SMARTSKILLS® A NEW PARADIGM

FOR LEARNING LANGUAGE EH!

Bob Wiele OneSmartWorld

TESL i3 Conference

2015

RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF AMERICA STUDY

Poor Quality Thinking!

94%

Business & Education Clients

AmazingAuthenticAwesomeBeautifulBodaciousBoundlessBrilliantCaring CompassionateCourageousCuriousDelightedDynamic

EmpoweredEncouragedEnergizedEnlightenedEnthusiasticEssentialExhilaratedFabulousFantasticFearlessFreeGenerousGlorious

Happy

Hopeful

Incredible

Ingenious

Insightful

InspiredInvincibleJazzedKindLiberatedLivelyMagnificentMarvelousOptimistic

Power WordsPhenomenalPowerfulRemarkableResilientStupendousSuperTenaciousTerrificUnbelievableUnstoppableValuableVictoriousWonderfulZestful

From Issues to SolutionsSir Ken Robinson: Why Schools Kill Creativity

The Big Why The Big What The Big How

EXAMPLES - Universal Common Languages

• Music• ISO 9000• Standard Time• Smile• Traffic Light

A Universal Common Language

STOP and DECIDE

SLOW and UNDERSTAND

GO and CREATE

Critical Thinking

Analytical Thinking

Creative Thinking

Compassion

Beliefs Based Gut Instinct

Creative Intuition

THINKING – Left Brain FEELINGS – Right Brain

Cool Head and Warm Heart

People…

…think in different ways.

GO TO GREEN FOR CREATIVITY

1. Ideas, options or alternatives2. New ways of looking at problems/tasks3. A list of possibilities - what ifs4. Imaginative insights & solutions5. When you are stuck and need constructive

options

Reframe Problems Into Opportunities

Flash of Insight

Key Green Words

• To shift focus to apply Green creativity, use these verbs:

could, brainstorm, generate, reframe, challenge, expand, create, add, make, solve, draw, construct, explore, envision, contribute, inspire.

GO TO YELLOW FOR UNDERSTANDING

1. Seek first to understand

2. Get organized

3. Analyze information

4. Get clear on feelings and facts

5. Connect, empathize & communicate with others

Clarify Understanding

Key Cool Yellow Words

• To shift focus to use Cool Yellow analytical thinking, use these verbs:

clarify, know, learn, scan, describe, specify, recall, study, plan, explain, understand, research, outline, organize, structure, analyze.

Tune-in to Feelings

Key Warm Yellow Words

• To shift focus to use Warm Yellow compassion, use these verbs:

tune in, sense, hear, sympathize, encourage, support, help, facilitate, enable, connect, communicate, empathize, listen, express, learn.

GO TO RED FOR DECISIONS

1. Get to the crux of an issue

2. Assess critically what the problemis

3. Make a decision

3. Validate a decision

4. Decide by head, emotion or gut

Get to the Crux

Emotion Based Decision Making

Key Red Words

• To move to Cool Red decision making, use these verbs:

should, must, compare, assess, decide, act, evaluate, validate, determine, focus on, conclude, demonstrate, prove, prioritize, judge.

Assess Skills with Bloom's Taxonomy

1. Know and 2. Understand

3. Apply

4. Analyze

5.Evaluate

6. Create

1. Basic

2. Applied

3. Advanced

PERSONAL SPIRIT

The

X

Factor

In

Life

OUTLOOK

SENSE OF CONTROL

INITIATIVE

Your Outlook

Key White Words

• To shift focus on building Personal Spirit, use these verbs:

appreciate, inspire, engage, find a way, adapt, move forward, persist, bounce back, carry on, commit, recover, flex, rebound, initiate.

Smart Track #4: Ideas to Decisions

If we all agree to think the same way at the same time…

…we can make better decisions…

…and drive results together.

bwiele@onesmartworld.com

Thank You So Much TESL i3 ConferenceParticipants!

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