If I was to form a personal virtual Board of advisers then Geoff Bellman would be one of the first people appointed. He has a wisdom and an insight that is rare to find and this shines through in his new book, ‘Extraordinary Groups’…
Rupert Murdoch is out to change the internet and he’s putting professional content at the centre of the battle. Except it’s all been talk so far, and very little of it carries much weight. The last couple of weeks have seen several news reports highlighting interesting trends in the world of professional content. All of [...]
Improving the professional skills of learning professionals can only be a good thing and having choice and competition between providers will help to push standards up. The arrival of ASTD qualifications in the UK can only help.
“Fantastic” said my coach, Duncan “you’ve worked to the point of failure today, that’s great.” That reframed failure for me, it’s generally not something I think of as fantastic. It also got me thinking…..
Is the art of leadership being able to hide your panic? A group of senior CEOs certainly thought so yesterday. They talked openly and honestly about the doubts and worries they experienced in leadership positions, at all levels in their careers. I was at the GlobalScot conference in Glasgow and it was refreshing to hear [...]
The big question this month is about the value of social media in learning and, once again, it tackles a problem that’s being experienced by learning professionals attempting to move beyond being a traditional, classroom focused training function. Tony posts an example of the kind of question he typically comes across. I think that the [...]
This is the third and final post examining online engagement for learning and performance support resources, based on the presentation I gave at Learning Technologies. The first two are A Simple Model for Online Engagement and The First Condition of Online Engagement: Awareness. Think about how people navigate to sites in their personal usage. They either have [...]
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