The first woman to graduate from a U.S. medical college, Elizabeth Blackwell broke through gender barriers to make history. Her remarkable story of courage and perseverance serves as a testament to the strength of the human spirit.

The Department of Commerce is one of the largest, most powerful of U.S. government agencies. Its mission? To “create the conditions for economic growth and opportunities for all communities.”

Russell Makofsky, The Gift of Chess, tells the incredible story of Tanitoluwa Adewumi ("Tani"), a 7-year old refugee from Nigeria living in a homeless shelter in New York City who went from chess novice to chess champion in just over 1...

On today's episode, I interview Victoria Pelletier, managing director at Accenture and award-winning business leader. Victoria has reached the highest level of success as a corporate executive but she overcame enormous life challenges to...

Meet Keran Bunker, who has always struggled to keep jobs or a place to live and did not find out he had autism with ADHD until he was 33. Relying on prompts and visual cues to get through the day, his condition frequently sabotages his...

Garrett Holeve (aka G Money) has always dreamt of being a Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter, and with the full support of his parents, prepares to fight another disabled opponent. But Florida authorities deemed the contest a health risk....

Dr. Raymond Sanchez is superintendent of The Public Schools of the Tarrytowns. The school district serves approximately 2,800 students from the villages of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow, New York.
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This is an affirmation meditation, to savor each moment of each day. This affirming meditation is designed to give your the script for positive self-talk. It is also a self-reflection meditation, as there are questions at the end for...

If I was a Freshman Again, some advice

What is Kotter's 8 Accelerators of Change? The eight change accelerators, identified by John Kotter, are as follows: Create a sense of urgency around a single big opportunity. Build and maintain a guiding coalition. Formulate a strategic...

What is the Execution as Learning Model? he execution as learning model, proposed by Amy C. Edmondson, argues today's central managerial challenge is to "Inspire and enable knowledge workers to solve, day in and day out, problems that...

What is a Business Incubator? A business incubator is an organization that helps startup companies and individual entrepreneurs to develop their businesses by providing a fullscale range of services starting with management training and...

What is the Window of Opportunity? How does the window of opportunity relate to exploiting an entrepreneurial opportunity? The "window of opportunity" states the accurate time for a firm to enter into a new market and grab an opportunity...

What is Logical Incrementalism? This approach focuses on the strategic management process that the strategies are not formed, but they come into existence as some long term plans which are made once in a while.

David Goldberg, Former Senior Rabbi Emeritus of London’s Liberal Jewish Synagogue describes how we all share the need for ritual.

Political theorist John Dunn (Cambridge) contrasts the societal advantages of representative democracy with unpredictable revolutions.

Physicist Paul Steinhardt, Princeton University, relates how, once it became clear that the BICEP 2 experiment was flawed, many cosmologists were immediately able to reinterpret the new, opposite results as still supporting their theory.

Princeton University cosmologist Paul Steinhardt believes that the current dead-end of the theory of cosmic inflation represents great opportunities for young researchers.

Imperial College cosmologist Claudia de Rham describes her encounters with members of the general public and her conviction that it's important not to convey to the public that ideas in progress are not "the final answer".

Astronomer Jill Tarter, Director of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute, describes the allure of the scientific life.

Former Harvard and Stanford psychologist Stephen Kosslyn describes his excitement at becoming Founding Dean of Minerva Schools.

Princeton University physicist Paul Steinhardt describes the importance of getting children engaged in research from a young age.

Psychologist Philip Zimbardo (Stanford) describes how his extensive experience with how situational effects can trigger the dark side of human nature led him to “come into the light” and investigate how we might instead act heroically.

Jeff Bradbury is an ISTE Award Winning (2021) and globally recognized digital learning strategist, educational broadcaster, public speaker, and entrepreneur, whose powerful message has inspired thousands of educators through the...