Author Archives: Marcus Pietrzak

About Marcus Pietrzak

Marcus Pietrzak is Management Development Leader CEE and Senior Organization Leadership Consultant at IBM. - He works with all management levels in his organisation, and helps them to find new approaches towards their personal leadership philosophy and change. His personal and professional interests include organisational psychology, adult education, management & organisational development and management innovation. "When connecting the dots of my career, I realized that developing people in each stage of their leadership career has always been at the core of what I've been doing. From studies to research, from workshops to coaching, from assessment to training: identifying and shaping the very best of the leadership capabilities within my clients, has always received my undivided attention and formed my mantra: the success of the people who look for our support and guidance - this will always be the ultimate measure of our success in leadership development." - (mp)

RSA Animate – The revolution of learning

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Sir Ken Robinson about what’s going wrong at our schools, and how we may overcome this.

– divergent thinking is not the same for creativity, but one of its foundations

– human capacity is greater than we trust it is

– get over the old concept of academic / non-academic / abstract / theoretical

– great learning happens in groups; collaboration is the stuff of growth

– what habits do schools have, what purpose do they serve
Read his biography here.

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Wear sunscreen!

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The classic from Baz Luhrmann, just give it a try: “Do one thing everyday that scares you.” – “Remember compliments you receive. Forget the insults. If you succeed in doing this, tell me how.” – “Don’t worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum.”

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