Social business: What it can mean for HR
Editor’s note: Research by Deloitte looks at what makes a social business and how HR could embed more social approaches to organisational processes.
Browsing: Curated
The growing intricacies of responsive web design
Editor’s note: The methods and techniques for optimizing multidevice accessible Web sites are becoming more complex. Here’s a look at how responsive design is evolving.
Online time can hobble brain’s important work
Editor’s note: Why endless scanning of the web won’t help you retain certain bits of information.
Recognise intrapreneurs before they leave
Editor’s note: Lots of advice here on how to identify intrapreneurs and stop them leaving. Why? Because entrepreneurs tend to form an idea whilst working with an organisation before leaving to turn that idea in to a business.
10 magical effects music has on the mind
Editor’s note: Research-backed list which makes you wonder why music does not feature in many people’s working lives.
Is teaching to a student’s “learning style” a bogus idea?
Editor’s note: This looks at (and for!) the academic research and evidence to support the idea that teaching to someone’s learning style is more effective. There is very little evidence to support this notion.
Five ways to get your employees talking
Editor’s note: This is for office-based workers – simple things to do that can enable a bit more conversation.
Reweaving corporate DNA: building a culture of design thinking at Citrix
Editor’s note: @samburrough shared this link in yesterday’s #chat2lrn Twitter chat on design thinking. Take a look to see how the approach transformed Citrix.
The digital native myth: Why we still need to teach kids HOW to use the iPad
Editor’s note: I liked the angle on this piece – cut through the myths and you find kids need help on tablets. And then think about adults in the workplace. Wouldn’t they benefit from some help too?
The growing move to measure everything, including basketball
Editor’s note: When we consider performance and measurement in learning maybe it would be useful to see what that looks like in other areas of life. Here is what measuring performance in basketball is going to look like.
Has L&D become its own worst enemy?
Editor’s note: Is talking up new ways of learning and tech just sounding the death knell for L&D?
4 big trends shaping the future of design
Editor’s note: Liked this broader perspective on design and how some of the design challenges the assumption of the ‘real’ problem.
In the future will we be working for an algorithm?
Editor’s note: Write up of a panel debate at last month’s SXSW V2V entitled the “Future of Work: Evolve or go Extinct”. Like this line: ‘The winners are those who can learn fast, have a strong network and the best online reputation.’
How great design (and clear purpose) drives great social learning
Editor’s note: A social theory of learning is based on a series of trade-offs between four elements. Bill Cushard explains.
Content is king
Editor’s note: Sukh Pabial on what made Learning Live a useful, and good, as a conference for learning professionals.