How Long Should Your Next Video Be?
Editor’s comment: Useful piece of research here into more than half a million videos on Youtube which looks at the relationship between length of video and viewer engagement.
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Deloitte Mobile Consumer 2016
Editor’s note: Great data and insights here into how people use their phones. It includes a great graphic on how phones are used in a typical day and night.
IBM Smarter Workforce Institute
Editor’s note: A lot of research papers here on topics ranging from trust and learning to workforce analytics. Looks like a useful resource.
Becoming influential as an L&D practitioner
Editor’s note: If you want to have impact as an L&D professional, stay up top date with the latest research and thinking and turn this into practical solutions for your organisation. Simples.
Young people living in a ‘suspended adulthood’, finds research
Editor’s note: Research shows alarmingly high levels of young people, especially women, lack self-confidence. Clearly, this presents a whole range of challenges for organisations. What role should L&D play?
2016 Internet Trends Report
Editor’s note: A great piece of research that shows the growth of the internet, technology trends and much more. Well worth a read.
MacArthur ‘Genius’ Angela Duckworth Responds To A New Critique Of Grit
Editor’s note: It would seem that having grit isn’t quite as important as you may have been led to believe. Interesting and useful critique of the work of Angela Duckworth.
Inside the Heads of UK Managers
Editor’s note: New research by GoodPractice reveals the challenges that managers find most difficult and frustrating. This is a good report to benchmark against. What are the challenges and frustrations of managers in your organisation?
Employee-led, integrated learning is the new normal
Editor’s note: Latest employee research from the CIPD shows that organisations are slowly adopting more agile approaches to learning, such as embedding learning in the workflow. It’s slow progress though.
Peer support, coaching and on-the-job learning are ‘most useful’ forms of learning, CIPD research reveals
Latest #research from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development shows that training methods that…
This is a big creativity killer
Editor’s note: Getting territorial about ideas can kill creativity, says this report. The answer is to put as much emphasis on creative feedback and nurturing ideas as the idea itself.
Mind the perception gap
Editor’s note: It would seem that managers’ views of their own capabilities as managers fall well short of what their direct reports think.
What Do Millennials Really Want at Work? The Same Things the Rest of Us Do
Editor’s note: This is a research laden article that shows there is no evidence to suggest Millennials want anything different from work than any other generation.
L&D Playing Catch-up as Workers Adopt New Ways of Working and Learning, Says New Towards Maturity Research
Editor’s note: This report from Towards Maturity looks at the changing nature of how we work and the implications for L&D.
Which Type of Exercise Is Best for the Brain?
Editor’s note: New research suggests that running is the most effective form of exercise for the brain versus weight training and interval training.