Guest Thinkers — December 12, 2010

Redpath Seminar: The Future of Asia

On Saturday, I attended The Future of Asia Redpath Seminar. It was an opportunity to learn from some incredible thinkers, I couldn’t have been happier with the mental meal I gorged on.

Inspired by this guy (+ this) and a study that found doodlers actually often have better memory recall, I tried drawing the speakers while taking notes. I’ve never seriously drawn anything in my life, I actually kind of liked it, might try to get better at it.

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You might enjoy my summary page which contains some interesting nuggets out of about 15 pages of notes. Here’s the event’s brochure for more data.

Redpath Seminar Note Summary

L&D Strategy

Gamification in corporate training: 10 examples and techniques

Brands like BMW, Walmart, and IBM are seeing big wins from the use of gamification in corporate training. Here’s how.

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NASA’s DART: A giant leap for mankind in protecting Earth from an asteroid impact

This technological feat changes our cosmic history.

The Learning Curve

Women face 5 biases in STEM. Here’s how to bridge the gender gap.

Women have made incredible gains into STEM fields, but they continue to face gender biases in the workplace.

Videos

“I don’t have imposter syndrome and neither do you”

An inclusion expert explains why women of color are held back.

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7 min

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Ruchika Tulshyan

Neuropsych

Study shows people more likely to lie when using a laptop instead of a smartphone

While most participants fibbed a little bit, laptop users were much more likely to lie – and by a lot more.

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