Design thinking in learning
Editor’s note: Sally Spinks from design consultancy IDEO talks about design thinking and how it can be used for designing learning.
Browsing: Curated
Accenture builds proprietary platform IdeaHarvester for curation of employee ideas
Accenture is revving up its innovation engine in India with a series of initiatives as…
Guess Who Doesn’t Fit In at Work
Editor’s note: This is a great piece on why hiring for cultural fit is becoming the new form of discrimination. Hiring managers are recruiting people based on who they like, not what they will bring to the role.
How to Help Your Staff to Curate Content
Editor’s note: This article is good but only goes so far in explaining how to scale curation within the organisation. There are some useful tips here on when to post on social media and tools to use for collating internally curated content.
Leadership BS – why the leadership industry is a Ponzi scheme
Editor’s note: Donald Clark reviews Stanford Business School’s Professor Pfeffer’s book Leadership BS. It’s a great review of what looks like a must read if you have anything to do with leadership or leadership programmes.
2016 Internet Trends Report
Editor’s note: A great piece of research that shows the growth of the internet, technology trends and much more. Well worth a read.
MacArthur ‘Genius’ Angela Duckworth Responds To A New Critique Of Grit
Editor’s note: It would seem that having grit isn’t quite as important as you may have been led to believe. Interesting and useful critique of the work of Angela Duckworth.
Coming soon: express even more in 140 characters
Editor’s note: Twitter is making some changes that will make the service easier to use. Whether you are a novice or advanced user, these changes are worth noting. They will be coming into effect in the coming months.
Inside the Heads of UK Managers
Editor’s note: New research by GoodPractice reveals the challenges that managers find most difficult and frustrating. This is a good report to benchmark against. What are the challenges and frustrations of managers in your organisation?
The 2016 ATD International Conference Backchannel: Curated Resources #ATD2016
Editor’s note: A great piece of curation from David Kelly of all the resources shared at the annual ATD conference held in Denver this week. There are some great reads in here.
TED Studies
Editor’s note: TED Talks have been working on ways to make their 2,000-plus videos more accessible. TED Studies is an interesting approach that will resonate with L&D professionals. Look at what they include as their learning frame – an introductory essay on the topic, curated videos and a summary. There is also a licensed option. This approach could be taken by any organisation – using TED talks.
Matthew Syed: What doctors, pilots and F1 drivers can teach us about failure
Editor’s note: Good article on Matthew Syed’s thinking on growth mindsets and why a curious, experimentation approach trumps thinking you are perfect. Syed is the author of Blackbox Thinking.
Not Everyone Wants to Be the Boss
Editor’s note: Are non-hierarchical ways of working all they are cracked up to be? Seems that holocracy has its detractors and they tell us something about ‘flatter’ ways of working.
The Future of Work and Learning 2: Chatbots
Editor’s note: Interesting piece from Jane Hart on chatbots and how they could be used as a learning technology.
UX Reality Check: 14 Hard Truths About Users
Editor’s note: This is a really good read. before you design any online content or learning experience, make sure you think about all 14 points. It’s likely what you design as a result will be vastly more useful.