Human behaviour and innovation in the NHS
Editor’s note: A look at non-linera ways of developing innovation in the NHS – in particular the ‘double-beaded’ model which looks at these elements: alignment, additive, dynamic; and non-linear.
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Engagement biggest priority for HR
Editor’s note: According to this survey of 300 HR pros, engagement, L&D and health and wellbeing are all priorities for the year ahead.
How do users really hold mobile devices?
Editor’s note: An obvious and critical question in order to design the best user experiences for learning content delivered to mobile devices.
LearnPatch’s pick of the top L&D blog posts: February 2013
Starting a new, monthly round-up of the best L&D blogs we have a diverse range…
Rewiring Corporate Learning #5: Jumping into technology
Continuing his series on rewiring corporate learning, Nigel Paine, former chief learning officer at the…
“Best companies” list leverages LinkedIn data
Editor’s note: Interesting to see how LinkedIn data is being used in the talent space. A good example of how data is being used to help companies better understand talent management challenges.
The science behind coffee and why it’s actually good for your health
Editor’s note: For many coffee is seen as a necessary evil. But is it evil? According to this article, science tells us it has its benefits.
SAP aims to improve tablet enterprise collaboration with Mobile Documents
Editor’s note: Tech giant SAP has announced Mobile Documents which aims to bring together personal and corporate documents on any device via just one portal.
Thinking about creative pollination
Editor’s note: Dr Anne Marie McEwan takes an excerpt from here book Smart Working: Creating the Next Wave to look at the role of technology for creative pollination in the workplace.
Working from home
Editor’s note: Nigel paine reflects on Yahoo! CEO Marissa Meyer’s decision to stop homeworking for the company’s entire workforce. Thanks to @c4lpt for sharing.
Channel 4 launches online media sales academy powered by Brightwave
Learning technology provider Brightwave has developed an online learning portal for broadcaster Channel 4. The…
The CIPD’s view of what professional development looks like for L&D in 2013
Continuing our look at what L&D membership organisations see as the priorities for members’ professional…
Video of the week: Connected life – everything becomes smart
Reporting from this week’s Mobile World Congress, the FT’s Daniel Thomas looks at our hyper-connected…
How ‘Minority Report’ trapped us in a world of bad interfaces
Editor’s note: More human interfaces will be the key to the successful use of technology, something we see in the way apps have been developed for mobile devices. But there is still plenty of poor user interface design in learning technology. This article looks at the fantasy and reality of user interfaces.
#PunkHr, totaalvoetbal and the bold learning professional
Editor’s note: A follow-up to the L&D Connect Unconference from Perry Timms in which Perry calls for L&D to be more bold. Find out the link between toatal football and total learning . . .