Editor’s note: I’m getting increasingly interested in the future of work and how jobs are changing and the knock-on effect this will have on economies and ultimately society. This might seem like a slightly left-field line of inquiry for L&D. But is it? L&D needs to be thinking about how jobs are changing. And maybe we also need to call out jobs that aren’t required, as anthropology professor David Graeber suggests.
Editor’s note: This counter-intuitive data shows online education in the US may have plateaued. But aren’t institutions and vendors looking at a future in which online education continues to grow and grow? Fascinating stuff. Thanks to Nick Shackleton-Jones for sharing.
Editor’s note: Thanks to the CIPD’s Ruth Stuart for sharing this link to research that shows drawing can help you learn. There are lots of caveats that come with the research but it seems acting on information you consume – be it talking about it or drawing – helps it sink in.
Editor’s note: I thought this short list of trends touched on some of the more significant changes that technology is enabling in organisations and public life generally. In particular, it will be fascinating to see what the Uber effect has on the way organisations and economies work.
Editor’s note: Another article that shows that the idea we have learning styles is not based on any evidence. The idea just won’t go away and many learning professionals continue to hold on to it. Why is that?
Editor’s note: Society ‘is increasingly being divided between people who have money but no time and people who have time but no money. The on-demand economy provides a way for these two groups to trade with each other.’ This line sums up the article, which explores how the on-demand economy will impact all of us – whether we work in it it now or not.
Editor’s note: Thanks to Julian Staddon for pointing us to this review of using Facebook Groups as a part of a college course. This is useful if you want to use Facebook Groups but also useful for highlighting why using tech such as this does and does not work for people.
Editor’s note: TED Talks speakers share the books that are in their domain that are worth reading. This looks like an amazing reading list covering creativity, design, happiness and much more . . .
Why do negative comments and #conversations stick with us so much longer than positive ones?…
Editor’s note: A smallish survey from the ASTD finds that organisations are failing to effectively incorporate coaching into talent development. This is surprising as coaching is seen by many organisations as a critical people development tool.
Editor’s note: Longer hours equal lower productivity. So why do we believe the opposite?
Editor’s note: We like this manifesto from Tom Peters. it reads more like a list of things to do and ways of being if you want to succeed. A great read on both a personal and professional/organisational level.
Editor’s note: This article shouts out why L&D professionals need to be on top of developments in the cognitive sciences. Otherwise, how can we be sure what’s called out as being phoney is actually phoney?
Here are our curated tweets from the Chat2lrn Twitter chat on the learned helplessness of…
Editor’s note: This research analyses Twitter data to understand what drives behaviour on Twitter and in particular what really drives retweets, favorites, and replies.