Gwyn Wansbrough
Hello Friends! Greetings from Barcelona. ☀️ If you are joining The Quest for the first time, welcome to our weekly exploration of creativity, facilitation, and learning. 🙌 🤔Why is it that in some groups you feel comfortable putting yourself out there and speaking up? And in others, you hold back? In some groups, you bond quickly with […]
Through years of research, collecting data, and thousands of interviews, Google’s Aristotle Project found that the single most important ingredient to making a team work boiled down to one thing: Psychological safety. The same is true for learning effectively in groups. People learn best when they feel safe to take risks, speak their minds, and […]
The Surprising Science of Learning, Free Courses and more Hello Friends! Greetings from Barcelona☀️. Many thanks for your feedback on the last edition of The Quest and on my new Creativity e-book. A special shout out to the following people: Joan in Mansfield, Mamen in Barcelona, Maria in Miami, Michaele and Barry in Bracebridge, Romy in […]
What science knows for sure about how the brain learns and what you need to do about it After a couple of months of online classes last year, my 16-year-old daughter started to call school “computer jail”. She dreaded sitting down in front of her computer all-day trapped in her room listening to her teachers. […]
Cohort-based Courses, Verbal tools for Facilitation, Creating Online Courses Hello Friends! Greetings from Barcelona☀️. Many thanks for your feedback on the last edition of The Quest and on my new Creativity e-book. A special shout out to the following people: Joan in Mansfield, Monica S., Maria, and Ruth in Barcelona, Maria in Miami, Nadia in […]
5 lessons I learned as a facilitator during the pandemic There was no turning back. I was staring at the faces of 20 teacher trainees on my Zoom screen. We were about to start our online training session when one of the hosts didn’t have sound. The 20 faces were staring back at me. Waiting. […]