Taking a page from the puppy: when you’re little & lost sometimes someone’s just gotta show you the way
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Humor & comedy, Training & development
When it comes to learning, the curve can be steep, steep like a staircase. Sometimes it just takes a little demo to nudge us from ‘I don’t want to go there’ to ‘oh, I get it!’ Like the big dog showing the orphaned pup below. Who knew going downstairs could be so tough? At least […]
Tags: humour, training & development
You’re fine, how am I? (Dan Piraro of Bizarro comic fame)
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Humor & comedy
Creative Commons licensed on Flickr by: Gamma Man I love the Bizarro comic by Dan Piraro that has one psychic saying to another ‘You’re fine, how am I?’ (I can’t include it because it’s not licensed for free public use but you can see it here, it’s #8.) It throws a wrench into perspective. It […]
Tags: bizarro, comic, dan piraro, humour
Training & development learning well January blog post round up
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Humor & comedy, Training & development
If you didn’t catch all the posts last month simply peruse & click what’s below. Here’s the Rock.Paper.Scissors’ monthly training & development round up for the month of January. Learn well in the training & development learning well. Dive deep into the learning well or take a small sip. Shower yourself in training & development […]
Tags: albert einstein, curiousity, destination lens, exuberance, getting things done, humour, improv, improv everywhere, life lenses, passion
‘Tis the season to look up
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness, Humor & comedy
Humour is magic. It crosses chasms. It unites. It opens the door to learning. Improv Everywhere, the infamous & surreptitious improv group from New York, has this down. In the clip below they use humour to change our perspective. ‘Tis the time of year to look up. To look where we don’t often glance. To […]
Tags: improv, improv everywhere, life lenses
Watch passion dance, hand in hand with confidence
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness, Humor & comedy
Passion is the ticket. It points the way. It defines the road. It makes the journey. It makes us shine. Passion dances, hand in hand, with exuberance. Passion’s first cousin is chutzpah & confidence. Show me someone who’s clear about what they’re passionate about & I’ll show you a happy, fulfilled, on track, on point […]
Tags: exuberance, humour, passion
Four small gifts that are designed to lift your spirit
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness, Humor & comedy
This blog post is taken from this month’s Rock.Paper.Scissors Inc. newsletter. See the entire newsletter, including how you can join in on a 4 year old tradition. The holidays are a time for giving & for giving back. I consider myself over the top privileged for getting to work with the likes of yourself (clients, workshop […]
Tags: Christmas, gifts, holidays, humour, motivation
The culprit in plain view – imagine a world where we couldn’t hide who we are.
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Conflict resolution, Humor & comedy
Sometimes conflict or misunderstanding happens because we pretend to be something we’re not, we posture, we hide how we feel or what we think. And then there are times when it’s obvious who and what we are. Ain’t no messing about. Can’t be hid for trying. Who we are is in plain view. Plain sight. […]
Tags: confict, humour, perspective
Talking snakes tell us loads about perspective & our worldview
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Humor & comedy
I love this Speedbump comic because it so elegantly points out how one person’s perspective can seem ‘normal, natural and right’ and yet that very same perspective can seem ‘abnormal, unnatural and wrong’ to someone else. Like religion. Like politics. Like Life Lenses™. To a carrot Life Lens™, the sweeping ability of a mountain Life […]
Tags: communication, humour, perspective
People who say they sleep like a baby don’t have one
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Humor & comedy
I passed this sign driving out to visit my brother & nephew a while back. I laughed so hard, I turned around, drove back & took a picture. Perspective – it’s a tricky thing. We think our worldview is shared by everyone. We unconsciously assume everyone looks at the world through the same frame. We […]
Tags: perspective
3 lessons from a cheeky email – here’s the initial bumpf
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Creativity & innovation, Humor & comedy, Training & development
When I asked about information on the urban resilience index, I got this back from a UN colleague: ‘Here’s the initial bumpf.’ ‘Huh? What’s a bumpf,’ I thought. Here’s what he said when I asked… Bumpf (bumf, or bumph): It’s an expressive and pithy word for all the dross that comes in the mail. It’s […]
Tags: bumpf, email, humour, united nations