Soft skills for hard business – the kernel of success

Wed, 01/09/2019 - 21:06

What skills do employers value most? The ones that fill a hot current skills gap, like blockchain or cybersecurity? Sure, you can snap up a job right now in one of those areas if you’re skilled up, and probably a well-paid one too. But if you start out now on the learning path hoping for a slice of the action, maybe by the time you’ve acquired the skills – which could take years – the market might be flooded with prospectors who’ve had the same idea and the opportunity could have flown the roost.

Where is my mind? - visual psychology 101

Thu, 12/20/2018 - 16:50

So, what’s up with the blob of jelly inside our skulls? How does it work, and why does it make us do what we do? Answering these questions is the domain of psychology. There are plenty of introductions to psychology out there, but there’s a new one from a top Yale professor that delivers the ideas in a memorable way.

Ace in the hole: understanding 7-card stud poker

Tue, 01/24/2017 - 18:33

Having an ‘ace in the hole’ is a popular expression which means to hold a hidden advantage or secret weapon. It comes from the game of stud poker, a version in which a mix of face-up and face-down cards is dealt at the beginning of a series of betting rounds. The face-down cards are called ‘hole’ cards, and any valuable card that lurks there is called an ‘ace in the hole’.

What do dogs think about?

Fri, 04/15/2016 - 21:16
The Open College in the UK is offering a course in Dog Psychology. Upon completion you will have earned the right to have after your name the designatory letters Dip.Dog.Psy and will be awarded with a Diploma Certificate bearing the title.

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