Workers would like to use more of their creative skills, survey says
Sixty-three per cent of Britons wish they were in a career where they could make…
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Social media as powerful method of learning – the evidence
Editor’s note: Great article from Donald Clark on the power of social media as a learning tool.
Robert Waldinger: What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness
Editor’s note: Great video sharing insights from research spanning 80 years into the health and happiness of hundreds of men. The conclusion: happiness comes with good relationships.
Too good to be forgotten – why institutional memory matters
Editor’s note: This article looks at organisational ‘memory’ and the need for organisations to be able to facilitate knowledge exchange between older and younger workers. Not a revolutionary idea but one that becomes more pressing as people stay in post for less time.
The Industries That Are Being Disrupted the Most by Digital
Editor’s note: Not many surprises here in terms of what sectors are experiencing the most disruption. The article has a useful take on how companies can respond in the face of this disruption.
How to Better Invest Our Time
Editor’s note: When we have precious little time, why don’t we allocate it to the things that are our future? We tend to allocate time to what we do well and that can be a problem, says Herminia Ibarra, professor of organisational behaviour at INSEAD.
Device Agnostic Learning Design: Are You a Believer? Curated #chat2lrn tweets
Here are our edited highlights of the Chat2lrn Twitter chat on device agnostic learning design.…
Red Panda and HT2’s vision for personalised learning
HT2, the makers of the social learning platform Curatr and learning record store, Learning Locker,…
How do YOU learn at work?
Editor’s note: I liked this diagram, which tells the story of the myriad ways in which L&D professionals learn at work. Hold this up against how your organisation currently delivers learning and see where the gaps are.
This Googler Explains How To Design Your Time Rather Than Manage It
Editor’s note: If you like quadrants, you’ll like this. A simple approach to managing your tasks and which one enables you to prioritise doing more of the tasks you enjoy. However, to makes this work you will need to say no to things.
Work in the Future Will Fall into These 4 Categories
Editor’s note: Whether you agree with the assertion of the article or not, I thought the five forces of change impacting on organisations are useful for reference especially the impact of the increasingly connected world on learning.
How to supercharge the way you learn
Editor’s note: Although more education focused, this article gives some good insights into the science of learning, especially remembering information.
The Smarter Screen
Editor’s note: This looks like a very interesting read on how to influence online behaviours – a key to designing online learning experiences I would think.
10 ‘personalised’ learning ideas
Editor’s note: Some good examples here of what personalised learning is or could be. And with AI it can scale.
Will the End of Moore’s Law Halt Computing’s Exponential Rise?
Editor’s note: Moore’s Law has been mentioned a lot at learning conferences. But has it had its day? This article looks at some limitations to our technology (processors) that might suggest Moore’s Law is coming to an end.