If you’re not helping people develop, you’re not management material
Editor’s note: This article focuses on the role of the manager in developing people and provides some useful tips on how managers can get the best from their teams.
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Video of the week: The key challenges facing heads of L&D in 2014
Training Foundation CEO Nick Mitchell looks at some of the main challenges facing L&D professionals…
Making better decisions over time
Editor’s note: The technique of deliberate practice can dramatically improve performance, but knowing its limits is as important as understanding its value. This article looks at how to make better decisions.
The science of creativity
Editor’s note: Tomorrow’s Chat2lrn Twitter chat is on creativity and as a primer the team has written a post sharing three simple steps to unlocking your creativity.
Why your creativity needs boundaries to thrive
Editor’s note: Here are five key takeaways from the experts, such as Seth Godin, featured in the book Manage Your Day-to-Day.
38 E-learning traps and how to avoid them
Editor’s note: Mining the collective wisdom of 70 delegates at Online Educa Berlin, this list makes for compelling reading if you are interested in how to make elearning work.
The 20 Best Books I Read in 2013
Editor’s note: I chanced upon this list from Jurgen Appelo. It is worth sharing because it covers a huge range of topics relevant to L&D – from performance reviews to publishing. A great reading list for Christmas and the New Year.
How Google search works and a whole bunch of search tips
Editor’s note: How good are you at finding information? This article provides lots of tips on how to get the best from Google search.
100 must follow on Twitter 2014
Editor’s note: There is no science behind this list but that doesn’t take away from the fact this is a great list of business practitioners and thinkers. Start following now . . .
A self-directed learning model for 21st century learners
Editor’s note: This is school focused but a useful lens for looking at corporate learning. If school children were learning this way then imagine what corporate learning would become?
10 surprising Twitter statistics to help you reach more followers
Editor’s note: More of a marketing focus here, but if it works for marketing it is probably worth exploring for learning.
Simplifiers and optimizers, by Dilbert creator Scott Adams
Editor’s note: Dilbert creator Scott Adams on the difference betwee simplifying and optimising tasks.
Top 50 brain teasers and games
Editor’s note: From visual illusions to language and logic and beyond, this is a great collection of brain teasers.
Learning: Development: Change
Editor’s note: I enjoyed this reflection on L&D and the vision for a more open way of working . . .
Three skills every 21st-century manager needs
Editor’s note: The role of managers in learning is raising its head – look at the CIPD conference talks and City & Guilds learning trends, for example. This article suggests three surprising new skills for managers.