Editor’s note: Great piece on performance and big data and why organisations need to factor in qualitative data to ensure the quirks and realities of human behaviour are captured and related to performance.
Editor’s note: Says the author, ‘In the current media environment, a list is perfectly designed for our brain. We are drawn to it intuitively, we process it more efficiently, and we retain it with little effort.’ A great piece on why we love lists.
Editor’s note: Interesting piece on why you should take breaks between doing mentally and physically demanding tasks. Put simply, you body (and brain) needs time to recharge otherwise it becomes less effective.
Editor’s note: COPD research shows the extent to which employers are linking up with schools to help reduce the UK’s high level of youth unemployment.
In this short TEDx talk, Siemens shares his thinking on education and connectivism.
Here our my edited tweets from the chat2lrn Twitter chat on putting #technology in the…
Editor’s note: This is what consumers do with tech. They are employees too so these trends are definitely worth a look.
Editor’s note: Great article looking at the value of employees that can be tapped by cloud, mobile and social technology. Organisations focus on how to engage customers around this and now it is time to do the same for employees – they have the technology.
Editor’s note: Twitter’s end of year round-up is worth looking around (there is plenty of it). Great example of how to present data as well as to see what people have been talking about on a global level.
Editor’s notes: Codecademy is trying out apps to help people learn to code. An interesting space which is worth watch. What could corporates help colleagues learn in less than hour on a phone?
Editor’s note: There is no science behind this list but that doesn’t take away from the fact this is a great list of business practitioners and thinkers. Start following now . . .
Editor’s note: The British Psychology Society recommends the best psychology books of the year.
Editor’s note: Lots of tools in here. They are slanted towards education but plenty that could be used in the corporate setting.
Editor’s note: This is school focused but a useful lens for looking at corporate learning. If school children were learning this way then imagine what corporate learning would become?
Editor’s note: It sounds like the stuff of Star Trek but telepresence tech is getting cheaper and browser-based, which will lead to lots more possibilities for virtual meetings.