25 min
3 Questions With. . .George Couros The Zen Professional Moment
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- Business
Website:
https://georgecouros.ca/blog/
Bio:
George Couros is currently an Innovative Teaching, Learning, and Leadership Consultant and speaker and the author of “The Innovator’s Mindset” and “Innovate Inside the Box”. He is also co-owner of IMPress Books.
Furthermore, he has worked at all school levels, from K-12 as a teacher, technology facilitator, and school and district administrator, and currently works as an Adjunct Instructor with the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania.
On his website, he says that he is not focused solely on preparing students for the “real world” but wants them to make the real world better.
Favorite quotes from this episode:
“Innovation just means new and better ways of learning. . .It’s how we do new and better things. . . And tech can be part of it, but it’s not necessary.”
“’Traditional’ doesn’t [necessarily] mean bad and ‘Innovation’ doesn’t [necessarily] mean good.”
“Innovation starts with what people’s gifts are already.”
“When you take care of people, they do better stuff.”
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Thanks for listening to The Zen Professional Moment, with your host Dan Tricarico.
The podcast that shows you how to maximize your performance without sacrificing yourself.
Be sure to check out my online course called INSTANT ZEN: 5 SIMPLE STEPS FOR RECLAIMING YOUR FOCUS, ENERGY, AND PEACE.
Just go to www.zenprocourses.com and scroll down until you see INSTANT ZEN.
Take care of yourself.
Peace and love,
Dan
Website:
https://georgecouros.ca/blog/
Bio:
George Couros is currently an Innovative Teaching, Learning, and Leadership Consultant and speaker and the author of “The Innovator’s Mindset” and “Innovate Inside the Box”. He is also co-owner of IMPress Books.
Furthermore, he has worked at all school levels, from K-12 as a teacher, technology facilitator, and school and district administrator, and currently works as an Adjunct Instructor with the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania.
On his website, he says that he is not focused solely on preparing students for the “real world” but wants them to make the real world better.
Favorite quotes from this episode:
“Innovation just means new and better ways of learning. . .It’s how we do new and better things. . . And tech can be part of it, but it’s not necessary.”
“’Traditional’ doesn’t [necessarily] mean bad and ‘Innovation’ doesn’t [necessarily] mean good.”
“Innovation starts with what people’s gifts are already.”
“When you take care of people, they do better stuff.”
***
Thanks for listening to The Zen Professional Moment, with your host Dan Tricarico.
The podcast that shows you how to maximize your performance without sacrificing yourself.
Be sure to check out my online course called INSTANT ZEN: 5 SIMPLE STEPS FOR RECLAIMING YOUR FOCUS, ENERGY, AND PEACE.
Just go to www.zenprocourses.com and scroll down until you see INSTANT ZEN.
Take care of yourself.
Peace and love,
Dan
25 min