How innovation nearly killed LEGO
Editor’s note: Interesting to see how Lego has failed in its varies attempts to innovate.
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Making better decisions over time
Editor’s note: The technique of deliberate practice can dramatically improve performance, but knowing its limits is as important as understanding its value. This article looks at how to make better decisions.
Noam Chomsky on technology and learning
Editor’s note: Noam Chomsky on technology and learning. Is technology just like a hammer? It is what you do with it that matters. This interview is worth five minutes of your time . . .
The Ignite LTS line-up
Editor’s note: If you are at Learning Technologies next week then check out the Ignite sessions in the exhibition hall. On each day there will be 30 minutes of rapid fire talks spanning a range of topics. Good fun. Hope to see you there as we are doing one!
To stop procrastinating, look to science of mood repair
Editor’s note: A look at the role of mood in procrastination and how changing one’s mood can enable people to tackle things more easily.
Social technologies: a catalyst to the practice of knowledge management
Editor’s note: Reflections on the role of social technologies in managing knowledge. Interesting ideas around how knowledge ‘works’.
Practical Ethnography
Editor’s note: This guide to ethnography looks like essential reading for L&D professionals. Are we alone in thinking that an understanding of ethnography is key to developing a learning organisation?
Could this app replace commenting on mobile devices?
Editor’s note: Reinventing performance feedback – this is the type of tool that could transform employee engagement.
Debunking the myth of the 10,000-hours rule: what it actually takes to reach genius-level excellence
Editor’s note: A great share from @c4lpt which digs into the idea that 10,000 hours of practice makes you a genius. Within that time you need to push yourself, try and fail.
How should we analyse our lives?
Editor’s note: Fascinating look at social physics, the collection of colleague ‘behaviour’ data and what this means for privacy.
Social media and social learning for learning professionals: resources shared at #ASTDLI
Editor’s note: Dave Kelly’s curated resources from the Long Island Chapter of ASTD session on Social Media and Social Learning for Learning Professionals.
Why cooperatives and cooperators outlast start-ups ?
Editor’s note: Cooperatives have performed well during the recession. They also have healthier workers. Why is that?
Salman Khan
Editor’s note: Interview with Salman Khan, who founded Khan Academy. You’ll learn more about what drives the man and his views on learning and education.
The one with the peer’s pressure
Editor’s note: Rob Jones poses a good question about digital skills and who, in senior positions, has them and what the role of HR should be in developing them.
Solving the right problem and finding your own solution: an interview with Don Norman
Editor’s note: If you are not familiar with the work of Don Norman, author of The Design of Everyday Things, then this is a good read. Norman shares his views design thinking and problem solving.