You don’t need to tell your kids not to chew on rocks. The rocks will teach them that lesson. No need to shout, “No! Yucky! We don’t eat rocks!” How silly. At least that’s what…
“You need to respect my boundaries” is a very common yet misleading statement. Boundaries are extremely popular these days and a highly important, but often misunderstood tool. Boundaries are not expectations for other people’s behavior.…
I had an insight at a lecture about insights. I was in the auditorium of the Allen Institute, having just wrapped up delivering a training on creativity for laboratory scientists (more on that later.) I was…
I think a lot about what would be fun. When I’m onstage as an improviser I’m focused on what would be a fun choice in the scene I am in. When I’m teaching or training,…
“I’m going to get bad grades and then I can’t ever have screens!” my eleven-year-old yells, tears coming to his eyes. I could see Sebastian was already far up his mental ladder. “Hold on! Hold…
I met Colin Mochrie at the AIN Conference in Vancouver! Talk about being nervous!
Something interesting happens when you teach something for 25 years. Activities that seem timeless, solid, crowd-pleasers can suddenly feel clunky and old. This semester I had the pleasure and honor of teaching 15 weeks of…