Does bigger data lead to better decisions?
Editor’s note: Think about the relationships between data and what they tells you, not just about the amount of data you collect.
Browsing: Curated
The top 10 workplace trends of 2013
Editor’s note: A big focus on freelance work in this list. Is it impacting your organisation in a big way? Useful to see a list that isn’t looking at tech.
Job satisfaction better than bonus, say employees
Editor’s note: Smallish survey of 1,000 employees which tells us that job satisfaction trumps reward – but the basic level reward has to be seen to be good as well.
The one with the lift and shift
Editor’s note: Rob Jones tells a good story. Here he looks at doing things differently – simple stuff really.
8 keys to a game-changing big data strategy
Editor’s note: This link was shared by @marcoable in yesterday’s #chat2lrn Twitter chat on big data. Worth a read for getting up to speed on some of the core issues around big data.
Liberating the literature: The social networks of articles
Editor’s note: Imagine liberating content from an LMS and looking at content consumption from a network perspective. This short article explores this idea and the relationships between articles.
FutureLearn MOOCs; the future of learning?
Editor’s note: Ben Betts take a look at FutureLearn’s first course (the OU powered MOOC).
BrainTech: Six Take-aways on neuroplasticity and cognitive training
Editor’s note: Takeaways from the BrainTech conference in Israel which provide indicators of where tech and cognition might meet.
Culture & policy: System1 & System2
Editor’s note: Nick Shackleton-Jones looks at the organisation through the lens of Daniel Kahnemann – is big data the saviour of organisational ‘culture’?
The employee-centric evolution of HR software
Editor’s note: List of tech start-ups in the performance/development space. Have you heard of them?
Size doesn’t matter
Editor’s note: Tomorrow’s Chat2lrn Twitter chat is on big data. Here Good Practice’s Owen Ferguson looks at whether L&D should be jumping on the big data bandwagon.
Redefining workplace learning for the 21st century
Editor’s note: Reflecting today’s other link on business digital transformation, this article looks at trends in corporate learning – the two match well.
27% of global execs: digital transformation already “A matter of survival”
Editor’s note: Useful context to the ‘digital pressures’ currently faced by organisations. Great indicators here for what corporate L&D will look like.
Curate or be curated: the coming age of the curation economy
Editor’s note: A look at the five laws of the curation economy and the different types of curators such an economy will require.
Measuring adult skills: What can you do?
Editor’s note: A look at what the recent figures on OECD adult skills tell us about skills and vocational training.