Why conversations are often so boring
Editor’s note: We think we are good at them but how good are we really? Provocative look at conversations and how we might improve them.
Browsing: Curated
Nudge economics: has push come to shove for a fashionable theory?
Editor’s note: nudging and behavioural economics or heuristics? Great piece on the potential shortcomings of the work championed by Daniel Kahneman.
40 maps that explain the internet
Editor’s note: Despite the US focus, this is a useful way of showing how the internet has grown and penetrated in to different areas of our lives.
Why training has been our best investment
Editor’s note: Great story of how a manufacturing company developed its own inhouse training academy and why it is so important to the company 12 years on.
Putting social media to work
Editor’s note: Analysis of the CIPD’s latest research of the use of social media tools within organisations. Interesting to see the benefits these tools are bringing to organisations.
A critique of “Don’t fuck up the culture”
Editor’s note: I like this idea of the CEO as chief culture officer – they have the power to hire, fire and reward and set the core values too. They have a lot of power, but how that power is distributed is what matters.
Neuro-linguistic programming – the 1970s neurobollocks that just refuses to die
Editor’s note: After an interesting #ldinsight Twitter chat on L&D theories, I thought this would be a good share. It would seem that L&D holds on to ‘theories’ that have little evidence base. Whether or not NLP has worked for you, your colleagues, your customers, the profession needs to be aware of its efficacy.
How champions are made
Editor’s note: Author of Bounce Matthew Sayed on why champions are made, not simply the result of ‘natural abilities’.
Left to our own devices
Editor’s note: Really enjoyed this look at how our relationship with technology is evolving and how that impacts on the relationships we have with others.
How to take notes you will remember
Editor’s note: Why do we recall hand-written notes better than those written on a laptop? Research reveals all . . .
Everything you’ve ever been told about how you learn is a lie
Editor’s note: Three popular myths about how we learn debunked.
NYT innovation report 2014
Editor’s note: The internal report from The New York Times’s new ideas task force on how the paper could/should innovate in the digital era.
Strategic principles for competing in the digital age
Editor’s note: McKinsey researchers examine the impact of the digital revolution on businesses and their markets.
32 tools providers discuss their favorite social media software
Editor’s note: Great list of tools for managing your social media efforts (and that will help save you time).
Lessons from MOOCs for corporate learning
Editor’s note: Towards Maturity’s latest report lifts the lid on how corporates are using – and plan to use – massive open online courses.