STEM courses (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) have been around since long before the Industrial Revolution. However, in terms of modern education, STEM experienced a boost into the space age when in his 2011 State of the Union address, President Obama...
The impact of the coronavirus Covid-19 on our world during this year of 2020 has been unimaginable and it is still transforming our social, economic, and business lives into entirely new formats. Without running through all its phases, this blog will look only at the...
When we want to reflect beyond any level of reality, we move into its meta phase as in meta-physical or meta-cognition. With either example, when we reflect more deeply on the meaning of an activity or reality such as metacognition, we reflect on the process of...
Scientifically, the speed of light, traveling through a vacuum or space, is clocked at about 186,000 miles per second; computers run about 10 billion bytes per seconds and in the brain, the speed of neural transmission is estimated at about 1000th of a second, a nano...
The HGTV program “Love It or List It” is one of the best examples of live human-centered design. Our two principles, Hilary and David, portray their roles as home designer and real-estate agent in impeccable precision within 60 minutes of energetic activity. They sit...
Albert Bandura is perhaps best known for his social learning theory, the concept of self-efficacy, and his famous Bobo doll experiments. Today, Bandura is often identified as the greatest living psychologist as well as one of the most influential psychologists of all...
Wicked problems have been around “forever” but have come to the fore a couple of decades ago as pointed out by a 2008 HBR (Harvard Business Review) magazine in an article by John C. Camillus[1]; wicked problems appear in “increasingly complex environments” that...
Design Thinking is a malleable tool that enables businesses of all sizes to navigate through the uncertainty and complexity of competitions toward the “latest and the greatest” innovations. With all the upheaval of today’s frenzy to be the best, Design Thinking offers...
Just about everything written concerning today’s organizations inserts the general theme that with AI and advanced technology, the pace of change is picking up more and more speed so that the need for deeper innovation and creativity is urgent to the point of an...
Alex Trebek [1] never considered writing his memoirs until cancer of the pancreas threatened to shorten his life; family and friends nudged him to leave his worldwide admirers with a souvenir to cherish after his departure. His The Answer is … Reflections on My Life...
