January 17, 2025

Learning

'How to Talk to Strangers' and 80 other tools to help navigate uncertainty with resilience and purpose

"In an era of ambiguous, messy problems—as well as extraordinary opportunities for positive change—it’s vital to have both an inquisitive mind and the ability to act with intention. Creative Acts for Curious People is filled with ways to build those skills with resilience, care, and confidence.

"In an era of ambiguous, messy problems—as well as extraordinary opportunities for positive change—it’s vital to have both an inquisitive mind and the ability to act with intention. Creative Acts for Curious People is filled with ways to build those skills with resilience, care, and confidence. 

"At Stanford University’s world-renowned Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, aka “the d.school,” students and faculty, experts and seekers bring together diverse perspectives to tackle ambitious projects; this book contains the experiences designed to help them do it. A provocative and highly visual companion, it’s a definitive resource for people who aim to draw on their curiosity and creativity in the face of uncertainty. Teeming with ideas about discovery, learning, and leading the way through unknown creative territory, Creative Acts for Curious People includes memorable stories and more than eighty innovative exercises." - Publisher's blurb

PUBLISHER'S WEBPAGE: Creative Acts for Curious People: How to Think, Create, and Lead in Unconventional Ways

Learning

What people think they can do together can shape outcomes as much as any policy or formal plan.

Learning

Embracing the challenge of renewal in personal and political life

ARTICLE: Threatened with Resurrection

Learning

Motivation, curiosity, and values are not add‑ons to learning; they are its engine.

BOOK: Emotions, Learning, and the Brain. Exploring the Educational Implications of Affective Neuroscience

Learning

The greatest danger we face is psychic numbing—the impulse to shut down our capacity to feel grief, fear, and outrage about what is happening to the Earth.

ESSAY: The Greatest Danger