How'd You Learn That?

In her spectacular and varied career, Ronit Avni has been an award-winning documentary filmmaker, a human-rights defender, and a social entrepreneur. In this episode, we trace her journey and talk about the fundamental skills that unite the three seemingly disparate fields in which she has excelled.

For generations, people around the world have enjoyed chess; but only a handful have reached the coveted rank of Grandmaster. Ronen Har-Zvi had been a member of that exclusive club since he was 18 years old. In this episode, we discover people learn chess and how the same skills can be applied in business.

Buildings need architects; otherwise, they fall down. The same is true of schools; and by that token, Christina Heitz is the Frank Lloyd Wright of education! In this episode, she shares the secrets of effective school design.

Everyone needs doctors. Everyone wants their doctors to have the best training. But what does that training actually involve? How can we improve it? Global healthcare expert Dr. Kate Tulenko gives us an X-ray view of medical education and the healthcare workforce.

From chess to charm, from survival to standup comedy, humans have got skills. But how exactly do we learn them? Education expert Amit Sevak is on a global mission to find out.