5 tools that deliver smarter productivity and collaboration
Editor’s note: A useful list that includes: Loosecubes, Treehouse, Trello, Lift.do and Fonolo.
Browsing: Curated
Left brain right brain illustration
Editor’s note: A bit of graphic fun for a Tuesday morning with this cartoon of what the left and right side of our brain provide us with.
From training to performance to social
Editor’s note: Slide deck from Harold Jarche that takes the journey from training to social learning. Packed with useful slides.
#learninglive notes – business value of a high-impact learning culture
Editor’s note: Review of David Mallon’s session at Learning Live in which he talked through Bersin & Associate’s research into what makes a high-impact learning culture.
Ready to learn? Brain scans can tell you
Editor’s note: Researchers have shown that activity in the brain’s parahippocampal cortex predicts how well people will remember a visual scene.
The workplace of 2025 will be wherever you want it
Editors note: ‘Because of greater connectivity and hugely dispersed workforces, we’ll mimic the organised chaos of a bee or ant colony.’ Interesting research to keep you awake at night – what’s the impact for L&D?
Paul Harris on how children learn from others
Editor’s note: A short article introducing Paul Harris’s book Trusting What You’re Told: How Children Learn from Others. ‘Children recognize early on that other people are an excellent source of information. And so they ask questions. But youngsters are also remarkably discriminating as they weigh the responses they elicit,’ says Harris.
Can ethnography save enterprise social networking?
Editor’s note: An in-depth look at why designing enterprise social software for humans and human interaction is key to getting colleagues to start using such tools. As the author says, ‘we need to do a much better job at understanding the cultural context in which people work and how “work” fits into a broader social context’.
Time to think differently about HR software . . . maybe
Editor’s note: Thought-provoking review of the recent Salesforce conference. How much longer can we continue to buy and use enterprise software in siloed business functions?
Digital natives, millennials and myths
Editor’s note: In this post, Andy Tedd shares all the links to research he mentioned in his Learning Live conference session. There is a lot of research here that is useful for understanding myths around millennials in the workplace.
Significant learning
Editor’s note: A new label? This article defines significant learning as a fundamental, lasting change in thinking, behavior and capability leading to personal transformation and discusses how this works based on years of work in change management.
Simple rules, complex behaviours: gamification and learning
Editor’s note: Do gamification techniques reinforce a simplistic, behavioural approach to learning? In his article, Ben Betts says complex behaviours grow out of simple rules. Find out what those rules are and engage people with the principles to reap great results.
This is your brain on Jane Austen, and researchers at Stanford are taking notes
Editor’s note: Researchers are looking into the effects on the brain of reading Jane Austen. The experiment focuses on literary attention, or more specifically, the cognitive dynamics of the different kinds of focus we bring to reading.
Mixed skillsets produce great infographics
Editor’s note: Interesting look into the skills required to create effective infographics. This article also provides insights into what makes a great infographic as well as a look at the creative process.
Research seeks to separate learning wheat from chaff
Editor’s note: Developing senior leaders can be a costly business so what actually works? Research shows only a small proportion of executive development activities are likely to drive meaningful results.