“With vast swaths of the globe under social distancing restrictions, networking may be the furthest thing from your mind. But just because you can’t connect in person doesn’t mean your business relationships have to languish.” Many professional networking events are now online, but there is now an opportunity for L&D folk to create online company […]

Is there a way to rewire your brain to transform the fear of the unknown and self-loathing of mistakes into real learning and wisdom? Photo credit: HR Examiner “Being able to remember stuff is not so important any more. Most of the world’s knowledge is a google search away. What we need to know is […]

‘True learning cultures, defined by CEB as “a culture that supports an open mindset, an independent quest for knowledge, and shared learning directed toward the mission and goals of the organization,” are still the exception rather than the norm. Recent research found that only 10% of organizations have managed to create them, with just 20% of employees […]

PowerPoint is ubiquitous! In fact it was the Top Tool for Workplace Learning in 2019. But in a Fast Company article, 

“Highbrow teaches you something new every day. As you sip your morning coffee and rub the sleep from your eyes, Highbrow delivers a short, 5-minute email lesson to help you learn anything from art and philosophy, to business and personal development. Lessons are delivered one-at-a-time, for 10 days, and are followed by fun, knowledge-testing quizzes […]

“Microsoft Teams adoption is exploding. It is perfect for these times, when so many of us now work in distributed teams (aka remote). It is an easy way to access our files, our colleagues and manage our day-to-day work. Using Teams as we adjust to remote working gives us a huge opportunity to ditch some […]

This is one of my favourite “learning games” – i.e. a simulation with added gaming elements (goals, rules, challenge and interaction). It’s the Blood Typing Game, and it helps students learn about blood transfusions by showing what happens if you give someone a blood transfusion with the wrong blood type. You can play it below. Please note you will […]

Understanding what motivates people at work has always been a complex task, but Dan Pink explains how 4 decades of research show human motivation comes from three elements: Autonomy, Mastery and Purpose in this RSA Animation. Dan’s book Drive would  also be a valuable read. “Most people believe that the best way to motivate is with rewards like […]

A MIT Sloan Review article, Now Is the Time to Reconnect With Your Dormant Social Network, states “The current crisis presents an opportunity to reconnect with people we have lost touch with or who are physically distant as we experience the same uncertainties.” It explains that “… stuck at home is also the perfect opportunity to reawaken […]

“Instructables is a platform for you to share what you make through words, photos, video and files. From a one step recipe to a 100 step jet engine build, everyone has something to share.” Instructables focuses on sharing inductions for craft, cooking and living projects, but the principle behind the site is easy as this […]