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Something to Think About… Who’s Going to Teach Our Kids? by Bill Attardi
Good question, huh. Better question is how are they going to learn in this rapidly accelerating digital age? Before we can answer these questions, what’s changing on the learning front? (By the way, that’s why I created LearnersLive.com, to encourage deep learning) Learning is something we should do every day
Ah, the Truth………Finding the Truth is Always a Challenge
Being open-minded means actively searching for reasons we might be wrong—not for reasons we must be right—and revising our views based on what we learn. Psychologist Adam Grant I feel humans have three options in the search for the truth, open to all of us: 1. Listen only to those
Challenging Journey to Inspirational Leadership
I’m sure you, like me, have read many books over the years about leadership. Are leaders born or made? Answer: YES to both! Just posted a virtual learning session on YouTube and LearnersLive.com is about: Good to Great by Jim Collins Extreme Ownership by former U.S. Navy SEALS Jock Willink
Learning to Get Better by Bill Attardi
Learners possess certain attributes that distinguish them from the learned. They anticipate rather than react to change. Some call that vision. They become essential facilitators of change within their altered environment. They can skillfully communicate the new and technically esoteric with a clarity that leads to understanding and advocacy. Organizations
You Write it, AI Fine-Tunes It! by Bill Attardi
No matter your job or position, your ability to communicate – whether in writing or speaking – at the highest level of your capability will determine your relationships and your success in those relationships. Early on in life, most of us struggled with communicating our thoughts but you always knew
Why LearnersLive.com, I offer the following…
Maybe you noticed but we expanded EnergyWatch into LearnersLive.com this year, to offer information you may not know. I have a passion for teaching, for learning……been doing it most of my life and for the past 20+ years at Monmouth University. Want to continue doing it as long as God
Effective Sales Presentation Skills by Bill Attardi – All three recorded sessions posted on LearnersLive.com:
Effective Sales Presentation Skills – Learning Session #1, #2, #3 March Madness and Baseball in March every year…As Mr. Gleason used to say, “How sweet it is!” Who do you like this year? Do I hear GO YANKEES! In my house I do, well I may be the
Mobile Content Marketing Must Do These Things by Bill Attardi
Content must be SIMPLE: a clear and simple call to action. You just cannot get all the content you want on a mobile screen no matter how small you make it. You really have to be good at more with less. Focus on messages that entice them to download your
Division Isn’t So Bad by Andy Kessler of Wall Street Journal
American culture is built on division. Left vs. Right, Coke vs. Pepsi, Ohio State vs. flag-planting Michigan, Classico vs. Rao’s, Red Sox vs. Yankees. Kanye West vs. Taylor Swift. Maybe you’re tired of it, but you can’t get rid of division. Donald Trump has said, “The discord and division in
Launch of LearnersLive.com in 2025 – A Passion for Learning by Bill Attardi
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. Mahatma Gandhi In every environment, in every company, in every department, in every office, in every classroom, on every team, there are inequities. Men and women come in all sizes, all levels of acumen,
AI & the Annual SWOT Analysis – Time to Adjust to the New Normal by Bill Attardi
The SWOT (Strengths / Weaknesses / Opportunities / Threats) Analysis is an important tool in the strategic marketing planning process and is taught in every graduate and undergraduate business course in academia. My view is that this should be an annual event, to spend the time during the planning process
The Whole Customer Value-Added Proposition by Bill Attardi
Let me define what I mean before I relate it to the lighting industry. Much has been written about the value proposition, the almost holy value proposition. It’s a simple question: tell me what value you bring to the market; what makes you better than your competition? We have to
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The AI Cold War That Will Redefine Everything By Josh Chin and Raffaele Huang
China’s leaders were anxious and frustrated. The world’s most promising new technology was being dominated by OpenAI, Google and other American companies. The U.S. still has a clear lead, producing the most powerful AI models. China can’t match it in advanced chips and has no answer for the financial firepower of private American
BriteSwitch: Rebates Bloom as Horticulture Lighting Market Heats Up
Once limited to research labs and specialized grow rooms, horticulture lighting has become one of the fastest-growing segments in the lighting industry. As technology costs drop and efficiency improves, these systems are now used in greenhouses, vertical farms, floriculture, and even in facilities producing plant-based vaccines. The global market is expanding
The Boss Has a Message: Use AI or You’re Fired by Lindsay Ellis
At companies big and small, employees have feared being replaced by AI. The new threat: Being replaced by someone who knows AI. Rank-and-file employees across corporate America have grown worried over the past few years about being replaced by AI. Something else is happening now: AI is costing workers their
