Editor’s note: This is a well balanced and researched analysis of the 70:20:10 model of learning from an L&D practitioner. Whether the ‘model’ works or useful for corporate learning is still still up for debate.
Editor’s note: Really interesting article on why we need to learn creative skills as cognitive computing starts to take over more routine cognitive tasks in the workplace.
Editor’s note: Research suggests that ‘sleeping on it’ can help solve more complex problems.
Editor’s note: I like the term ‘tempered radical’, a person who is an outsider within an organisation and who challenges the status quo through their everyday behaviours.
Editor’s note: Seems to men there is much scope for innovating the humble meeting. These companies seem to be doing. Time to be bold and make meetings more worthwhile!
Editor’s note: I’m fascinated by how data can help teams become more effective. Here’s how a small football team is doing just that.
Editor’s note: Ambiverts are somewhere between being introverts and extroverts. That means they can be very adaptable.
Editor’s note: Have we got testing all wrong? Research suggests we should be using it as a tool to help retrieve information, not as a tool to help trip us up.
Editor’s note: A simple way to break down evidence-based decision making here. I like the assumption that senior executives are paid to make decisions, so it follows they should know how to make good ones.
Editor’s note: Collecting the right data in the first place is going to be a key challenge for L&D professionals looking to build an evidence-based approach. Andy Wooler describes how his organisation is approaching the challenge.
Editor’s note: The Towards Maturity Benchmark 2015 is now open and is an opportunity for organisations to reflect on their L&D activities and compare what they do against peers and top learning companies in their sector. This piece sets the context around the need for an evidence-based approach to L&D.
Editor’s note: OK, so this was written by one half of the LearnPatch team, but I still think there are some useful insights here from L&D practitioners.
Editor’s note: Evidence needn’t just apply to your own L&D initiatives, it can equally be applied to the theories that permeate L&D. Donald Taylor makes this point well and urges all L&D professionals to put evidence before learning myths.
Editor’s note: Research into networks shows how ideas spread. Some good insights here into how groups affect the sharing of information across a network.
Editor’s note: This article opens with a sobering statement, “With at least a fifth of Britain’s population lacking the skills required to use the internet.” It goes on to look at how adults are learning online. Clearly technology opens many doors to learning and this piece shows that – and that many adults are lacking in the skills needed to use the web.