by Adriano Pianesi | Jul 16, 2020 | better webinars, webinar
I love it! When I host a webinar and people are knee-deep in interesting conversation with each other, I feel happy and realize the potential that this technology has to facilitate the work of bringing people together to learn and to be in relationship, facilitating...
by Adriano Pianesi | Jul 14, 2020 | the power of breakthrough leadership
We all know that we make mistakes. And we often repeat the mantra “to err is human.” Why, then, do we go about life never thinking that we might be wrong? Well, I tested this concept in one of my classes, and asked my students if they could think about...
by Adriano Pianesi | Jul 12, 2020 | developing teamwork
Why is change so hard? Why reading a book, taking a class or our “new year resolutions” have no power to make us better at – say – dealing with conflict or at supervising? Why despite our effort, we don’t get very far? What gets in the way in these situations is...
by Adriano Pianesi | Jul 10, 2020 | workshop facilitation, workshop facilitation best practices
Nothing. It can be a great, simple way to teach but unfortunately the most abused method. Lecturing is a leading cause of death of organizational learning during training programs. So – given our focus on workshop facilitation best practices – I had an...
by Adriano Pianesi | Jul 8, 2020 | workshop facilitation, workshop facilitation best practices
When I’m asked this question, I answer with a quote that I like a lot by Jacques Barzun, French-American historian and scholar: “It is not the subject but the imagination of the teacher that has to be alive before the interest can be felt.” I like to...
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