973 - Check Now - Act Later? Time Shifting Shift; Ask John Lithgow Questions on Storytelling
August 7, 2017 Elliott Masie’s Learning TRENDS - August 7, 2017.
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1. Check Now - Act Later? Time Shifting!
2. Questions for John Lithgow on Storytelling???
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1. Check Now - Act Later? Time Shifting!: One of the “trends” that I have been tracking is the way in which people are Time Shifting their decision making process.
Let’s call it: “Check Now — Act Later?”
In a nutshell, I watch many people (including myself) do a two-step, time-spread process for making a decision.
* Check Now! We have become awesome at using mobile devices and the internet to CHECK something out right now. For example, are their tickets for a flight in six weeks. We quickly check and validate that it is an OPTION.
* BUT! Since we live in a time of continuous change and choices, rarely do we act right now.
* Act Later! A few days before the actual event or activity, we check again and ACT at the very last minute.
Why? Things may change. Prices may change. Better options may appear. “Check Now — Act Later!” is a process that is surfacing in the learning field, as many of our fellow employees are checking to see if the class or lab is still open. But, they wait until the very last minute to confirm.
This creates agility for the learner. And, it could create ulcers for the learning producer/planner.
Many learners are wanting to have an Uber or Lyft or AirBnB around learning. I will be broadening this perception into a fun essay in the coming weeks. What do you see is happening with the “Check Now — Act Later” shift? Send me an email to emasie@masie.com
2. Questions for John Lithgow on Storytelling??? John Arthur Lithgow is an American actor, musician, singer, comedian, voice actor, and author. He will be one of our Keynoters at Learning 2017 and I would love to have some questions about “Storytelling” to ask him.
John has received two Tony Awards, five Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, an American Comedy Award, four Drama Desk Awards and has also been nominated for two Academy Awards and four Grammy Awards. He is well known for his television roles as Dick Solomon in 3rd Rock from the Sun, Arthur Mitchell in Dexter and Sir Winston Churchill in The Crown as well as for his roles in films Blow Out, Twilight Zone: The Movie, Footloose, Harry and the Hendersons, Raising Cain, Shrek, Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Interstellar. His performances in The World According to Garp and Terms of Endearment each earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor.
At Learning 2017, we will have two experiences of and with John Lithgow. He will be performing a one-man, one-act drama that is 55 minutes long - that will have you on the edge of your seats. And, I will be interviewing John Lithgow about the art, skill and process of “Storytelling”.
Send me a few questions that I could ask John Lithgow to emasie@masie.com Thanks!
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Yours in learning,
Elliott Masie
Email: emasie@masie.com
Twitter: @emasie
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