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    Design Your Delta

    • Home
    • Learn 
      • The Delta Model
      • Resources
      • In The News
    • Implement 
      • Design Your Delta Toolkit
      • Playlists
      • Playbooks
      • Coaching
    • Contact
    • Blog
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      • Home
      • Learn 
        • The Delta Model
        • Resources
        • In The News
      • Implement 
        • Design Your Delta Toolkit
        • Playlists
        • Playbooks
        • Coaching
      • Contact
      • Blog
      • Home
      • Learn
        • The Delta Model
        • Resources
        • In The News
      • Implement
        • Design Your Delta Toolkit
        • Playlists
        • Playbooks
        • Coaching
      • Contact
      • Blog
        • Playlists

          Beta v.1

          What: playlists of recommended resources — books and articles to read, podcasts to listen to, videos to watch, courses and assessments to do
           
          Why: to build your Delta Model competencies through a wide range of cross-disciplinary sources
           
          How (coming soon): how to create *your* custom Delta playlist, AKA a regular diet of useful information and learnings to support your lifelong professional formation
        • The People

          (under construction)

          PEOPLE competencies include business development, character (accountability, common sense, integrity, professionalism, resilience, work ethic), collaboration, communication (active listening, conflict resolution, interviewing, managing change, speaking/writing persuasively), creative problem-solving, emotional intelligence (empathy, self-awareness, self-regulation), entrepreneurial mindset (adaptability, proactive problem-solving, taking initiative, strategic planning, curiosity), human-centered design, leadership, relationship management (feedback, coaching)

          Read

          • Emotional Agility (book)
          • Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More than IQ (book)
          • Fierce Conversations: achieving success at work and in life one conversation at a time (book)
          • HBR's 10 Must-Reads on Collaboration (collection of articles)
          • HBR's 10 Must-Reads on Communication (collection of articles)
          • HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations (book)
          • Insight: the surprising truth about how others see us, how we see ourselves, and why the answers matter more than we think (book)
          • Mastering Collaboration: Make Working Together Less Painful and More Productive (book)
          • No One Understands You (and what to do about it) (book)
          • Reinforcements: How to Get People to Help You (book)
          • Soft Skills for the Effective Lawyer (book)
          • Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard (Book)

          Listen

          • Disrupt Yourself Podcast with Whitney Johnson (podcast)
          • Worklife with Adam Grant (podcast)

          Watch

          • 10 Ways to Have a Better Conversation (TED Talk)
          • Don't fail fast — fail mindfully (TED Talk)
          • The gift and power of emotional courage (TED Talk)
          • How to ask for help — and get a yes (TED Talk)
          • How to disagree productively and find common ground (TED Talk)
          • How miscommunication happens (and how to avoid it) (TED Talk)
          • Increase your self-awareness with one simple fix (TED Talk)
          • Process feedback with a strainer, not a sponge (TED Talk)

          Do

          • Emotional Intelligence (EI) Assessments via Daniel Goleman (assessments)
          • Foundations of Positive Psychology Specialization (University of Pennsylvania via Coursera, online course)
          • Hello Design Thinking (IDEO, online course)
          • Impactful Presentations (IDEO, online course)
          • Passport to Practice (virtual bootcamp for law students + lawyers)
          • VIA Character Strengths Survey (assessment)

        • The Process

          (under construction)

          PROCESS competencies include business development, business fundamentals, data analytics, data security, human-centered design, process selection/design/improvement, project management, and technology fluency.

           

          Read

          • Emotional Agility (book)
          • Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More than IQ (book)
          • Fierce Conversations: achieving success at work and in life one conversation at a time (book)
          • HBR's 10 Must-Reads on Collaboration (collection of articles)
          • HBR's 10 Must-Reads on Communication (collection of articles)
          • HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations (book)
          • Insight: the surprising truth about how others see us, how we see ourselves, and why the answers matter more than we think (book)
          • Mastering Collaboration: Make Working Together Less Painful and More Productive (book)
          • No One Understands You (and what to do about it) (book)
          • Reinforcements: How to Get People to Help You (book)
          • Soft Skills for the Effective Lawyer (book)
          • Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard (Book)

          Listen

          • Disrupt Yourself Podcast with Whitney Johnson (podcast)
          • Worklife with Adam Grant (podcast)

          Watch

          • 3 ways to spot a bad statistic (TED Talk)
          • Human-centered design (TED Talk)
          • The beauty of data visualization (TED Talk)

          Do

          • Introduction to Computer Science for Lawyers (Harvard edX)
          • Data Analysis and Presentation Skills: the PwC Approach (PwC via Coursera, online course)
          • Data Analytics Boot Camp (Vanderbilt University, online course)
          • Design a Business (IDEO, online course)
          • Document Automation Using Documate (Udemy, online course)
          • Finance for Nonfinance Professionals (Rice University via Coursera, online course)
          • Introduction to Data Analytics for Business + Advanced Business Analytics for Business (University of Colorado at Boulder via Coursera, online course)
          • Six Sigma Principles + Six Sigma Green Belt (University of Georgia via Coursera, online course)

        • The Practice

          (under construction)

          PRACTICE competencies include case analysis, case framing, issue-spotting, legal analysis, legal judgment, legal research, legal writing, and subject matter expertise.

           

          Read

          • Typography for Lawyers (website and book)

          Listen

          • Coming Soon

          Watch

          • Coming soon

          Do

          • Drafting Clearer Contracts: Masterclass (Ken Adams, online course)

        • Check out the rest of the toolkit.

          PLAYBOOKS
          COACHING

        Contact Us                       

        Alyson Carrel

        a-carrel@law.northwestern.edu

        Cat Moon

        c.moon@vanderbilt.edu

         

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