article thumbnail

How President Lula da Silva should help the poor in Brazil this time?

Christensen Institute

When he served as Brazil’s 35th president from 2003 to 2010, the country was experiencing an economic boom. GDP almost quadrupled from $558 billion in 2003 to $2.2 The eduK platform, which offers professional courses that uses a methodology that helps people learn fast, is reversing this trend. trillion in 2010.

article thumbnail

Ideate or Deteriorate – Why Companies Must Learn How To Be Innovative to Achieve Major Growth

Qmarkets

Is innovation a superfluous fad that just won’t go away, or is learning how to be innovative crucial for futureproofing an enterprise? This is a prime example of why, when learning how to be innovative, it's crucial for companies to utilise the knowledge of their employees. So which one is it?

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

A brief history of work, innovation and skills in the UK

Wazoku

1945 – Producing skilled workers to rebuild after the war At the end of the Second World War, courses were again adapted to the needs of post-war reconstruction to provide training for the building industry. This opened up new possibilities for online social learning. It was unusual at this time for married women to work.

article thumbnail

Design for Emotion and Flow

Boxes and Arrows

Characteristics of Flow Total concentration and focused attention A sense of control over interactions Openness to new things Increased exploratory behavior Increased learning Positive feelings 3. These challenges can include the visual aspects as well as the content (King 2003). In fact, you’re probably already doing it.

Design 95
article thumbnail

Fund schools based on learning, not attendance

Christensen Institute

Of course, pizza and food would likely drive Jewish students away while fasting on Yom Kippur. In other words, rather than pay for learning, public schools are paid based on enrollment. Small wonder that the focus on learning is so variable and results poor. Such a model would incentivize learning, not just attendance.

article thumbnail

Optimizing UI icons for faster recognition

Boxes and Arrows

Their meaning is usually difficult to guess and has to be learned. We experience a certain satisfaction when discovering the signs we learned well, such as a trash can for ‘delete,’ a floppy disk for ‘save,’ and the like. Course in General Linguistics. My guess would be that the reason for it is psychological. References.

article thumbnail

Remembering

Technology Created

“The greatest advances in human civilization have come when we recovered what we had lost: when we learned the lessons of history.” The answer of course is decidedly yes and there are (at least) five reasons why: There’s nothing new under the sun. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2003. Winston Churchill. Remembering history.