Performance Learning Productivity

JANUARY 20, 2015

The people he works with carry out research for the US space programmes – both for the US Government and for civil agencies like NASA and NOAA. Research over the past 40 years has shown that informal and workplace learning is increasingly pervasive and central to learning in organisations. In other words, they’re rocket scientists.

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AUGUST 27, 2015

For me Twitter gives access to smart people who provide an enormous wealth of information and insight through their commentary and links to research, articles and other resources. Google Scholar: When I’m researching something, Google Scholar is the first port-of-call.

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Performance Learning Productivity

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

A fascinating article recently published on the Fast Company blog should be required reading for all learning and talent professionals as well as for leaders and managers. These are the things that help create an environment where change will happen. These are all people who deal daily with vast amounts of explicit and implicit information.

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Performance Learning Productivity

MAY 1, 2014

There’s an article I wrote some time ago which addresses that particular issue in detail here. Occasionally the outcomes are the exact opposite of the intentions (see my article on compliance and diversity training here for examples of this). We see examples of opportunities for improving performance by not training all around us.

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Performance Learning Productivity

JULY 28, 2016

(I wrote the original piece this article is based on for Training Industry Quarterly in Winter, 2012. Research tells us that immersive learning and learning in context provides the most memorable learning experiences. Work that stretches’ is often the best teacher any of us will ever have.

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Performance Learning Productivity

JANUARY 24, 2017

This article was initially published on the Totara website on 4th January 2017. The inertia issue “Research suggests that engagement in most organisations is very low. In this post, Totara Learning's Chief Commercial Officer Lars Hyland speaks to Charles Jennings. Finally, they make the time to practise.”

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Performance Learning Productivity

JANUARY 3, 2013

According to a survey undertaken by ORC International , a global customer research, employee engagement and financial services research firm, only 43% of UK workers believe that a positive relationship exists between staff and managers within their organisation.

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Performance Learning Productivity

DECEMBER 20, 2013

SOCIAL MEDIA CAPABILITIES A good starting point for social media capability requirements is presented by Roland Deiser and Sylvain Newton in their Feb 2013 McKinsey Quarterly article. t/ A fixed mental attitude or disposition that predetermines a person''s responses to and interpretations of situations.

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Performance Learning Productivity

AUGUST 8, 2010

I’ve posted that article here, with some changes and updates. This means learning professionals need to become efficient researchers and learners. I was recently involved in a discussion about 21st Century learning skills in one of the LinkedIn Groups. Tools such as Twitter are excellent for this.

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