Feb. 12, 2020
Intellectual Engagement in the Workplace
View this webinar to explore four key principles to be engaged at work and to answer the question 'what did you do at work today?:
- Individuals can be creators of possibility at work
- Purposeful work that is fulfilling and is “engaging”
- Constructive feedback, support and experiences enhance learning
- A workplace is a place of “connection”
Intellectual Engagement in the Workplace Resources
Publications/Books
Book: Mindset, The New Psychology of Success, Carol S. Dweck
Book: Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Book: The Power of Story: Change Your Story: Change Your Destiny in Business and in Life, Jim Loehr
Book: Creating You and Company: How to Think Like the CEO of Your Own Career, William Bridges
Book: Spiders in Space: Successfully Adapting to Unwanted Change, Todd Hirsch
Book: Deep Change: Discovering the Leader Within, Robert E. Quinn
Book: Ecological Pedagogy, Buddhist Pedagogy, Hermeneutic Pedagogy: Experiments in a Curriculum for Miracles, Jackie Seidel and David W. Jardine
Thesis: Intellectual Engagement in the Workplace by Laura Strachan
Mentorship
UCalgary Mentor Link – for University of Calgary students, faculty, staff and alumni
Additional Resources
Alberta Learning Information Services for career planning, job search and educational planning
Intellectual Engagement in the Workplace Webinar Speaker Laura Strachan (email)