Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

New voices – Scott Elias

Miguel challenged us to find new voices.

Between now and February 17 I am profiling eight bloggers that I’ve found informative and intriguing.

Today’s new voice: Scott Elias, Do I Dare Disturb the Universe?

Scott is an assistant principal in Greeley, Colorado and new doctoral student. He also has been a math and statistics teacher, a data analyst for a Big 3 accounting firm, and a building-level technology integrationist. Here are a few posts to get you started:

Q&A on a Tuesday

My viral marketing campaign continues…

“Do we have to take notes on this?”

Starting small

Previous new voice: Kelly Christopherson

Happy reading!

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Neuropsych

25 years since Columbine: We’re closer to decoding mass-shooter psychology

Public mass shooters almost always have worldviews shaped by the "3 Rs": rage, resentment, and revenge.

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Thinking

Everyday Philosophy: “Is there anything wrong with trauma dumping?”

When does "oversharing" become an issue?

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Leadership

Adam Grant on how to identify and develop high-potential leaders

The ability to toggle between abstract and concrete thinking is a key differentiator of high-potential leaders.

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Business

Want true success? Be more philosophical about “good” and “bad” failure.

Bob Dylan gave us the paradoxical gem "there's no success like failure, and failure's no success at all." He had a point.

Starts With A Bang

The idea that matter is mostly empty space is mostly wrong

Practically all of the matter we see and interact with is made of atoms, which are mostly empty space. Then why is reality so... solid?

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