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The duality of Agile

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It provides tools, structures and processes – think sprints, scrums and kanbans – to pin down the volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity of our work, thereby maintaining clarity over what needs to be done, and baking in accountability to ensure it gets done. Big “A” Agile.

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Rubber bands and chewing gum

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According to Oxford professor Paulo Savaget , people who adopt a hacker mentality at work enjoy the process of finding work-arounds. Eikris goes on to provide advice on how to overcome this self-imposition, which I would supplement with: Give it a go. It could be the lack of belief we have in our own abilities.

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The moot point of MOOCs

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I also think the business model will become sustainable, as soon as the providers adopt a freemium model. The only people who seem to care are the MOOC providers themselves (naturally), the proponents of formal learning, and the ever-present killjoys. To the MOOC providers I say: Adopt the freemium model already!

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The foundations of innovation in L&D

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There are many players in this space, and sure it makes sense to pick one that matches your organisation’s profile, but their pedagogical purpose is the same: to provide your people with immediate access to an extensive suite of learning assets, covering a broad range of topics, on demand.

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Take the law out of compliance training

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Let me explain by urging you to adopt a different perspective: Take the law out of it. your contact centre provides a customer’s new phone number to her abusive ex-husband? If we break the law, we could be fined, we could lose our licence to practise, and someone could even go to jail.

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The moot point of MOOCs

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I also think the business model will become sustainable, as soon as the providers adopt a freemium model. The only people who seem to care are the MOOC providers themselves (naturally), the proponents of formal learning, and the ever-present killjoys. To the MOOC providers I say: Adopt the freemium model already!

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Informal first

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Whenever a development intervention is being considered, the primary objective of the L&D professional should be to provide all the necessary learning resources to the target audience in an open, structured format. On the contrary, when we adopt the informal first mindset, informal learning becomes the central offering.

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