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Talking heads a waste of workshop time

I want to share a recent experience I had. I have just returned from five days of workshops at Stanford University in California on a very engaging learning experience. Alongside some ideas that transformed my thinking, I got to explore them within my context with people facing the same issues and opportunities.

The programme was not five days of listening intently. No matter how great the speaker is, no one has the time or need for that anymore. It stood out because we — the learners and the speakers — made the workshop format about us, the learners, and layered each bit of knowledge into our world.

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