by Jason Lauritsen | Apr 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
Why?If you’ve ever lived with a three year old, you are familiar with this question. When you are three, the world is new and everything is a mystery (and nothing is sacred). So, when you ask a question of a grown up and you get an answer that...
by Jason Lauritsen | Mar 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
When we consider the influence of others on our learning, there are two kinds of people who are critically important to learn from: role models and teachers. Role models are those who DO things in a way that we aspire to do them ourselves. Sometimes we...
by Jason Lauritsen | Mar 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
When was the last time you were passionate enough about an issue, idea or solution to fight for it? I’m not talking passive, re-frame your argument and try again fighting but finger-waving, red-faced, raised-voices fighting (you can replace...
by Jason Lauritsen | Mar 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
I have in the past professed my love of Tim Tebow on this blog. What I loved about Tebow last year was that he represented a disruption of the status quo and a poke in the eye to “the experts.” Tebow’s play illustrated that there might be...
by Jason Lauritsen | Mar 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
Recently, the New World of Work blog ran a post about the developing nations of Africa that was really intriguing. In talking about the physical infastructure of an entire country, the author suggests that “infrastructure can be hacked.”...
by Jason Lauritsen | Mar 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
Last week, I had the opportunity to attend a volunteer appreciation dinner event for Habitat for Humanity in my community. During our dinner, we were treated to some dinner entertainment provided by a volunteer, a staff member and a Habitat homeowner. The...
