The tragedy of L&D
Editor’s note: Provocative post from BP’s Nick Shackleton-Jones on where L&D is going wrong, and continues to go wrong.
Yearly Archives: 2013
View to a skill: The next big education player?
Editor’s note: Bringing skills to the masses, and successfully so. Could this be an answer to developing skills in the workplace?
Our digital lives
Editor’s note: A fantastic resource of 10 videos that get under the skin of how we lead our digital lives. Thanks to @dsmith_tmaw for sharing.
Interactive video: the next big thing in mobile
Editor’s note: If you are an eLearning Guild member you can see all of this article, if not you get a taster for why interactive video could be a game changer for learning content. Rather than consume you interact.
Personnel Today Awards 2013 shortlists: Learning and Development
Editor’s note: Profiles of L&D teams shortlisted in this year’s Personnel Today Awards – always good to see how organisations are approaching L&D.
Should there be a growing sense of urgency in L&D?
Is L&D behind the times? Does it need to rethink how it does what it…
The credibility I lack, and my ability to sneak around it!
Editor’s note: An uplifting blog post from an (anonymous) L&D practitioner which touches on class and overcoming personal hurdles. Thanks to @andrewjacobsld for sharing.
Worth not birth: why the workplace is going backwards in class equality
Editor’s note: Thanks to the anonymous L&D blogger (mentioned in another link) for pointing to this piece on class and social mobility in the workplace. Unfortunately, it is live and well and having a detrimental on business.
How to start using data and evidence in HR
Editor’s note: Some practical steps to data reporting in HR. Remember: collect what you can usefully analyse.
Now Facebook can see inside your heart, too
Editor’s note: Facebook’s data-science team teases out who is romantically involved with whom by examining link structures.
State of the American workplace: employee engagement insights for US business leaders
Editor’s note: Big, and ongoing, research by Gallup into the US workplace. This research shows that poor managers continue to be a costly thorn in the side of organisations.
Video of the week: Donald Taylor on the future of learning
The Charity Learning Consortium Expert series features a range of L&D thinkers talking through hot…
Institute of Digital Marketing: resources
Editor’s note: A range of free resources from the Institute of Digital Marketing – well worth a look for seeing what the marketing community is discussing.
How might we inspire young people to cultivate their creative confidence?
Editor’s note: So this is what stifles creativity in school children (according to the children themselves). I thought this would look remarkably similar to a list created by adults.
The secret to building dream teams
Editor’s note: How Reebok uses technology to match candidate behaviours to roles and how this informs hiring and career development.