From Scratch #2 – social learning
This week’s installment of From Scratch, our conversation with Nigel Paine on people development topics,…
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From Scratch: our new podcast with Nigel Paine
LearnPatch has teamed up with L&D thinker and consultant to launch a podcast covering people…
The Learning Facilitators Charter
Editor’s note: A very simple charter for anyone responsible for facilitating learning from David Goddin. It doesn’t need to be any more complex does it?
GlaxoSmithKline’s Witty ranks #1; 10 highest rated CEOs in the UK
Editor’s note: This list of CEOs is based on employee feedback shared on Glassdoor by UK-based employees voluntarily and anonymously as part of Glassdoor’s company review survey. Employees were asked: Do you approve of the way your CEO is leading the company? Interesting to see who is rated as a good CEO . . . cross-check with all the other organisations mentioned in leadership articles.
The vital skills teen business owners learn on the job
Editor’s note: Will these teenage entrepreneurs end up in the workplace? Are these the skills that we all need? Interesting to see what skills this cohort requires and that there are a growing number of them . . .
A marketer’s guide to behavioral economics
Editor’s note: Four truths of behavioural economics as applied in marketing. Good tips if you want to market learning better or learn some useful behavioural ecience tips.
The irresistible power of storytelling as a strategic business tool
Editor’s note: There’s a lot of talk about how to use storytelling in business across the business media. This is one of the better articles on storytelling using the recent Budweiser Super Bowl advert as an example.
The Serious Elearning Manifesto: a vision for elearning that’s not about courses
Elearning is no longer about courses, according the Serious Elearning Manifesto published by a group…
Elliott Masie’s Learning TRENDS
Editor’s note: Elliott Masie updates his trends blog after a recent meeting with big corporates. The insights are useful, including the role of L&D leaders in discussions on talent.
Building a learning culture
Editor’s note: An exploration of ‘working out loud’ and how sharing what you do can help foster a learning culture and help build your own skills as an L&D professional.
MOOCs for corporate learning
Editor’s note: Skip to the 35 minute mark of this webinar recording to hear how organisations are using MOOCs.
Scientists debunk the myth that 10,000 hours of practice makes you an expert
Editor’s note: Can 10,000 hours of deliberate practice make you an expert? The science questions that assumption.
McKinsey’s ‘War for talent’ was self-serving
Editor’s note: I like this quote to a piece debunking the war on talent myth: “Companies that engaged in the war for talent “set up competitive, zero-sum dynamics that make internal learning and knowledge transfer difficult … and create an attitude of arrogance instead of an attitude of wisdom.”
The era of Facebook is an anomaly
Editor’s note: Microsoft researcher Dana Boyd on how teenagers use the web. If one size does not fit all, then what are the implications for workplace tech?
Curated tweets from the #chat2lrn Twitter chat on neuroscience and learning
Here are our edited tweets from today’s Chat2lrn #twitter chat on #neuroscience and #learning. Lots…