Editor’s note: This article takes a look at how Nestle introduced Workplace by Facebook to its 320,000 employees. Testing it out on a small group and creating personas based on how they used the platform helped the company launch it succesfully across the whole business.
Editor’s note: Jane Hart has published her 13th annual list of the top 200 tools used by learning professionals. This is a useful list for seeing what tools your peers are using and what new tools are on the scene. The top five tools tend to stay the same year yo year.
Editor’s note: What is psychological well-being? What’s its history in organisations? What are the myths around the concept? And is more of it a good thing? This video reveals all.
Editor’s note: This is an excellent read on growth mindset and learning and teaching in general. The article also makes a good point about the challenges of turning psychological theory into educational practice. A cautionary tale for L&D.
Editor’s note: According to this research of 1,000 executives, the skills in greatest demand, but hardest to find, are adaptability, communication and analytics. Can the same be said of your organisation?
Editor’s note: The Learning and Performance Institute has shared some insights from its Capability Map, a tool L&D teams and professionals use to identify skills gaps. It’s fascinating to see the top and bottom five skills . . .
Editor’s note: Here’s an interesting viewpoint on why the US intelligence agency miscalculated the threat of al-Qaeda. The reason? Lack of diversity in the CIA.
Editor’s note: This is a useful resource on upskilling from PWC. As well as articles and insights on the subject, it also includes research into employees’ views on the future skills they will need.
Editor’s note: This article is a few years old, which shows that this topic has been a challenge for organisations for quite some time. As employee experience rises up the organisational agenda, so employers will need to be able to encourage and support employees in airing their views. This article shows you how.
Editor’s note: Newsletters are a great way to share insights and success stories from the L&D team. Here are some tips to help you create communications that will catch the eye.
Editor’s note: There are some simple tips here to help take better images. The tip on exposure is useful – have you tried it?
Editor’s note: Is this something you could do in your organisation? This is a set of stories of how people are developing solutions to common problems. Short, simple videos explain what they have done.
Editor’s note: This short article shares the concepts that underpin action learning and how the process works. If you don’t already use this method then it is worth investigating, especially for challenges that do not have immediate answers.
Editor’s note: In recent years Microsoft has become an incredibly successful company. A part of its success is the leadership of CEO Satya Nadella and his focus on learning.
Editor’s note: Researchers have replicated some of the experiment that showed 10,000 hours of practice is enough to make someone expert at a skill, the idea popularised by Malcolm Gladwell. It turns out that other factors as well as practice are also at play in order to become an elite performer.