by Allen Baird PhD | 18 Jan 10 | gender, news and events, series
In the first blog in this series I mentioned that I’m delivering (for the second time) a 1-day course in Queen’s University called What Men Want: How To Manage the Men in Your Life. Although this is a course about men for women, it got me thinking about...
by Allen Baird PhD | 11 Jan 10 | gender, news and events, series
In 2008 I designed and delivered a workshop called What Men Want: How to Manage the Men in Your Life. I’ll be delivering it again at Queen’s University on Saturday 13 February 2010 (one day before my birthday). The title got me thinking – what do...
by Allen Baird PhD | 29 Jul 09 | gender, learning
I have to share with you a story that I think is one of the most innovative and optimistic I’ve heard in a while. And I won’t take too long doing it. Promise. It’s about a firm that wants staff with autism. Yes, you read me right. “A...
by Allen Baird PhD | 13 Jul 09 | gender, series
My last blog was quite sore on those of my own sex who mope, whinge and generally waste their lives. Now its time to explain why they might be like this. Behold – the glory that is sexual equality on the BBC! Good for…what? Would the world be a better...
by Allen Baird PhD | 10 Jul 09 | assertiveness, gender, personal development, series
It was my dad that started me thinking about gender issues. The Simpsons was on. Homer did something stupid. Everyone laughed – except dad. “What wrong, dad? Don’t you find it funny?” I was waiting for some sentimental, ‘things were...
by Allen Baird PhD | 29 Jun 09 | education, gender
Do yo know where the heart is located? Yes? What about the kidneys? Kind of… And the pancreas? The what? New research has shown that basic anatomy ‘baffles Britons’. Take the test to find out how ignorant you are . (I got the first two right.)...
