Biography

Neil LaChapelle (aka "HiredEd") is an instructional designer who has participated in the launch of two private online universities in Canada: Lansbridge University and the University of Fredericton. He is currently a Learning Development Specialist at the Cooperators General Insurance Company based in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. He also has a private consulting practice which has largely focused on e-learning intiatives related to the work of the Adizes Institute in Carpinteria, California.
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Neil has had involvement in the film industry, with strengths in directing, film editing and story doctoring/script editing (basically, all the big-picture/high-level design-decision stuff...). He is also the author of a book: "The Judgment is the Mirror: A self-help book disguised as poetry" - available for purchase (print version) or free download (pdf version) at http://stores.lulu.com/lachapelle.
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Neil has a BA in Philosophy and a Certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language from Carleton University, Canada (having taught in Brno, Czech Rep. and Kwangju, S. Korea). His main philosophical interests are (alas) not conventional subdisciplines of philosophy. They include business philosophy, intellectual consilience, personal ethics (intellectual and general), the "clash of civilizations" /cross-cultural philosophy, philosophical outreach (teaching critical thinking skills to the general public), and the revitalization of progressive politics along the lines initiated by George Lakoff and the Rockridge Institute. Some of Neil's work grounds itself in the conviction that academic philosophy has lost its love for the kinds of wisdom most people really need, and that important themes for philosophical attention can be discovered in popular sources such as the general self-help press and the business self-help/professional-development press. (aka "How to scuttle your academic career...")
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Neil thinks a lot, reads a *lot*, and ruminates a lot... which inevitably means that when he writes, he writes a lot (though less often). This makes him a long-form blogger, rather than a rapid-fire one. Just so you know... or perhaps that suspicion is already starting to dawn on you!