What an amazing feeling to wake up in the morning, have your coffee, get dressed and go to work . Or wait a minute maybe you don’t have to go directly to the company; maybe you want to go play some golf? Or run for a bit? Why not? You still have time. More importantly, […]
A bookmark: simple, elegant. A bookmark is a way to easily save a specific place in a text for quick access and reference in the future. A bookmark can be a plain sticky note or piece of paper, or an elaborately designed work of art. Social bookmarking is the digital version of the old stand-by: […]
Stories. The story is a cornerstone of humanity. Telling stories is a tradition that can be traced across our history. Over time, the art of storytelling has evolved as the tools and resources available with which to tell stories evolved. We have told stories orally in person, via the written word, through artwork and performance, […]
‘E-Learning’ has emerged as a popular educational method within the Middle East, reflecting and complementing the region’s pursuit of knowledge-driven economic diversification. The growth rate of self-paced e-learning in the region is currently at 8.2 per cent and is expected to generate revenues of over USD 560.7 million by 2016[1]. The Arab World has become […]
Tell us your name and what you do My name is Richard Tyler – I am a speaker and coach, also known as The Possibility Architect. I disrupt, jolt, challenge, support and provoke leaders to leave behind ordinary and strive only for extraordinary. Tell us about your background Before training as a behavioural psychologist, I […]
Recruitment has never been easier, thanks to globalization and modern technology. Perhaps that could explain the phenomenon of the diversified working force in the GCC who were recruited from all over the world. Think how it used to be a decade ago, how sourcing was very difficult and time consuming; you might not have realized […]
“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” – Alvin Toffler We are all used to listening and reading about learning and its best techniques in addition to different learning and learners’ styles but it’s not popular to read or […]
With New York Times Best Selling Author Daniel H. Pink’s motivational workshops based upon his book on motivation and engagement – Drive – launched last month in the Middle East by leadership training outfit, we asked him for some insight into why people should sign up. Over a decade ago, I had a life-changing thought: […]
It is a shame to see the hotel industry clinging to an obsolete guest experience concept and being led by cookie-cutter-oriented, shareholder-driven hotel groups. Hospitality in these groups is dominated by a clonable, emotionless corporate template whereas it should be about love, kindness, and compassion. People want to feel loved. Trainers, if the corporate executives […]
With the rapid emergence of new innovations in technology, the attention span of both adults and children is decreasing and it is becoming increasingly challenging to fully engage both children and adults in learning. As an educator, you have the responsibility of entertaining your students from the start of each lesson, when you have a […]
