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Talking to Colleagues about Talking to Strangers
My daughter Alex gets a quirky partial smile on her face when she’s highly anxious or nervous. I worried that this would work against her when she was in Navy Boot Camp. Today’s blog explains why… When Mike Lawrence invited me to his next #HookEd virtual book club talk, I jumped at the opportunity. The
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Boxes Aren’t For Thinking
How do you innovate from inside the box? “Think outside the box” is probably one of the most overused statements. No matter what the situation, or problem, inevitably someone will say, “We need to think outside the box.” The problem with thinking outside the box is that leadership often wants to create a box to
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How May I Be of Service
As some of you know, I took a career break this summer. My first break from working since I was 14 1/2 years old. It was both terrifying and exhilarating. One of the by-products of that break was being able to connect with people I previously felt too busy to connect with, and provide them
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Teens Doing Whatever It Takes to Draw Attention to Human Trafficking
Yesterday I watched as teens came together to use their design thinking and entrepreneurial skills to tackle the subject of human trafficking, which is prevalent in San Diego. They came up with innovative ideas to increase awareness and inspire action. The day kicked off with a motivational talk by WIT Founder, Sarah Hernholm. She stressed
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Who’s Playing?
A big reason why good athletes do well is because they don’t care what the sports blogs say, or what you said about them on Twitter. They’re playing, you’re in the “seats” – And they understand that. That’s the same mindset I have about other people’s opinions: I’m playing. What, you’re going to say that
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Girls Deserve More than a Hashtag if We Want Them in STEM Fields
I’m still amazed that it’s been 50 years since man landed on the moon. I love watching old footage of Apollo 11’s mission, and reading about the innovations that have come as a result of that mission. Lately, I’ve been reading a lot about the role women played, not only this mission, but in a
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From No to What If
Being part of the Top Tech Exec winner’s circle has introduced me to so many innovative executives. I’m always inspired after our times together. Last night, a group of us were invited to watch the Padres battle the Dodgers from within the Cox suite. Fun time, good food, great convos. Every time I see this
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Upskilling Teachers
According to the World Economic Forum’s The Future of Jobs 2018 report, by 2022, no less than 54% of all employees will require significant re- and upskilling. To deal with the lack of skills of current employers, companies have three options: Retrain current staff Automate more tasks to reduce staff needed Hire new staff that
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A Tribute to My Bestie
On July 31st, I lost my best friend. She died, unexpectedly, of a blood clot after battling breast cancer and undergoing reconstructive surgery. Christine’s been my best friend since I moved to San Diego in 2000. Before her, friendships for me were fleeting. They came, they went, and that was life. But Christine… she was
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Learning to Stand
Just in case the only thing missing from your day is a baby flamingo learning to stand on one leg. pic.twitter.com/em5N6ogg69 — Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) July 23, 2019 A young flamingo has to learn how to stand on one leg. And like the flamingo, our students need to learn executive functioning skills for school success.
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Reading Our Way to an Understanding of Racial Justice
A colleague of mine, Andrew Arevalo, posted on Twitter that he had started reading White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo. A Twitter conversation began in which people shared other books that would also be great reads. Here’s the books that were shared: For White Folks
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Laura K Spencer, Ed.D. 