Engineering Professor Dr. Barbara Oakley gives her best techniques for making mindshifts, whether they are dramatic changes or small tweaks.

 

You'll Learn:

1. Why the Pomodoro technique’s 25 minutes of focus is indeed a magical number
2. How you can make dramatic changes – and small tweaks – to improve your life
3. How the imposter syndrome can actually be a strength

 

About Barbara

Barbara Oakley PhD., is a professor of engineering at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan; a Visiting Scholar at the University of California, San Diego; and Coursera’s inaugural “Innovation Instructor.” Her research involves bioengineering with a focus on the comple

Professor Jeff DeGraff shows how to stir up some constructive conflict to encourage innovative thinking in the workplace.

You'll Learn:

1. The extraordinary value of arguing
2. Who are the four types of people at the workplace and what creative tensions emerge among them
3. Effective ways to create constructive conflict at work

 

About Jeff:

Jeff DeGraff is called the Dean of Innovation because of his influence on the field. Dr. DeGraff is a professor at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan. He has advised hundreds of the world’s most prominent firms. He has founded a leading innovation institute,

Google executive and leadership coach Rachael O’Meara shares how to make the most of every pause from work--whether the pause last for a minute or for months.

 

You'll Learn:

1. The critical benefits of taking a pause
2. Quick tools for making each pause deliver maximum
3. How to turn challenges into opportunities

 

About Rachael

Rachael O’Meara is a transformational leadership coach, assisting others to fulfill their potential. She is a sales executive at Google and also hosts authors who have meaningful messages about mindfulness and emotional intelligence for the TalksAtGoogle YouTube channel. She writes regularly for the Huffington Post and has been featured in the New York Times and on WSJ

Communications professor Dr. Janie Fritz gives some pro-tips to enforce positive behavior in the workplace and do away with the negative.

 

You'll Learn:

1. How negative behavior takes a toll on the workplace
2. Practical ways to build better colleague relationships
3. Tactics for dealing with bully bosses

 

About Janie:

Dr. Fritz is a professor of Communication & Rhetorical Studies at Duquesne University. She studies communication in the workplace, exploring how professional civility and incivility affect productivity and relationships at work. She is the author of Professional Civility: Communicative Virtu

It’s Easter and the Easter Bunny is sick and cannot deliver all the Easter eggs! Luckily, his cousin Buffy Bunny volunteers to help and finds that being the Easter Bunny isn’t as easy as he thought.

A children's bedtime story suitable for ages 4-10 years old

Construction entrepreneur Isaac Lidsky challenges us to take control of our lives and speaks on the impact of accountability and perception.

 

You'll Learn:

1. How you misperceive yourself and your own life
2. How to make wise choices with awareness and accountability
3. Why there are no such things as heroes and villains

 

About Isaac:

Isaac Lidsky is a motivational speaker, an author, and runs ODC Construction, a hugely successful construction company in Florida. He was a child star for the sitcom Saved By the Bell before being diagnosed with a rare degenerative blinding disease. That spurred Isaac to go to Harvard and graduate by the age of

Author and speaker Bob Burg discusses the benefits and practical approaches to being a “go giver.”

 

You'll Learn:

1. How to be a giver without being a doormat
2. Bob’s 5 Laws of Stratospheric Success
3. How to find and cultivate outstanding mentor relationships

 

About Bob

Bob Burg is a sought-after speaker at company leadership and sales conferences sharing the platform with everyone from today’s business leaders and broadcast personalities to even a former U.S. President.

Bob is the author of a number of books on sales, marketing and influence, with total book sales of well over a million copies. His boo

Entertainment executive Gabriella Mirabelli shares her insights and experiences with hiring, teaching, and studying young millennials in today’s workforce.

 

You'll Learn:

1. Critical distinctions for workplace motivation
2. Behavioral insights from surveying 2,500 millennials
3. What you can learn from 18 to 24-year-olds

 

About Gabriella:

Gabriella Mirabelli is the executive director and co-owner of Anatomy Media, an entertainment marketing and promotion agency founded in 2000. They’ve worked with Discovery, FX, National Geographic, NBC and USA Network to create trailers, TV spots and marketing films. She also has a podcast, Up Next, where she talks about the next innovations in media.

Psychiatrist Jody Foster offers handy categorizations and pro tips for handling the distinct kinds of difficult people in your workplace.

 

You'll Learn:

1. How to spot and deal with 10 personality types prone to being difficult
2. Key rules of engagement in the workplace
3. Pro tips on how to confront someone or something in the workplace

 

About Jody:

Jody J. Foster, MD, MBA is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Vice Chair of Clinical Operations for the Department of Psychiatry in the University of Pennsylvania Health System and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Pennsylvania Hospital. She attain

Innovation consultant Roopa Unnikrishnan highlights why and how to use the same principles companies use to innovate...to jolt your career.

 

You'll Learn:

1. Principles for catapulting your career
2. Productive stalking to follow innovations and trends
3. How to manufacture your own serendipity

 

About Roopa:

Roopa Unnikrishnan has almost two decades of experience in roles where she has seeded and driven change and innovation in several Fortune 500 companies. Roopa works with Consumer Goods, Education and Technology clients, helping them establish and improve key processes around strategic planning, innovation space identification and idea development