Title: Mindshifting - learning to shift out of the mindsets that hold us back
MindShifting is the practice of learning to shift out of the mindsets that hold us back — like fear, self-doubt, or the instinct to fight, flee, or freeze — and into three powerful capacities: Resourcefulness, Resilience, and Collaboration. These aren’t just buzzwords; they’re evidence-based mindsets that have been studied, tested, and proven to support personal and professional success.
Location: Larchmont, New York, USA
Creative Experience
Over the past 7 years, Mitch has been accumulating research and practices about how people make sense of situations, how they can make better decisions, and how they can maintain flexibility and resourcefulness in the face of opposition or obstacles. He has created three Mindshifting courses from this material, but the question arose, was there a more engaging or fun way to learn the material than to participate in a class.
From this thought came three ideas:
1. How would people react to a book?
2. Could these concepts be taught in a game?
3. Could an online course with AI coach interactions be productive?
That’s what is unfolding now. The first book, MindShifting: Stop Your Brain from Sabotaging Your Happiness and Success is published and available on Amazon. People are reporting that they have been able to use it to slay their personal demons.
Speaking of demons, there is a role-playing game that takes place in a Medieval village where you are called upon to battle a dragon, plus other challenges. This game requires a minimum of 12 people and takes about 4 hours, while participants learn and try 12 different problem-solving techniques to jointly devise solutions. Do you think you can overcome conflicts, keep the village safe, and still be able to talk to your teammates at the end of the game?
Coming in August is a full online course with over 40 AI interactive coaching activities that will walk you through using MindShifting techniques in your own challenges. Change your mindset to think more creatively, innovate when you might have frozen in the past, and embrace failure.
Biography and links
Mitch’s goal is to grow a critical mass of people who live happy, productive lives, who are resilient and resourceful in the face of obstacles, adversaries, and unintended outcomes.
From 1981 through 2000, Mitch founded and ran Personal Computer Learning Centers of America, training adults in the use of computers, growing the company to over 130 employees.
Mitch Weisburgh cofounded Academic Business Advisors in 2005, which helped organizations make a difference and reach more students in US schools. He has started various nonprofit organizations in education such as Games4Ed and Edchat Interactive. Mitch’s book, MindShifting: Stop Your Brain from Sabotaging Your Happiness and Success came out in December, 2024, and focuses on techniques to change from mindsets that hold us back to ones that propel us forward. Since 2018, Mitch has been creating content and teaching MindShifting and Sensemaking and has started a Mindshifting Community for educators. Mitch writes a newsletter at MindShifting Educators about ways to inspire the mind to learn.
MindShifting with Mitch website: https://www.mindshiftingwithmitch.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mweisburgh/
- Mayor's Gallery, Las Vegas, US (Work on display: IRL)
- The Hive, Worcestershire, UK (Work on display: VR gallery)
- RSA House, London, UK (Work on display: VR gallery)