The Everyday Leadership of Tempered Radicals Radical Learners
Editor’s note: I like the term ‘tempered radical’, a person who is an outsider within an organisation and who challenges the status quo through their everyday behaviours.
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How 12 Companies Make Meetings Memorable, Effective, and Short
Editor’s note: Seems to men there is much scope for innovating the humble meeting. These companies seem to be doing. Time to be bold and make meetings more worthwhile!
How Midtjylland took the analytical route towards the Champions League
Editor’s note: I’m fascinated by how data can help teams become more effective. Here’s how a small football team is doing just that.
Not an Introvert, Not an Extrovert? You May Be An Ambivert
Editor’s note: Ambiverts are somewhere between being introverts and extroverts. That means they can be very adaptable.
Researchers Find That Frequent Tests Can Boost Learning
Editor’s note: Have we got testing all wrong? Research suggests we should be using it as a tool to help retrieve information, not as a tool to help trip us up.
What is the ‘real cost’ of a learning intervention? Curated #chat2lrn tweets
Here are our curated tweets from the Chat2lrn Twitter chat on the total #cost of…
The UK’s first corporate learning bootcamp is coming to London
The UK’s first corporate learning #bootcamp will be taking place in London on 28 October…
Is this a training problem? #chat2lrn curated tweets
Here are our curated tweets from the Chat2lrn Twitter Twitter chat entitled: “Is this a…
Learning analytics and more – an interview with Ben Betts
An interesting podcast here from Nick Ribeiro talking to #ben betts on a range of…
Launching LearnPatch Book Group #LPreads
There are undoubtedly many, many great books and reports for L&D professionals to read but…
Rob Briner: Spend longer on evidence-based decision-making
Editor’s note: A simple way to break down evidence-based decision making here. I like the assumption that senior executives are paid to make decisions, so it follows they should know how to make good ones.
Andy Wooler on learning data and xAPI
Editor’s note: Collecting the right data in the first place is going to be a key challenge for L&D professionals looking to build an evidence-based approach. Andy Wooler describes how his organisation is approaching the challenge.
Why Analytics Trumps Intuition in Today’s L&D
Editor’s note: The Towards Maturity Benchmark 2015 is now open and is an opportunity for organisations to reflect on their L&D activities and compare what they do against peers and top learning companies in their sector. This piece sets the context around the need for an evidence-based approach to L&D.
Evidence-based learning: it’s time to show what works
Editor’s note: OK, so this was written by one half of the LearnPatch team, but I still think there are some useful insights here from L&D practitioners.
Do you want to make a difference in L&D, or do you want to be liked?
Editor’s note: Evidence needn’t just apply to your own L&D initiatives, it can equally be applied to the theories that permeate L&D. Donald Taylor makes this point well and urges all L&D professionals to put evidence before learning myths.