On working a 4-day week

A new social contract for education (UNESCO report) Reimagining educational practices Agile approach to education Lifelong learning as a new norm Cooperation, collaboration, solidarity vs teacher-driven education Synergy vs individual effort Human skills Intercultural and interdisciplinary learning Bonus: etymology of "attract, contract, abstract, extract"

Jobs vs hobbies vs other meaningful activities Professional transformation as a choice and a challenge A need for a professional tribe What makes people happy? - advice from a cOntEnt person (Marina's life philosophy)

Prioritizing and preferences (origin and meaning) Resolution lists vs agile planning Time and goal revision Ownership in pursuing goals Choosing not to do something The importance of prioritizing for academic performance

Exclusive nature of language Self-correction: reasons and effects Language acquisition: making language your own Criticism towards one's language use Voice recording as a tool for exam preparation / presentation performance Taking the courage to speak: content vs shape English as a language of international communication (who is the icon of correct speech?) Coming out: how Live and Learn Podcast's hosts feel about their voices

Taste for curiosity/ curiosity for taste Turning a hobby into profession Certification in the world of beer Vocabulary of flavours Lingo of beer professionals: is it another language? Beer running as a combination of a hobby and a job Representing and communicating a brand Lana's motto and advice: "Do what you love, love what you do"

New trends towards human-centered work AI taking over humans' jobs Specifically human skills Synergy of human collaboration Employability and transformation in the future of work Resilience and being ready for change A shift from business-centered to human-centered leadership Agile methodology

Trends in corporate and freelance work: a four-day week A shorter working week to improve productivity (WEF report) Less is more: fewer hours, higher efficiency Scheduling and prioritizing oneself  Working from home during lockdown as a resource to realize when and how a professional is more productive Knowing oneself as a key to being a more efficient professional 

With our guest, Edoardo Binda Zane, today we are discussing: more energy needed to do things remotely; emotional intelligence for managers; a need for a different type of leadership in the modern world of uncertainty; soft skills in demand for leadership jobs; AI taking over some managerial tasks; work-life balance, leaders as trendsetters; growth mindset and leadership; learning from various sources Feel free to test yourself "emotional intelligence test" here: https://ebz-coaching.com/tests/emotional-intelligence-test/ His book is available on Amazon 😉 https://www.amazon.de/dp/B09GZHK8JN

Starting Season 6 with a warm discussion of: creating a flow of conversation with friends/colleagues/podcast guests; the importance of in-person communication; coming back to online/offline/hybrid classrooms; relevance of a physical contact and/or perception in educational environment; creating a meaningful teaching portfolio; working four days a week; freedom, responsibility, awareness and choice Join our community of growth mindsetters, listen to our previous seasons, follow us on social media, live and learn!

Soft skills: hard to measure? Teaching soft skills for employability: Yuliya is sharing her experience of evaluating students' projects Methodology of research Exam design How are soft skill levels going to change the employability of today's students? Mentioned references:  Yuliya's guest appearance on The eLearning Podcast With Stephen Ladek featuring Dr. Yuliya Shtaltovna - Teaching Digitally-Ready Soft Skills GILE Conference - The Development of Competencies for Employability Shtaltovna, Yuliya & Muzzu, Christina (2021). Enhancing students’ digital competencies within the Employability module of the University of Europe’s skills-based curricula. G4Y International Conference ‘21, The Development of Competencies for Employability Proceedings, GILE Journal of Skills Development, p.70-89. Podcast playlist on soft skills by Live and Learn Podcast  Read this LinkedIn post summarizing all the appearances connected with this article, including MURAL blog, BESIG and GILE Conference for Employability