William Spencer Email & Phone Number

Breathe life into learning.We are practitioners and perennial students of innovative approaches to workplace participative learning and organizational change. We apply these disciplines to help accelerate a tipping point in true sustainability for corporations.Our approach applies findings from cognitive neuroscience about the role of emotion in attention, retention and learning application."Engaging head, heart and hands" is our impulse and tagline.Head = the intellect (neo-cortex)Heart = emotional apparatus of brain (limbic system)Hands = action learning and major muscle movement in learning (proprioception)Area of focus and experience:Non-directive, participant-focused learning and change managementDiscovery learningNarrative coachingNarrative approach to leadership, teams and change managementStrengths-based coaching and feedbackCreate, facilitate experiential learningInquiry-based facilitationLearning systems designApply findings from cognitive neuroscience: role of emotion in attention & memory Pictorial learning mapsEngage emotions in eLearning to drive retention & applicationFacilitate group brainstorming for learning designLead programs in innovative instructional design & facilitation skillsApplication of social performance in workplace learning

Listed skills include Executive Development, Large Group Facilitation, Project Execution, Leadership, and 47 others.

• Principal

  Whole-System Learning

  Jan 1997 - Present

  Leads a team of enthusiastic practitioners, facilitators, executive coaches, instructional consultants, project managers and admin staff.