by edtosavetheworld | Mar 28, 2014 | Innovation Series
Standford University’s National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation seeks to teach engineering students how to innovate for social good. From the website: Our Mission is to empower U.S. undergraduate engineering students to bring their ideas to life...
by edtosavetheworld | Mar 25, 2014 | Stage 1: Adult Learning and Leadership
Here’s today’s challenge: trust someone. Yesterday we touched on the importance of trusting relationships to innovative organizations – now let’s make it happen. So whatever your job is, think about who you can trust today. Try it out and...
by edtosavetheworld | Mar 17, 2014 | Stage 1: Adult Learning and Leadership
OUT IN Competition among employees Collaboration among employees Several recent studies and a best selling new book are prompting more conversations about how to promote a culture of collaboration and helpfulness in workplaces. Adam Grant is an organizational...
by edtosavetheworld | Jan 31, 2014 | Innovation Series
So what can education learn from the iterative failure philosophy of the lean start-up movement? The answer is a lot. Take Summit Prep for an example. They use a system called Minimum Viable Product (or MVP for short) is a system where they get the educational...
by edtosavetheworld | Jan 9, 2014 | Stage 5: Students as World Changers
Should we be worrying about preparing students to compete with other nations or thinking about we can ready students to collaborate internationally to solve some of the world’s most complex problems? Here’s an excerpt from a speech Secretary Duncan gave a...
