‘Featured’ Archives
The Volunteers and the Recluse – July 2011
When I started teaching, they were so quiet, all of them trepidatious. But then they wrote: from gripping baseball accounts to diving beyond the threshold of danger to standing up to a smug, little governor. The power of their writing impaled my disappointment at having a small class. I couldn't believe how good they were. Maybe I'm always [...]
Common Sense Management
by JP Engelbrecht I'm still amazed at how many managers will unwittingly play head games with people who work for them. Notice I said unwittingly. Most managers don't want to confuse or stress out their employees. They want to be helpful. So, when they have an employee who might need a light touch the manager might soft peddle. There [...]
Wizard Academy and Me
Friday 1st, July 2011 What’s up everyone who knows me, and hello for those who just haven’t met me yet. My name is Bertwin Lord and I have been a friend of the Academy since 2005 when I was given a great opportunity by people who believed in me. In 2005 I was just a sailor living in Hawaii where I was lucky enough to be tasked [...]
Musicians Roundtable Video
The Video will take a bit to load. Give it time. This is 43 minutes from the LIVE broadcast Wizard Academy did June 23rd 2011.
17 Strangers – Musicians Roundtable June 2011
The Musicians Round Table Selected from among the alumni of Wizard Academy, the 2011 Musicians Round Table proved one of our long-held theories: technique is more important than inspiration. In other words, you can do it - extremely well - even when you're not feeling it. These 17 strangers submitted themselves to a process of creativity [...]
Failing to make your bed may actually make you healthier!
by Bill Laidlaw A new article on the BBC’s website explains that new research indicates that bed bugs flourish in a warm wet environment that is more likely to come about if you mae your bed trapping the moisture in. A Kingston University study discovered the bugs cannot survive in the warm, dry conditions found in an unmade bed. “The [...]
What Reputation?
Reputation Management is the topic du jour on many company's lips these days. As it should be. We're finding even the most upright firms hammered by snarky folks. Some have the right to say what they say. The company did them wrong, and they couldn't get to a solution through traditional channels (note: if you're not empowering your [...]
I want to
by Tim Storm What do you want to do? I found myself this morning thinking “I want to lose a few more pounds”. The realization that I had was this, Wanting doesn’t get it done. It is pretty rare to hear someone state that they want something that they already have. It implies some sort of change. Something is in the [...]
Across America with Bob Greene: ‘Slogan of the Year 2008′
A CNN Article about Wizard Academy Grad Mike Diamond ANAHEIM, California (CNN) – Say what you will about the ever-building excitement of the presidential campaign season so far, but there's one thing that is hard to deny: The candidates' slogans have been boring. Deadly. Sleep-inducing. Instantly forgettable. Thus, on the [...]
Persistently Searching
by JP Engelbrecht How curious are you? Do you sit back and let things happen or do you intently watch the world looking for trends and answers to questions? One of the jobs of an executive is to lean in and pay attention to what is happening in the world. But this doesn't solve problems right away. Sometimes it just creates more [...]
