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The content of many coaching sessions deals with the improvement of personal performance and many people ask themselves, what the qualities are, that make a real life genius. New research shows again it´s not talent and it´s not IQ. Dr. Angela Lee Duckworth calls it grit – and explains more during this TEDx event.

Dr. Angela Lee Duckworth is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. Angela studies non-IQ competencies that predict success both academically and professionally. Her research populations have included West Point cadets, National Spelling Bee finalists, novice teachers, salespeople, and students.

 

Effects of the media crisis on corporate communications The media landscape is currently changing rapidly, and it is imperative that corporate communications keep pace with this changing landscape if they want to continue to reach opinion-makers. For evidence indicates that many daily newspapers will not be able to continue to exist in their current form, online magazines are set to expand their readership, and special interest magazines to take on new formats. The article below provides an overview of the main changes taking place and analyses the consequences of these changes for corporate communications. Read the rest of this entry »

In a world in which information is like air, what happens to power?

New technologies and a closely related culture of collaboration present radical new models of social organisation – as well as media. Though this film is in large parts about the internet changing society, it also discusses the impacts on corporate behaviour and corporate communications.