by Joanie Connell | Oct 12, 2018 | Blog, Diversity and Inclusion, Parenting for the Workplace, REAL Life Skills, Values
If you’ve studied social psychology, economics, sociology, or law, you’ve probably heard of “The Tragedy of the Commons.” The story goes like this: A long time ago, towns used to have a “common”—a shared field or piece of land—where people let their cattle...
by Joanie Connell | Sep 24, 2018 | Careers, Life Change, Parenting for the Workplace
Franklin Taggart asks the right questions to get Joanie to tell her story. Engineer-turned-pscychologist also dips into helicopter parenting. How did that happen? Listen to the podcast or watch the video.
by Joanie Connell | Sep 19, 2018 | Leadership, Podcast, Resilient, Values, Women Leaders
Listen to Women Lead Radio as Joanie Connell, your host of REAL Life Lessons, has a conversation with Michelle Bergquist, CEO & Co-Founder of Connected Women of Influence, on how you can be a REAL woman of influence. Listen here. Highlights: Michelle...
by Joanie Connell | Sep 13, 2018 | Blog, Emotional Intelligence, Technical Leaders
What’s negative one squared (-12)? If you learned math in school before 2009, you probably said “1.” If you learned math once the Common Core was implemented, you would say the answer is “-1.” A friend of mine spent an entire 4-day weekend visit with...
by Joanie Connell | May 29, 2018 | Blog, Technical Leaders
As an engineering student, I missed out on certain parts of the education that my friends seemed to get in college. I took the requisite number of core courses, like English and social studies, but my curriculum was mostly filled with science, math, and...
