Sitting further away from your boss makes you a better worker, study suggests
Editor’s note: This research shows that a bit of physical space from the boss stops people aping bad behaviours. It also gives people freedom to think for themselves.
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Five tips for introducing mobile learning
Editor’s note: This practical piece gives some good context (growth of content on the web over the coming years and devices we will be using to interact with that content) and pragmatic advice on how to develop better mobile learning experiences.
What’s next for L&D?
Editor’s note: The Learning and Performance Institute’s Donald Taylor looks at the future of L&D and where he thinks the L&D leadership role exists in organisations.
How Brands Design Customer Experiences Of The Future
Editor’s note: This look at how customer experience is developing casts a light on what the employee experience might also look like – if we consider the two to mirror each other. What could/would the employee experience look like and what part will learning have in shaping that?
The secret learning life of managers
Editor’s note: GoodPractice has carried out deep, qualitative research into how managers and leaders learn. Great data here to help shape more compelling learning experiences.
You Can’t Learn Surgery By Watching
Editor’s note: This approach to learning looks fascinating. I like the idea of enabling discussion to help knowledge transfer in organisations vs independent consumption of content for learning.
Embracing Change: Improving Performance for Business, Individuals and the L&D Team
Editor’s note: This year’s Towards Maturity Benchmark Study is out. Plenty of data to pick over to see how organisations are using learning technologies as well as the impact it is having.
Customer Journey Mapping – the heart of Digital Transformation
Editor’s note: Two things on this 1) if you are interested in the employee experience then this is worth looking at – there is a lot to learn from customer experience and 2) shouldn’t learning initiatives be aligned to the customer journey anyway?
A gold-standard study on brain training
Editor’s note: This is a big study that shows the benefits of online ‘brain training’ exercises including improvements in everyday tasks, such as shopping, cooking and managing home finances.
A Guide To The Perfect Instagram
Editor’s note: Whether you use Instagram yourself or are helping colleagues or the organisation to use it, there are some great tips and tools here from an Instagram ‘star’.
Complete Beginner’s Guide to Interaction Design
Editor’s note: Is there, or should there be, a difference between instructional and interaction design. This is a great guide to interaction design.
Working Out Loud: Better For You, Better For The Firm
Editor’s note: An interview with Work out Loud advocate John Stepper that looks at the challenges and opportunities of working out loud in organisations.
Sharing, Gifting, and the Moral Evolution of the Social Web
Editor’s note: Some interesting thoughts on gifting versus sharing on the social web. Gifting is linked to reputation – does this connect employees to a better purpose around sharing knowledge?
Certificates, Reputation, and the Blockchain
Editor’s note: How MIT Media lab is using block chain technology to issue and store digital certificates.
The Ultimate Guide to Content Curation
Editor’s note: There are some good tips and tools mentioned in this practical guide to content curation.