Foreword xiiiAcknowledgments xviiAbout the Authors xixIntroduction: Working at the Intersection of Teaching and Business 1Part 1 Authenticity 131 Pursuing Win-Win-Win Scenarios 152 Recovering Human Judgment 273 Recovering Choice in Human Interactions 334 Adjusting to Hear and Be Heard 435 Respecting the Game 53Part 2 Immediacy 596 Leveraging Momentum and Context 617 Generating Immediacy for Others 698 Rebuilding Teaching around Immediacy 759 Rebuilding Training around Immediacy 8710 Communicating with Immediacy 9711 Selling with Immediacy 11312 Getting Immediacy Right 121Part 3 Delight 12713 Identifying the Conditions for Delight 12914 Offering Choice 13715 The Power of Engagement 14516 Novelty Is Not Your Friend 15517 Boredom Is Not Your Enemy 16318 The Unit of Delight 17319 After Delight 18520 An Invitation 193Conclusion: Closing the Class 201Afterword: How We Designed This Reading Experience 209References 215Index 225
Dr. Reshan Richards is Chief Learning Officer and Co-Founder of Explain Everything Inc. and teaches at Teachers College, Columbia University and the Columbia University School of Professional Studies. He is co-author of Blending Leadership.Stephen J. Valentine is an educator, school leader, writer, and serial collaborator. He serves as the Assistant Head, Upper School, and Director of Academic Leadership at Montclair Kimberley Academy. He is Coordinating Editor of Klingbrief, author of Everything but Teaching, and co-author of Blending Leadership.