by Adriano Pianesi | Apr 28, 2020 | leadership exercises
In conversation, people tend to keep a lot of true feelings to themselves, holding back their honest opinions and beliefs. We do this for fear of offending, to avoid being too direct and to respect the social convention of courteous, calm conversation. This reserved,...
by Adriano Pianesi | Apr 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
Nelson Rolhlahla Mandela (Madiba) was the primary leader of the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa that opposed the systematc segregation of black Africans by an all-white minority. He was the leader of a largely peaceful, but sometimes violent, movement to...
by Adriano Pianesi | Apr 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Communication Fallacy We tend to overestimate the impact of what we say on people because we assume that what we say: Was heard (but often people were not paying attention) ; Was understood as we would (but we have a hard time seeing the world from a perspective...
by Adriano Pianesi | Apr 19, 2020 | facilitating collaboration
It is clear that the experiential educator is not a lecturer, a presenter, or a star, but a facilitator of learning. A learning facilitator does not like to drive. Instead, he or she lets the participants drive, providing some directions at key turns and engaging...
by Adriano Pianesi | Apr 16, 2020 | developing teamwork, learning re-imagined, teamwork skills
I read this interesting quote the other day: “There is a form of folly that is the absence of everything except our rationality.” I never really subscribed to the clear-cut distinction between rational and emotional (and research shows us that emotions are...
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