What Paperclips Tell us About Creativity

Odds are, you’ve heard of the paperclip experiment. In 1968, George Land and Beth Jarman conducted an experiment with children. They originally designed it for testing potential NASA engineers and scientists on how innovative they were. The researchers asked 1,600 5-year-old children how many uses they could come up with … Read More

Failing is only valuable if you’re learning something

My kid brought home her first failing grade last week. It wasn’t entirely unexpected as she’s not really connected meaningfully with the teacher or the subject matter. The experts talk about how essential it is to let our kids fail. It’s going to happen when we’re adults, so practice on … Read More

The Impact of Grief at Work

Change Is Always Accompanied by Loss Initiating the Healing Cycle of Grief Work Grief work is part of everyday life. Change is constant and change is always accompanied by loss. When there is loss, the human being goes through a cycle of grieving before being able to move on to … Read More

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