2 alternative conflict resolution techniques I picked up at the UN
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Conflict resolution
√ Your blood pressure is boiling √ You’re quietly simmering with your jaw aching from clenched teeth √ Your heart is beating faster than a hummingbird’s wings √ You’re as cool as ice while you plot your revenge &/or √ Your every muscle is screaming run, as you plan your escape These are […]
Tags: conflict, Conflict resolution, eLearning Africa, equal measures 2030, failure to communicate, holly weeks, united nations
Police, secret service agents & FBI are everywhere.
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Conflict resolution, Social Responsibility
Police, secret service agents & FBI are everywhere. And those are only the ones I can see. I wonder how many snipers are stationed out of sight. Roads are blocked with huge cement bomb blast protectors. Traffic is cordoned off & diverted, while the streets are a colourful riot of every skin shade you can […]
Tags: action, paul hawken, reflection, social change, united nations
Training & development learning well June blog post round up
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Diversity & culture, 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 June. 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: age, andy rooney, canada, culture, diversity, Diversity & culture, frank kaiser, mckinsey & co, perspective, stephen covey, team building, time management, training of trainers, united nations, worldview
Don’t be a scaredy cat – watch your back as a trainer
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Training & development
I’m very honoured to be in the middle of doing some Training of Trainers for UNDP Somalia. I’m also very sobered, considering the recent attack on the UN compound in Mogadishu. It’s made me think about watching your back as a trainer. That of course can mean many things – from personal safety to psychological […]
Tags: training of trainers, united nations
Where would you put your used kleenex & other odd perspectives
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Diversity & culture
Creative Commons licensed on Flickr by: Pink Sherbet Photography I was working at the United Nations today. A bit snuffly, I blew my nose & put the used kleenex on a dirty cup & saucer. A wait staff came over & angrily asked what ‘it’ (the kleenex) was. Surprised & taken off guard, I was […]
Tags: Diversity & culture, united nations
The 4th annual To do, To stop doing & To’odle compilation
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development
This blog post is taken from this month’s Rock.Paper.Scissors Inc. newsletter. See the entire newsletter, including free, related resources here. Don’t receive our monthly newsletter? Whatsamatter you! Sign up here. It’s a new year, fresh with the smell of a new calendar, a fresh start, a clean page. At this time of year you may […]
Tags: dan lewis, danielle laporte, hubspot, joanna oser, mike volpe, time management, to do, united nations
Training & development learning well November blog post round up
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Conflict resolution, Training & development
If you didn’t catch all the posts this month simply peruse & click what’s below. Here’s the Rock.Paper.Scissors’ monthly training & development round up for the month of November. 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: alexandra trenfor, businessfriend, carl jung, Conflict resolution, creativity, culture code, drawing, element14, fast company, holly weeks, hubspot, intuition, jennifer bilec-sullivan, learning & development, mike volpe, perspective, rhonda marable, social consciousness, social media, steven fisher, united nations, warner brothers, yasmin joomraty
From Bureaucrats to Bandwidth, a Behind the Scenes Look at the Making of a United Nations Social Media Strategy
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication
I’m headed to the Social Media Strategies Summit in London to present From Bureaucrats to Bandwidth, a Behind the Scenes Look at the Making of a United Nations Social Media Strategy with my lovely colleague Mohamed El Sioufi. By the time you’re reading this I’ll have just about touched down. I’ll let you know how […]
Tags: social media, united nations
Training & development learning well October blog post round up
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Creativity & innovation, Training & development
If you didn’t catch all the posts this month simply peruse & click what’s below. Here’s the Rock.Paper.Scissors’ monthly training & development round up for the month of October. 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: Anthony Trollope, bumpf, change, chimpanzee, creativity, culture, doug cress, email, emmanuel jal, god, humour, life lenses, perspective, united nations, wazimbo
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