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Appreciative hiring: candidate successes and skills at the heart of the process
Recruitment is a perilous exercise. The life of a department, its evolution, its atmosphere and its performance can depend on it. To avoid making mistakes, managers are tempted to put candidates under pressure and push them to the limit. Appreciative recruitment" goes against this vision and proposes to focus the interview on the successes and pride of the person. Guillaume Laurie, the creator of this method, presents some aspects of it.
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Taking action on the natural side: you are not alone
Beyond the large organizations, there are thousands of local groups and networks with local branches that offer everyone, even in the city, the possibility of doing something to improve their environment and counterbalance insensitive or corrupt industrialists and politicians.
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Animating or the art of creating an atmosphere
Whether it's summer or the rest of the year, leading a group can be complicated. Adults and teens have a particularly hard time bonding, for various reasons. Fortunately, a few very simple tricks can help set up an atmosphere conducive to sharing.
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Sanjit Bunker Roy: Crossing distances, all distances, in education.
"The basic idea is to use local knowledge before resorting to outside expertise".
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The Middle Ages and role-playing: an immersive experience
On one of those rainy weekends when there's nothing to do, I was drawn into a role-playing project by a young neighbor. A story about a medieval investigation, with a gallery of characters. I protested, citing my advanced age. "On the contrary, we need an old enchanter, and you'll be the most credible!" he replied. I climbed the few flights of stairs, and learned what role-playing was all about...
