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Joachim de Posada says, Don’t eat the marshmallow yet

http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf More About The Original Study The Stanford marshmallow experiment was a study on deferred gratification. The experiment was conducted in 1972 by psychologist Walter Mischel of Stanford University.[1] The experiment has been repeated many times since, and the original study at Stanford has been “regarded as one of the most successful behavioural experiments”.[2] InContinue reading “Joachim de Posada says, Don’t eat the marshmallow yet”

The New Social Learning

The New Social Learning: A Guide to Transforming Organizations Through Social Media Most business books on social media have focused exclusively on using it as a marketing tool. Many employers see it as simply a workplace distraction. But social media has the potential to revolutionize workplace learning. People have always learned best from one another—socialContinue reading “The New Social Learning”

Report Calls for National Effort to Get Millions Of Young Americans onto a Realistic Path to Employability

“A must-read paper that focuses on the need to develop meaningful career training as a part of comprehensive school reform. Career training has been ignored for far too long, but is essential if we’re going to address the “career-ready” piece of the puzzle that, along with the “college-ready” piece, is now all the buzz.” JoelContinue reading “Report Calls for National Effort to Get Millions Of Young Americans onto a Realistic Path to Employability”

Daily Show: Crisis in Dairyland – For Richer and Poorer – Teachers and Wall Street

http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:cms:video:thedailyshow.com:376266 The Daily Show – Crisis in Dairyland – For Richer and Poorer – Teachers and Wall StreetTags: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook