Mindfulness helps us understand our true personalities, study says
Editor’s note: Study says mindfulness is the best way to really know ourselves.
Browsing: Curated
ABC: 10 reasons NOT to create a course and 10 other options
Editor’s note: Jane Hart explores the problems inherent with creating elearning courses and offers some alternatives to support learning.
The questionable Myers-Briggs test
Editor’s note: It is a $20m a year industry and it is harmless and potentially useful if you’re aware of its limitations. But organisations still use the MBTI as if it were infallible. Why?
Study reveals the workforce is not innovative enough
Editor’s note: Research shows that employees feel they are good at doing what they are told. But is this good enough for businesses looking to grow and innovate? Doing a task and seeing possibilities beyond that task could be very powerful.
Lady sings the blues
Editor’s note: An interview with Alex Watson, a senior manager for Lloyds Register in London and lead singer of soul group Bastedo. Where does music and business cross over and what can they learn from each other?
What does ‘LMS’ mean today?
Editor’s note: The Learning and Performance Institute’s Donald Taylor reflects on the role of the learning management system and what tools learners and learning professionals need to support learning.
How corporate learning drives competitive advantage
Editor’s note: Analyst Josh Bersin looks at how learning strategy can impact business performance – he also talks through the Bersin maturity model for corporate learning.
State of the Nation 2013 finds businesses should retain and train for future success
Editor’s note: Research into skills in the UK’s tourism and hospitality sector shows leadership is number one requirement.
The School of Open launches its first courses
Editor’s note: Another EU initiative worth a look – the School of Open now offers courses on the meaning, application, and impact of “openness” in the digital age.
Consumer Classroom: new consumer education website for teachers
Editor’s note: The European Commission has launched Consumer Classroom – a new website for teachers providing quality teaching resources and interactive tools – a useful resource.
7 years later, another look at Twitter
Editor’s note: To mark Twitter’s birthday this week, this article looks at the early days, where the service is now and what the future holds.
Social Learning: from theory to practice
Editor’s note: Julian Stodd explores the realities of putting social learning into practice. I enjoyed this line: ‘In social learning, it’s not so much the outcomes of the conversations that we are interested in, but rather the conversation itself: the narrative that we build that shows where we agree, where we disagree and how we resolved it. It’s the thought process itself as much as the story that counts.’
10 apps to increase your HR work productivity
Editor’s note: A two-part article including useful tools for working on secure documents whilst outside the firewall.
Microsoft plays up new Office collaboration tools to boost Windows 8
Editor’s note: Microsoft hopes that collaboration tools built into Office 2013 will give enterprise customers reason to also adopt Windows 8.
Demand Media acquires CreativeBug in e-learning push
Editor’s note: Interesting to see the types of companies moving into the elearning space. Demand Media was built on content marketing, for example.