How Great Leaders Turn Crisis into a Team-Building and Growth Opportunity
July 31, 2025
Originally posted in our July 2025 Top of Mind Newsletter. In this blog post, speaker and educator Sean Glaze argues that how we lead in adversity is what defines us most. The article outlines practical steps leaders can take to reframe crisis moments into chances for team learning and cohesion, such as showing empathy, creating clarity, and focusing on shared growth. Be the Leader Your Team Needs
Read moreResilience As a Practice, Not a Personality Trait
Originally posted in our July 2025 Top of Mind Newsletter. On the topic of developing resilience, this post from the Women’s Brain Health Initiative offers some essential tools to start your own practice. Rather than waiting for adversity to “test” our strength, we can build resilience by cultivating curiosity, self-compassion, and reflective habits that help us understand our own reactions and reframe setbacks as sources of insight. This emphasis on deliberate reflection aligns closely with the Ice…
Read moreIntegrating Theory and Practice: A Typology of Adversity and Resilience Strategies Among Entrepreneurs
Originally posted in our July 2025 Top of Mind Newsletter. This study from the Small Business Institute Journal explores how entrepreneurs develop resilience and engage with a variety of adverse situations. Through their findings, they identify three “waves” of resiliency. The first wave is defined as resilient qualities, shaped by character and circumstances. The second wave, the resiliency process, focuses on how entrepreneurs consciously and unconsciously interpret challenges to develop resiliency, regardless of personality traits. The third wave,…
Read moreImpact of Entrepreneurial Education, Mindset, and Creativity on Entrepreneurial Intention
June 26, 2025
Originally posted in our June 2025 Top of Mind Newsletter. Traditional education paradigms have emphasized memorization and predictability, leaving learners unprepared for an unpredictable future. This Frontiers in Psychology study finds that entrepreneurial education, mindset, and creativity significantly boost entrepreneurial intention, especially when learners believe in their own ability to succeed. The takeaway? When we cultivate agency, curiosity, and self-efficacy, we’re not just preparing people for jobs—we’re helping them thrive in a world of constant change. Education,…
Read more“AI in Education: Strapping a Turbo Engine to a Horse’s A**”
Originally posted in our June 2025 Top of Mind Newsletter. In his candid essay, Jaime Casap urges us to look beyond the hype and ask a harder question: Are we simply accelerating outdated educational models with powerful new tools? It’s a reminder that disruption doesn’t guarantee progress—especially if we don’t rethink the assumptions beneath our systems. That’s where entrepreneurial thinking comes in. As this University of London blog explores, cultivating an entrepreneurial mindset equips learners (and institutions)…
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