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Designing a Classroom That Works

BY Fast Company | June 30, 2001

Adrian Caddy

Adrian Caddy is the creative director of Imagination, a multidisciplinary design company with offices in London, New York, and Hong Kong.

Wrote about: Designing a Classroom That Works

Is learning: Caddy is building a house, is producing and directing a music video, and is cowriting a screenplay for a short film about Mies van der Rohe. He's learning a lot along the way.

Is reading:

Coordinates: adrian.caddy@imagination.com

Maryann Hedaa and Charlie Douglas

Maryann Hedaa and Charlie Douglas recently created the Professional Development Practice group at Hildebrandt International, a management-consulting firm that serves clients in the legal and investment-banking industries. Together, they have designed and delivered leadership and team-building workshops around the world. Also, Hedaa is the executive editor and Douglas is the associate editor of the Journal of Executive Talent, a publication devoted to topics regarding individual and organizational development. Hedaa is a former assistant dean of executive education at Columbia Business School.

Wrote about: Designing a Classroom That Works

Are learning: Hedaa recently joined a study group on Ignatian spirituality for the 21st century and continues to develop her executive-coaching skills. Douglas studies partner and associate relationships in law firms and is currently working with an investment bank to design a global, lateral hire integration program.

Are reading:

Maryann Hedaa's Coordinates: mghedaa@hildebrandt.com
Charlie Douglas's Coordinates: cgdouglas@hildebrandt.com

Rayona Sharpnack

Rayona Sharpnack is founder and president of the Institute for Women's Leadership and creator of the Women Leading Change and Partners Leading Change programs. With careers spanning education, professional sports, business, and consulting, Sharpnack has delivered her groundbreaking work on women's leadership both in the United States and abroad. Sharpnack has worked extensively with Fortune 500 companies and nonprofits, achieving acclaim for her presentations to Stanford Business School, UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business, Mills College, State of the World Forum, Leadership America, and the Professional and Business Women of California.

Wrote about: Designing a Classroom That Works

Is learning:

  • How to teach leaders to generate a spark that ignites their employees' ability to invent and innovate.
  • That human capital is every organization's most precious resource.
  • That strategic alliances have become imperative and that a more diverse community of thought leaders will teach us new ways to learn.

Is reading:

Coordinates: rayona@womensleadership.com

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