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When Compassion Outlasts Conflict — How Jane Goodall Changed How I See the Wild
On October 1, the world lost Jane Goodall. She died at the age of 91 while on a speaking tour in California. The news hit me harder than...
Manas Chakrabarti
Oct 3, 20254 min read
Why Harvard Graduates Can’t Explain the Seasons — and Still Succeed
In my previous post, I wrote about misconceptions in science and mentioned a film, A Private Universe . In that film, Harvard graduates...
Manas Chakrabarti
Oct 2, 20252 min read
Beyond Facts: Why Misconceptions Reveal the Real Challenge in Science Education
All of us have seen science classrooms with high-achieving students who can ace tests, rattle off definitions, and solve problems neatly....
Manas Chakrabarti
Sep 24, 20253 min read
Training Hybrid Teams: What AI Means for L&D
Corporate learning and development (L&D) has long defined its purpose as building human capability. We design programs, run workshops,...
Manas Chakrabarti
Sep 22, 20252 min read
Why Learn Poetry in Today’s World?
Walk into most schools today and you’ll hear a familiar refrain: focus on STEM. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics are...
Manas Chakrabarti
Sep 19, 20252 min read
Books That Stay With Me: "Being You" by Anil Seth
Rarely do I come across a book that doesn’t just recycle familiar ideas, but opens up genuinely new ways of seeing the world. Anil Seth’s...
Manas Chakrabarti
Sep 13, 20252 min read
Why I’m Writing "What Teaching Can Be"
Teaching is usually discussed in terms of skills, methods, or professional expectations. Rarely do we stop to reflect on teaching as a...
Manas Chakrabarti
Sep 3, 20252 min read


The ASTE Matrix: Rethinking How We Build Human Capacity in L&D
In corporate L&D, it’s common to equate learning with training. Roll out a program, measure completion, and hope skills stick. But real...
Manas Chakrabarti
Sep 3, 20252 min read
AI Won’t Change How Humans Learn — and That’s a Good Thing
Every week, a new headline declares that artificial intelligence will “revolutionize learning.” Schools will be transformed, we’re told....
Manas Chakrabarti
Sep 3, 20252 min read
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