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
I’m selling my soul, are you?
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness, Social Responsibility
I sold my soul. I sold my soul in New York City. I’m still selling my soul. I will always sell my soul. Perspective. It’s a tricky thing. It’s an intriguing thing. It can be a brick wall or a wide open window. The number one hit on ‘selling your soul’ is selling your soul […]
Tags: danielle laporte, new york city, perspective, soul, Wellness
Push or pull – stubborn, damn doors are an insight into our conflict resolution psyche
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness, Conflict resolution
Our own perspectives – how we see the world – seem natural, normal and RIGHT, especially when we are under stress. When in conflict we tend to do MORE of what ISN’T working. How many times, in conflict resolution, have you said the same thing over and over and over and yet the person still […]
Tags: brene brown, Conflict resolution
Oceans of opportunities open up with perspective game changer
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness, Training & development
As training and development professionals we’re all about perspective. Enhancing, expanding, illuminating, uncovering, adapting, enlarging and shaking it up. We are perspective changers and we can learn a thing or two about how to do it from this conundrum. What do you do if you want to play soccer but you live in a village […]
Tags: life lenses, perspective, soccer
Training & development learning well October blog post round up
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness, Human resources, Training & development
October has come and gone with goblins galore. If you didn’t catch all the posts this month simply cast a spell and click below. Here they are – laid out like a well carved pumpkin for your perusing – here’s the Rock.Paper.Scissors’ monthly training & development round up. You’ll find all the blog posts for […]
Tags: change, change management, engagement, learning, learning curve, learning domains, social media, training & development
You can make a difference. Will you?
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness
‘nuf said.
Tags: change
Learning curve: how do you know when you’ve ‘got it’? When your participants have got it?
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness, Training & development, Travel
Lessons in learning curves from Kenyan soap. If you’re a regular reader you’ll know that I’ve recently moved from Vancouver to Nairobi, Kenya. The learning curve is sometimes fun and fluid, and sometimes crazy and chaotic. It’s got me thinking about how we, as trainers, know when we’ve ‘got it’? When our participants have ‘got […]
Tags: indicator, learning curve
What type of change are you trying to effect? Does it line up with your core purpose & power relationships?
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness
At a recent workshop I attended, by Steve Waddell, put on by Ashoka, here in Nairobi, Steve displayed a chart about GAN’S (Global Action Networks) work on transformation. I’m fascinated by all things related to change and transformation – how we manage it (or don’t), how we deal (or don’t) and how the same change […]
Tags: ashoka, change, perspective, steve waddell, transformation
When you’ve had a hard day training, listen to this answering machine message for a laugh
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness, Humor & comedy, Training & development
Some days it’s hard to remain professional, resilient, supportive, prepared yet spontaneous, calm, centred and understanding as a trainer. Training and development is hard work. It’s not for the faint of heart. The following is an school’s answering machine message – it’s not real, it’s a joke. But on some days …. Caveat: while I […]
Tags: resilience
Can you sum up resilience in a song? Bella can – listen up.
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness
I had a stroke two years ago, my memory’s not so good. When I get down I simply sing… And with that I was introduced to the remarkable, resilient woman that is Mrs. Bella Kelly. I met Bella while working in a tiny Northern Ontario community where she’s currently living, though she originally hails from […]