Interpretation – a crucial part of the L&D role
Editor’s note: LPI chairman Donald Taylor on the role of L&D in interpreting and framing information in the context of the organisation. This is where L&D can add value, he says.
Browsing: Curated
QuoTED 2013
Editor’s note: Wonderfully presented pictures and quotes from last week’s TED Conference.
40 best companies for leaders 2013
Editor’s note: Chief Executive magazine runs a list of the top 40 Best Companies for Leaders, which it has published here.
Intranet social features
Editor’s note: An indepth look at how organisations have used the social functions of intranets. There is a 217-page report to download should you want it. This article provides a good overview of the research findings.
News and updates from SXSWedu.com
Editor’s note: This week’s SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, features SXSWedu a part of the festival dedicated to education technology. The site provides festival updates.
Embracing complexity
Editor’s note: This interview with with Michael J. Mauboussin looks at how complex adaptive systems work and why businesses need to pay attention to complexity.
Improve your learning experiences
Editor’s note: The last in a fascinating series of articles by Andrew Jacobs on how his organisation has reinvented the L&D function. Jacobs has and is putting latest L&D thinking into practice and has shared the journey.
An autopsy of a dead social network
Editor’s note: Researchers examine the causes of the death of social networking platform Friendster. A network made of many people with only one or two friends is less resilient – if people start to leave then others are left with just one friend and tend to leave too.The cost-benefit ratio of being a part of the community is also critical the researchers say. (Thanks to @broadstuff for sharing)
Grand summary of posts on remote work and Yahoo
Editor’s note: Scott Berkun’s useful round-up of links to discussions and articles around Yahoo’s decision to stop employees working from home.
Badgestack is an open-source tool for gamifying learning
Editor’s note: An open source tool for providing badges to content which is Mozilla-compliant ie badges can be managed anywhere on the web.
What I learned at Yammer
Editor’s note: Insights into managing tech teams, trusting people to do a good job, managing holidays when you can have as much as you like and using Yammer.
Disruptive Heroes, Stefaan van Hooydonk
In this video, Stefaan van Hooydonk, head of Philips Lighting University at Philips Lighting, discusses how he ‘hacks’ corporate learning. Thanks for sharing @burrough
This is your brain on body language
Editor’s note: Research shows that body language can be seen as a set of innate biological responses that have evolved over time.
Human behaviour and innovation in the NHS
Editor’s note: A look at non-linera ways of developing innovation in the NHS – in particular the ‘double-beaded’ model which looks at these elements: alignment, additive, dynamic; and non-linear.
Engagement biggest priority for HR
Editor’s note: According to this survey of 300 HR pros, engagement, L&D and health and wellbeing are all priorities for the year ahead.