Adaptable leaders may have best brains for the job, study finds
Editor’s note: Researchers have linked adaptive leadership skills with brain functioning and psychological complexity measures among active leaders.
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PsychSource
Editor’s note: PsychSource is the new way to access a wealth of resources from the British Psychological Society – needless to say, a useful resource.
Curated tweets from #learningdirections London 2013
Here are our curated tweets taken from the Twitter stream from the Learning Directions event…
What is the role of the learning professional?
Editor’s note: a simple question which Jane Hart expands on, which in turn is leading to some interesting discussion.
50 education technology tools you can start using today
Editor’s note: Education focused but a pile of tools worth looking through.
To dwell is to garden: An empathic approach to employee experience design
Editor’s note: A look at experience design and how to design employee experiences within dysfunctional organisations.
The ever changing state of the learning technology industry
Editor’s note: A look at the development of corporate training and training technology from analyst Josh Bersin.Thanks to @s0ngbird for sharing.
The future of learning and development: leaving the classroom and embracing the iPad?
Editor’s note: A look at the success of learning content at Dixons and a wider discussion on what the future of learning might look like.
10 areas of focus for L&D
At the end of 2012 Learning technology provider Kineo produced a report on learning trends…
Training, happiness and collaborative tech companies make the WorldBlu list of Most Democratic workplaces 2013
This year’s WorldBlu list of the Most Democratic Workplaces 2013 features five companies involved in…
Learning: a field guide
Editor’s note: Nick Shackleton-Jones pulls together all the ways in which he has observed learning taking place. A work in progress but a very informative read.
Nobody wants to be engaged
Editor’s note: HR director Neil Morrison pours water on the rather fashionable term ’employee engagement’. Worth a read if you talk ‘engagement’ at work.
See Infosys’ new source of revenue
Editor’s note: The company’s former HR head Nandita Gurjar is setting up a new line of business looking at enterprise capability and knowledge management. The company is setting up with 50 staff. This type of investment just goes to show the importance of knowledge capture and transfer for big companies.
Social learning and technology: why millenials will change the game in the workforce
Editor’s note: A write-up of MTV’s “No Collar Workers” survey into Millennials’ work preferences. Interesting insights, especially around mentoring and learning on the job.
Teens abandoning social networks, study says
Editor’s note: This survey suggests that teenagers are more interested in communication and feeds of updates rather than profiles and are less interested in the more mainstream social networks than we may think.