Ashridge
About this original series
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# Episodes
7 episodes -
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Episodes of Ashridge
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Re-cognising Learning and Teaching: Opening the ...
Emeritus Associate Professor Chris Breen, UCT Graduate School of Business presents "Re-cognising Learning and Teaching: Opening the Space of Possibility" at the Future of Learning Conference, Ashridge, August 2009.Ideas on teaching emerging from new developments in complexity science and ecosystemic thinking place very different demands on the teacher and offer new opportunities for learning. For example, one principle tenet of enactivism, a learning theory initially developed by two Chilean t...
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Release date
Oct 7, 2009
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Runtime
55:13
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Using Futures Methodology to Achieve a Preferred...
Dr. Robert Burke, Mt Eliza Executive Education, Melbourne presented "Using Futures Methodology to Achieve a Preferred Future" from the Future of Learning Conference, Ashridge from August 2009.Robert Burke’s session looks at trends in adult learning and show how to use Futures methodologies to help achieve a preferred future. The workshop is based on his and Professor Sohail Inayatullah’s executive education programme ‘Futures Thinking and Strategy Development’, delivered over five residential ...
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Release date
Oct 7, 2009
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Runtime
52:39
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The Cyborg Experiments
The Cyborg experiments - a guest presentation with Professor Kevin Warwick at the Future of Learning Conference, Ashridge in August 2009.In this presentation, Professor Kevin Warwick from the University of Reading, UK, reveals how the use of implant and electrode technology can be employed to create biological brains for robots, to enable human enhancement and to diminish the effects of certain neural illnesses. In all cases the end result is to increase the range of abilities of the recipient...
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Release date
Oct 7, 2009
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Runtime
49:39
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The effects of ego-depletion on individual learn...
Angela Whelan, Ashridge, and Dr. Chris Dewberry, Birkbeck, University of London present "The effects of ego-depletion on individual learning and performance" at the Future of Learning Conference at Ashridge in August 2009.A substantial body of recent research suggests that when we engage in processes critical for individual and organizational success, including decision-making, the use of initiative, emotional control, and delayed gratification, we deplete a finite resource of energy in our br...
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Release date
Oct 7, 2009
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Runtime
51:33
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Generation Y Research from Ashridge
Is Generation Y actually different? What has made them the way they are? And what are the appropriate ways of working and learning? The focus of our research is on Generation Y (the youngest generation in todays workforce) along with the other key workforce generations: Generation X and Baby Boomers.
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Release date
May 29, 2009
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Runtime
04:00
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A unique degree in Organisation Consulting - and...
The Ashridge Masters in Organisation Consulting is a two-year part-time MSc programme developed by practising consultants to specifically address the unique challenges faced by consulting practitioners in increasingly complex and uncertain environments. Now in its 12th year, AMOC provides a reputable qualification that enables consultants, change agents and facilitators the opportunity to learn new ways of consulting. Accessing the latest research in the field, combined with the experience of ...
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Release date
May 6, 2009
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Runtime
06:28
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Ordinary Heroes Wanted
The Global Leaders of Tomorrow Survey found that the big developmental challenges for leaders in the 21st Century were around developing a broader mindset that is comfortable with complexity and ambiguity. Specific skills identified included:Being flexible and responsive to changeBeing able to find creative, innovative and original ways of solving problemsBeing able to learn from mistakes and;Being capable of balancing wide ranging short and long term factors.Strangely, few of these skills are...
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Release date
Apr 14, 2009
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Runtime
12:51
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