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The rise of artificial intelligence has paradoxically increased our hunger for authentic human experiences. The nature of being a creator is changing fast. A recent announcement by Meta confirms that they plan to flood Facebook and Instagram with AI-generated creator bots that exist on the platform the same way as human users do — the […]
Everybody at some point has to learn how to do a job or skill. Large and small companies alike must train employees, and modern creators and course designers have to think about the best methods for imbuing students with knowledge. This is what Rapid Instructional Design aims to do—make instructors and teachers more effective. It […]
There’s a learning curve to most activities. Things start off difficult and become easier with practice. They can often become so easy that you can do them on autopilot.
“Stories are how we think. They are how we make meaning of life. Stories are how we explain how things work, how we make decision, how we justify our decisions, how we persuade others, how we understand our place in the world, create our identities, and define and teach social values.” – Dr. Pamela Rutledge, […]
Most businesses don’t make it past 5 years. Starting a business against such odds takes confidence, getting it up and running takes skill, and even then, there’s still plenty of luck required for your business to succeed. One way to give yourself the best chance of settling in with the 20% of successful businesses is […]
Life has increasingly gone online. We increasingly work from home, shop online, and converse over social networks. Meanwhile, for anyone hoping to learn new skills or expertise in different fields, the internet has you covered. Courses abound, on any subject and at varying lengths, costs, and degrees of difficulty. The development of artificial intelligence is […]
Jack Mezirow began developing the Transformational Learning Theory in the 1970s, building upon the notion that our interpretations of our experiences are what give them meaning and lead to personal change. Whatever meanings we ascribe will determine how our perspectives and expectations shift. This explains why two people can react to the same information in […]
Great storytelling is timeless. There’s a famous Hopi Nation proverb that says “those who tell the stories rule the world” and it has never been truer than today with the viral power of the Internet spreading the most powerful stories all around the world with the click of a button. The most successful leaders are […]
In this age of information overload, the ability to captivate people’s attention with a good story is an essential skill to develop to be heard in all the noise. I have been fascinated by storytelling and telling stories ever since I first encountered Joseph Campbell’s PBS series on The Power of Myth when I was […]
Have you ever sat in a lecture theatre or watched an online video, where someone was speaking in a monotone voice, just reading off a page, and felt no connection whatsoever to the content? Some people have a knack for making the material interesting, but too often educational content feels dull and burdensome, and in […]