affairs, DHL and what he said about corporate responsibility and […]
Tags: chris weeks, corporate responsibility, dhl, innovation, jessica fraser, leadership, marianne knuth, mobile movement
Marianne Knuth, co-founder Pioneers of Change, on leadership
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Training & development
Recently I co-hosted AIESEC’s Youth to Business Forum where 500 delegates came from 110 countries to engage, inspire and take action on three tracks: innovation, corporate responsibility and leadership. My last post talked about wise words from Chris Weeks, Director for Humanitarian Affairs, DHL and what he said about corporate responsibility. Today’s post is about […]
Tags: 5 habits of messy people, aiesec, chris weeks, corporate responsibility, dhl, kafunda village, leadership, marianne knuth
How to start a social movement: leadership lessons from dancing guy
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, Change management & wellness, Creativity & innovation
In my past post I wrote about how dance can be used as metaphor for getting into your work flow, your zone. Dance can be used for other things too. Such as how to start a social movement. Malcolm Gladwell talks about the things that need to happen to ‘tip’ it into mainstream society in […]
Tags: dance, derek sivers, flow, follower, leader, leadership, malcolm gladwell, social movement, tipping point
Arlene Dickinson: We’ve come a long way …. baby?
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness, Communication, Humor & comedy
Last night I listened to business owner, entrepreneur and TV star Arlene Dickinson of the Dragon’s Den at the Forum for Women Entrepreneur’s Gala Event. Her captivating journey to entrepreneurship is made more impressive by her humble beginnings. Years ago, being a single mom with four kids to feed made getting cash through the door […]
Tags: arlene dickinson, branding, cbc, change management, dragon's den, entrepreneurship, forum for women entrepreneurs, fwe, gender, leadership, learning, passion, training & development, vintage, vision