India Knowledge at Wharton: Since our publication is called Knowledge at Wharton, could you tell us something about knowledge? Kalam: I’ve written a four-line, poem-like thing called “Creativity.” It goes like this: “Learning gives creativity. Creativity leads to thinking. Thinking provides knowledge. Knowledge makes you great.” I have made at least a million children repeat these lines. I am very… Read More »
sing a variety of methods of weight control is vital for maintaining a healthy body weight. In this article, learn 14 techniques that people can use to lose weight without diet or exercise. 1. Boost your cooking skills Understanding how to prepare meals and developing better skills in the kitchen can be a powerful way to lose weight without… Read More »
Prior to learning to perform certain job-related tasks or to sell a product solution, students need to learn specific knowledge about the tasks and perhaps the features and benefits of the product solution. Traditionally, in many training programs this knowledge transfer occurs in the classroom through the time honored instructional method called “lecture”. Lectures are typically delivered by… Read More »
Let’s take these last few weeks as an opportunity to relax extra hard, and maybe absorb a thing or two to help us out for next year. In an effort to help with the second part, I want to offer you a new blog series: PD in Plain English. Quick, easy-to-digest pieces of advice and how-to’s that are… Read More »
In the world of Harry Potter the young wizard undergoes two magical biological transformations: eating Gillyweed to grow gills in order to breathe underwater and drinking Skele-Gro to repair broken bones. Natural Sciences students from the University of Leicester have put these arcane medical practices to the test — and have concluded that a little magic might indeed… Read More »
Meet two of the best friends in the world: Reddy Weldon and Jax Rosebush. These two pint-sized preschoolers wanted to trick their teacher, but not in a rude way. They simply wanted their teacher to not be able to tell them apart. There was just one minor technicality that neither of them realized: Reddy is black, but Jax is… Read More »
Many contemporary debates about “women’s status in Islam” hinge on a few key topics: the veil, polygamy, and a few Qur’anic verses that are seen to prescribe female subordination—to men in general and husbands in particular. The most important of these verses occurs in Surat al-Nisa’ (“Women”), the fourth chapter of the Qur’an. This essay will discuss verse… Read More »
For a recent Times article, the reporter Kashmir Hill followed her husband’s every move using location trackers. She knew where he was at all times — what she didn’t learn, though, was what he was doing. Read about his experience, with some notes from Kashmir. Kashmir Hill recently published an article in The Times in which she detailed… Read More »
You probably don’t know this, but when my husband and I were first dating, I actually asked him to get out of the military. I saw a future with him. I saw marriage with him. And nowhere in that equation did being a military wife exist. Because as a child of multiple divorces (Yes, both my parents divorced twice. Once from each… Read More »
List of top 31 famous quotes and sayings about don’t tell secrets to read and share with friends on your Facebook, Twitter, blogs. #1. We hang out, we help one another, we tell one another our worst fears and biggest secrets, and then just like real sisters, we listen and don’t judge. – Author: Adriana Trigiani #2. I have this thing about friends… Read More »