Geoff McDonald

Why Adults Become Sixth Graders with Linda Gidlund

Put a group of successful, educated adults into a training room and something strange can happen: They start behaving like…

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What Mick Jagger Taught Me About Experience

I was listening to David Marchese interview Mick Jagger for The New York Times Interview when one word stopped me:…

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Why His Professor Told Him to Skip Class with Michael Henderson

Michael Henderson's anthropology professor gave his students some unusual advice: "If you find an interesting cultural experience, go and do…

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Why Information Doesn’t Change People with Dr Patterson Stark

Why is it that we often know exactly what to do... but still don't do it? Dr Patterson Stark spent years…

2 months ago

What an Assassin taught me about Experience

In The Bourne Identity, Jason Bourne has no idea who he is. He has amnesia, which means he doesn’t remember his…

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Why Good People Misunderstand Each Other with Taruni Falconer

When I sat down to speak with intercultural communication expert Taruni Falconer, I expected to learn about culture. Instead, I…

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What a Doctor taught me about Experience

Most people think experience gives us answers, but what happens when our experience fails to answer our questions? When it…

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The Surprising Reason an Anthropologist Excels at AI

Michael Henderson describes himself as atrocious with technology. So why has an anthropologist become surprisingly good at using AI? Michael traces…

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What My Parents taught me about Experience

During the last few years of Dad’s dementia, when Mum and I would visit him in the Aged Care centre,…

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Why Experts Notice Things You Don’t with Michael Henderson

Most people think experience is about knowing more. But what if its greatest gift is something else entirely? In this excerpt…

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