Learning Aptitude Lessons From Government Mistakes
Costly Lack of Knowledge In 2006, headlines blazed across the New York Times newspaper: Army admits design flaws in New Orleans levee system. The Army Corps of Engineers and several outside engineering panels found extensive flaws in the design, construction, and maintenance of the levee system, according to the report numbering more than 6,100 pages. And […]
Business Lessons from 2 TV Show Plotlines
The Big Valley This 1960s western can be found in reruns on nostalgia TV, and a particular episode had me shaking my head ran recently. You what had happened was… a large Berkeley holding, a Gold mine flooded and the solution is for a family member to travel across country to a government auction to buy […]
Baby Boom
Entrepreneurial Lessons from Film & TV Failure to look before leaping is a common theme often played for laughs in Hollywood. Consider J.C.Wyatt graduates from the top of her class at Harvard with an MBA. She develops a reputation as a savvy businesswoman, and climbs the corporate ladder in New York. But she’s forced out […]
Motherhood & Self-Employment
Why Some U.S. Moms Choose to Leave traditional 9-5 Jobs Much has been written for decades about support and family friendly policies in the U.S. or lack thereof. And lists featuring family support systems in European and Scandinavian countries often leave the U.S in the dust by comparison. Now in Maxed Out: American Moms on […]
Choosing an Unlikely Niche
Talk Show Insights Lawrence Brownlee Despite naysayers, the 5’6” African-American tenor discusses his choice of music and his classical niche instead of a career in law despite not being the typical opera singer. Brownlee Tavis Smiley November 2013 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/tavissmiley/interviews/lawrence-brownlee/ NPR April 2007 Lawrence Brownlee: A Rising Star Arrives at the Met http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9722214 Martha Plimton Award-winning […]
Dream Goals
Wordplay: Create Personalized Anagram What do Dream and Vision mean to you? Create your personalized anagram using the lists below for inspiration. Dream Dedication Development Direction Drive Desire Definitive Resourceful Reflection Resolution Relentless Relax Research Resolve Readiness Renew Enterprising Enthusiastic Enthusiasm Envision Enlightened Eagle Eye Earnest Elixir Accountability Achieve Audacious Achieve Adaptable Artistic Assured Ambitious […]
Dee Adams’ Online Class
Biz Quiz 1.Which of the following inventions were created for safety reasons? a. Life Preservers b. Band-Aids c. Condensed Milk d. Portable Heart Defibrillator e. Safety Pin Research 101 2. What Activity is Often Mistaken for Research? a. Investigating b. Critical Thinking c. Reading d. Writing Answers 1. All except for Band-Aids. Technically, that product […]
Race, Culture, & Vocational Dreams in Films
Intercultural Communication How social, cultural and political conflicts can disrupt vocational goals or destroy a business are featured themes in the films Cool Runnings and Mississippi Massala. Intercultural Communication teaches a better understanding of other people’s cultures, point of view, and their experiences. References Intercultural Communication Class 12 IMBD Cool Runnings http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106611/ IMBD Mississippi Massala http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102456/ […]
Niche Advice From Cartoonist Scott Adams
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big Dilbert Creator Scott Adams’ new book details how he failed at many occupations and ventures and offers his point of view on how to find your niche. PBS Tavis Smiley Interview http://www.pbs.org/wnet/tavissmiley/interviews/scott-adams/ Book Summary Penguin Group.com http://tinyurl.com/lmn3neq Views: 15