Editor’s note: This blog post was produced to celebrate the 100th episode of the TED Radio Hour podcast. It covers a range of interviews about how we can improve ourselves. Topics covered include unconscious bias, mental and emotional health.
Editor’s note: This feels like the conversation that needs to be had about AI. Are we conceiving it in the wrong way? Does this piece go to prove that AI will never match human creativity?
Editor’s note: This piece will help you understand how a randomised controlled trial works and how it stacks up against a purely observational analysis approachto data. The fact that the subject of the research is wellness programmes makes it more interesting. Fascinating and eye-opening stuff.
Editor’s note: Analyst Josh Bersin weighs into the debate about curation in learning. In this piece he poses some useful questions. There is still a long way to go to understand how curation can have real impact in organisational learning.
Editor’s note: Author Scott Berkun analyses the types of mistakes we make and how we can learn from them. There’s some great analysis here as well as practical tips on investigating a mistake and how to use that knowledge to do things differently. I like his emphasis on the role of humour.
Editor’s note: André Spicer, a professor at the Cass Business School in London, warns that organisations with flat structures are run on more hidden power structures.
Editor’s note: Some interesting thoughts on LinkedIn Learning from analyst Josh Bersin. LinkedIn could be well placed to deliver learning in the flow of work via Microsoft tools. What I don’t understand is the growth in video courses. I thought we were moving to a resources-first approach.
Editor’s note: This meta-analysis of research studies shows that perceptions of justice in managerial behavior are associated with higher employee performance. The article looks at what links justice to performance and how you can introduce the concept into your organisation.
Editor’s note: What is the role of L&D? How should learning teams organise themselves and what should they deliver? Some useful thoughts from Nick-Shackleton, Director, Learning & Performance Innovation at PA Consulting Group.
Editor’s note: Fiona Leteney and David Perring from analysts Fosway Group discuss what digital transformation means for learning teams. Clue: focus on the business need first, technology second.
Editor’s note: Ofcom has just produced its first annual report into consumer audio and visual consumption in the UK. This report shows how the media landscape is changing and how people consume the media.
Editor’s note: In a recent Thinking Environment workshop I was struck by an anecdote from our facilitator Meg Peppin about how starting a meeting with sharing what’s been going well completely changed the course and outcome of the meeting she was facilitating. Looking at this small piece of research, I wonder if we need to help colleagues focus more on what’s going well and noting that down.
Editor’s note: Might there be parallels between education technology and corporate learning technology? This article flags the issue of technology taking education down a bit of a rabbit hole. The issue of who owns the technology and data is becoming increasingly contentious in education. Are their parallels here with corporate learning? Do you get what you need from vendors? Or are you having to accept what they say you need?
Editor’s note: This longer read looks at the role psychologist Pippa Grange has had in the success of the England football team. There are some great take-aways here for anyone managing and/or developing teams.
Editor’s note: I’ve been enjoying how England football manager Gareth Southgate has been conducting himself during the course of the world cup. He looks to me to be displaying a lot of emotional intelligence. How do you and your team stack up on EI?