By the Author of WANTED: Eight Critical Skills You Need To Succeed
It was just a short transmission. “Houston, we have a problem,” Captain James A. Lovell, commander of Apollo 13, said calmly. That was an understatement; and it set in motion one of the most dramatic examples of application of the critical skills in history. It was April 1970 and the Apollo 13 space vehicles and […]
Read More…Much has been written and discussed about core competencies and how they are used to define the uniqueness of a company or organization. Core competencies, however, are not critical skills – even though a particular company will have its own set of critical skills that are similar to or even congruent with the definitions provided […]
Read More…At the middle of the twentieth century at the end of World War II, the United States was near full employment, Europe, Japan and China were devastated, and the US had virtually no competition in the world. Whatever the US made would sell – domestically and internationally. As the decades passed, Europe, Japan and China […]
Read More…I gave a few high school commencement addresses – typically they were as follows The student body president was eloquent in her remarks reflecting on the students’ experiences in high school and her call for her classmates to become active and productive citizens as they prepare to enter the real world. The class had listened […]
Read More…The Field Study is the most powerful method of enabling students to learn, practice and manage critical skills. A detailed description of the field study process along with specific examples of field studies conducted and suggestions for field studies can be found at the following website: http://highschoolfieldstudies.com. The field study is a process that is […]
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