Inspired Learning and Leading
What’s in a name? One of my favorite opening discussion questions is an icebreaker that involves people sharing the story of their name with each other: the meaning, the family history, the cultural connections. Knowing and calling someone by their […]
Shortly after I moved to California, my best friend began dating a guy who was “into” food. This was a new concept to me, and, frankly, I found it unsettling. An apple was an apple. A boiled ravioli was no […]
A recent study published by researchers at Harvard shows that “parental warmth” has a positive impact on people’s well-being in adulthood. While this may seem self-evident, it is interesting to see the research that backs up an assumption many of […]
As Halloween approaches, marking the beginning of the holiday season, the added energy and excitement that it brings out in our students often translates into heightened stress and feelings of burnout in our staff. This is exactly the right moment […]
Last week I had the honor of hosting a retreat at the gorgeous Westerbeke Ranch in Sonoma, California. This was an idea that my Spark Decks’ business partner, Oscar, and I had come up with last spring: Could we take […]