by Conor Jones | May 1, 2017 | OneSmartWorld Blog
In 1967 KV Switzer signed up to run the Boston Marathon. Women were not permitted to run the marathon back then – deemed too fragile for the 26 miles. KV was Katherine Switzer, the only woman among the thousands of runners that day. She ran in the middle...
by Conor Jones | May 1, 2017 | OneSmartWorld Blog
I think we all have 3 Me’s inside us- an Automatic Me, a Setback Me and a Smarter Me. Our lives are really a series of moment-to-moment events. Who we are is a result of which Me we choose to use in each of these moments. In any situation,...
by Conor Jones | Apr 9, 2017 | OneSmartWorld Blog
THE 20th CENTURY: MIRRORS – PERSONALITY TYPES AND TRAITS It is very hard to change your personality. It’s a lot easier to change your thinking. Eben Harrell’s article in Harvard Business Review’s April 2017 issue, The New Science of Teamwork, highlights a brief history of two of the personality...
by Conor Jones | Apr 9, 2017 | OneSmartWorld Blog
Sir Ken Robinson is right. And Brynne Currie has the evidence to prove it. Schools are killing creativity. Brynne’s grade 7 project Change Won’t Wait: Will Students Have the Creativity to Keep Up? won first place prize in her school’s science fair. Brynne is a 12 year old student...
by Conor Jones | Jul 28, 2016 | OneSmartWorld Blog
Jo Hopkins, Master Trainer with OneSmartWorld, based in Northern Ireland, chose the 4D-i system we donated to work with the Performance Services team as part of British Olympic Association’s Team GB for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. The requirement – facilitate the development of the Team GB medical support...