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Blog post by Bill Taylor, September 5, 2014, HBR Blog Network Cites John Gardner "It was on what he called "Personal Renewal," the urgent need for leaders who wish to make a difference and stay effective to commit themselves to continue learning and growing" He then offered a simple maxim to guide the accomplished leaders in the room. "Be interested," he urged them. "Everyone wants to be interesting, but the vitalizing thing is to be interested…As the proverb says, 'It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.'" What did Spence learn from Collins? "You're only as young as the new things you do," he writes, "the number of 'firsts' in your days and weeks." Ask any educator and they'll agree: We learn the most when we encounter people who are the least like us.

interesting take on seven skills of knowledge work; a joint blog post by Fred Nickols, CPT and Joel Gardner, professor at Franklin University. June 1, 2015. From LinkedIn Community of Practice group. 1. thinking skills 2. communication 3. teamwork & leadership 4. lifelong learning/self-direction 5. technology use 6. ethics and professionalism 7. personal management