#MustRead Shares (weekly)

Think you’re doing PBL? You might not be. | GHS Innovation Lab

A great comparison of project-oriented activity vs. project-based learning.

tags: pbl #MustRead
Matthieu Ricard: How to let altruism be your guide | Talk Video | TED.com

If we people in schools are in the business of the brain, as well as of the heart, shouldn’t we pay attention to work like this? And I don’t mean it in any sort of mushy way. These are not “soft skills;” they are essential mindsets.

tags: altruism happiness Brain-based empathy TED #MustRead
d.school: the whiteboard | #DSXOAK: A prototype school comes to life

tags: School Change schools of the future #mustread designthinking control DeeperLearning
- “The current school model is still building kids to navigate the 19th and 20th century.” That model is meant to “manage humanity instead of inspire it.”
- “We don’t have teachers in this school, we have catalysts,” said David. “We are here to help you realize … your purpose.”
- The other element challenged is control. Where traditional classrooms my have teachers focusing on how best to gain and maintain control, David is testing the power of trust and stepping back.

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How Lego Became The Apple Of Toys | Fast Company | Business + Innovation

tags: Innovation R&D play Lego #MustRead MVIFI
Consider This for 2015 | Design MovementConsider This for 2015 – Design Movement

A pressing leadership responsibility revealed through trend spotting of some essential reads and reflection.

tags: essentialism #MustRead
Seth’s Blog: In search of arrogance

tags: #MustRead
Doctor, Shut Up and Listen – NYTimes.com

About the critical importance of listening and empathy as a core competence of being a doctor. Is empathy development part of your pre-med thinking?

tags: empathy listening soft skills #MustRead communication
- A review of reports by the Joint Commission, a nonprofit that provides accreditation to health care organizations, found that communication failure (rather than a provider’s lack of technical skill) was at the root of over 70 percent of serious adverse health outcomes in hospitals.
- A doctor’s ability to explain, listen and empathize has a profound impact on a patient’s care.
- The need to train and test physicians in “interpersonal and communication skills” was formally recognized only relatively recently, in 1999, when the American Board of Medical Specialties made them one of physicians’ key competencies.
- But we need to move away from the perception that social skills and better communication are a kind of optional extra for doctors. A good bedside manner is simply good medicine.