The Future of Learning

By Dean Whittaker This month I’ve been learning about the way we learn inside our educational system. As we all know, improving this institution is one of our greatest challenges. While working at a university, I wondered why it takes a semester to learn anything....

Innovate of Die!

By Dean Whittaker “Innovate or die” seems to be the common mantra in business today. In the Internet age, products and services become commoditized at an astounding pace. Unless we continuously innovate our product or service we quickly find ourselves competing to be...

Imagine – How Creativity Works

By Dean Whittaker One of the most powerful tools each of us posseses is our imagination. “Imagine” by Johan Lehrer explores “How Creativity Works.” He reports on the brain research that is allowing us to understand the creative process and...

Plagiarism and the Flow of Ideas

By Dean Whittaker Our whole society is built upon the ideas of those who came before us. We are standing on their shoulders. To whom does an idea belong, and how do we gracefully, and sometimes with attribution, borrow the idea and apply it in a new way? We all are...

How Do You See Yourself?

By Dean Whittaker What did I learn this month? Actually, I learned much more than I expected. I learned that I am not a staff member, but rather, I am a member of a team. We don’t have staff meeting any more but rather team meetings. More than just words, I now see...