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Slowing down: Organisations are doing it, but don’t like to talk about it
The contradiction in slowing things down to produce better work is not something organisations like…
Learning tech start-up Noddlepod wins seed funding
Learning technology tech start-up #noddlepod has secured its first round of funding from Finance Wales…
Positive psychology: shaking up the wellbeing message
Sukhvinder Pabial, Head of OD at One Housing, is running an event on #positive psychology…
How to Prevent Experts from Hoarding Knowledge
Editor’s note: How do you make the most of your deep smarts – those with deep company knowledge and experience – when they don’t want to share what they know? A question for our times as our aging workforce gets closer to leaving employment.
Shoshana Zuboff on the Sharing Economy
Editor’s note: Great critique of the sharing economy – who it benefits in particular and and how radical the processes that underpin it actually are. Do we like where technology is taking us and our employees and societies?
Susan Pinker: why face-to-face contact matters in our digital age
Editor’s note: The title says it all. If human interaction is as important to us as food and drink then why are we increasingly isolating ourselves? This is particularly important for distributed workforces and especially knowledge workers who will be working alone.
‘I Would Prefer Not To’: The Origins of the White Collar Worker
Editor’s note: I like looking back at where we have come from. It’s not so common to look back at the rise of office workers though so this longer read is a real treat – if you like this sort of thing.
Carl Honoré: In praise of slowness
Editor’s note: I was lucky to see Carl speak this week and he raised some great points about the contradiction in slowing down to produce better work. Organisations are trying to slow down, they just don’t talk about it though.
Challenging some learning myths – curated #chat2lrn tweets
Here are our curated tweets from the Chat2lrn Twitter chat on #learning myths, fads and…
6 learning challenges
Here are some slides and links I used in my talk at the Learning Directors…
The Science and Psychology of Twitter: Why We Follow and Share
Editor’s note: This article offers some useful insights into using Twitter and how others use Twitter based on research into users’ behaviour. Whether you use Twitter or not, this is useful for understanding how people use it and how, as a user, you could use it better.
5 Free Tools for Creating Whiteboard Videos
Editor’s note: Some great tools here for creating instructional videos – looks like the apps will be good creating them on the fly.
Learning and development – Global Human Capital Trends 2015
Editor’s note: This research from Deloitte is challenging and exciting for L&D. Learning is now under the spotlight in many organisations and CEOs need L&D to deliver.
The Big Picture
Editor’s note: A thought-provoking slide from Nick Shackleton-Jones. Are we designing for what he calls ‘learning elimination’?