Ex-BBC HR Director Lucy Adams: ‘Stop spoon-feeding L&D’
Editor’s note: A short piece this but another reminder from a former senior HR director that the future of L&D will not be spoon-feeding training to colleagues.
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Are Apps The New Gurus? The Rise Of Self-Help Tech
Editor’s note: Something for L&D to be concerned with? Even more ways to get answers to questions at work . . .
The Surprising Benefits Of Gratitude
Editor’s note: Do we really need science to tell us why it is a good thing to be thankful for things? Well, there are good reasons for showing gratitude . . .
Why Walking Helps Us Think
Editor’s note: This is a great piece on why walking is great for thinking. A good reason to do more thinking then.
The Power of Self Reflection
Editor’s note: Stick with this piece on self-reflection as there are some good tips. In and amongst our busy lives, do we spend enough time taking stock of where we are at and where we are going?
The power of reflection at work
Editor’s note: Stop doing and start thinking a little bit more, says Giada Di Stefano, Professor of Strategy at HEC Paris. Some research and insights into the impact of reflection on productivity.
How to succeed with visual content, according to Instagram’s top creative
Editor’s note: Some good tips on how to use visual content from a marketing perspective.
How the Next Big Management Ideas Will Arise
Editor’s note: Context and how ideas and thinking are adopted and put into practice are what changes – management thinking not necessarily so.
L&D Enters the Age of Curation
Editor’s note: Good post on why L&D should be looking to curate information and why context, not content, is so important.
5 Trends That Will Change How Companies Use Social Media In 2016
Editor’s note: The CEO of Hootsuite, a social media management tool, says that in 2016 organisations will use their employees more to amplify their work – the technical term seems to be ’employee social advocacy’. Some interesting and realistic trends here.
CMI report urges employers to rethink digital learning
Editor’s note: Hot on the heels of the Good Practice research report into how managers learn comes this report on the same topic from the Chartered Management Institute. The findings suggest organisations must do better when it comes to designing digital learning experiences.
The Good Sides of Work
Editor’s note: I just love this list and think this is the way L&D should reframe what it does. This is the kind of aspirational work L&D does and this is how it needs to talk about it.
How Company Culture Shapes Employee Motivation
Editor’s note: This article makes the case for meaning and purpose at work and how they, along with play and potential, form the reasons why people work. if culture can maximise those elements, you will get more motivated staff.
Can Human-Centered Design Help Humans Prevail Over Machines In The Workplace?
Editor’s note: This concluding line sums up the thrust of this article: “It is high time to see ingenuity, craftsmanship, and connectivity as the critical differentiators, and move toward a future where we embrace and usher forward human-centered work.”
15 Research Tools and Resources For Presentations
Editor’s note: Some good tools and data points in here – useful for content curation too.