Learning Rebels

AUGUST 9, 2016

A binder from a program called “Leadership for Executives” that is was so horrible.I’m Your organization still using a program developed in 1990? So, if your sales training was developed in 1995, it’s time to look for new stuff. “Because leadership feels everyone should know it.

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Learning Rebels

AUGUST 20, 2014

Lately, in this writer’s humble opinion, L&D (Learning and Development) professionals have been taking a ride on the Bully Bus looking to create havoc for both their learners and professionals within their own industry. When did shaming the learner become okay? No one else will.

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Learning Rebels

JUNE 30, 2023

Why would anyone in our organizations follow our advice for continuous growth and development when we don’t do it ourselves? Whether it’s learning about leadership, innovation, or the latest trends, podcasts offer a fantastic way to soak up knowledge while basking in the summer sunshine. Picnic and Podcast.

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Learning Rebels

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Toward this end, before we agree to develop any training program – it’s time to ask some meaningful, relevant training questions. Many times we get a training request and we smile and nod, runoff and develop a solution. Training is part of a larger, more holistic solution. Understand the Challenge around the Problem.

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Learning Rebels

AUGUST 4, 2016

Why aren’t we creating compliance with the same thought and effort as we do leadership development or sales training? Yet, it has a purpose – and is necessary in a lot of instances. However, why for the love of all that is good – does it have to be so bad ? We say we’re following the requirements.

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Learning Rebels

JANUARY 12, 2015

” Sometimes it’s HR leadership, or business leadership or even clients who are demanding we implement these myths as truths, our role is not to sit back and blindly smile and nod but to speak up and plant the seeds to thought independence. ” Shame on us, if we have different expectations of the student than we do ourselves.

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Learning Rebels

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

This “Yeah, but…” relationship is further separating learning and development from the people who need us the most, at a time when our help is most needed. It’s a mindset shift for training first, then leadership. It is holding us back from moving forward. It is holding us back from seeing the future.

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Learning Rebels

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Leadership does not care about the words “Personal Knowledge Management”, “Performance Ecosystem” or “Content Curation”~ they care about the concept , but not the words. Leadership does not require a vocabulary lesson or a course on learning psychology and methodologies. Trust me on this.

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Learning Rebels

AUGUST 1, 2016

When developing curriculum, or planning for delivery – It is key to plan for failure or at the very least a twist in the road. When it comes to content design or developing any learning object one must include a few key items: Beginning with the end in mind. When our designs are allowed to flex, or change, we will be prepared.

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Learning Rebels

DECEMBER 30, 2014

They also exhibit these characteristics : (via Wikipedia) I could not help but notice the similarities between the fictional zombie and real humans in Learning and Development. When you are head down in tasks; over-whelmed by the expectations of leadership and the business, have unrealistic deadlines and budgets then trying.

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Learning Rebels

MAY 16, 2018

So, when it came time to propose my “Top 5 Desired Professional Development Events for 2018” – ICE was at the top of the list. First and foremost, I needed to network and work on my career development. I felt the themes of value, purpose, strength, and leadership were curated for me at exactly the right time.

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Learning Rebels

DECEMBER 10, 2015

This may mean developing training that may not be your proudest moment. Are you building/nurturing a learning community with the leadership of your organization? Do you fancy yourself a curriculum developer or instructional designer? Remember the 80/20 rule – deciding what is worth your time for the best result.

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Learning Rebels

APRIL 20, 2016

We shine it up and call ourselves “Learning Professionals” or “Talent Development” or “Performance Catalysts” – but despite any fancy name, people still think of us as “training” Not the good type of training either, but the “sit, stay, good boy” type of bad training experience.

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Learning Rebels

JUNE 6, 2016

It’s an annual pilgrimage that one pays to learn, develop, network and share. Learnt a few leadership lessons and the importance of why from him. ATD 2016 ICE – The Global Gathering. ATD’s ICE is what I call a global gathering of likeminded 10,000+ humans under one roof. Heard my long-time favorite @SimonSinek live in person.

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Learning Rebels

MARCH 24, 2021

What does this mean for Learning and Development in particular? It almost goes without saying that businesses that don’t embrace fresh thinking and do what they’ve always done, end up being less competitive with their potential fates being stagnation or death of the company. The New Normal for L&D.

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Learning Rebels

DECEMBER 18, 2014

Lots of projects, lots of stake holders, users, customers and learning aids to develop. Lots of debunking to do for leadership (HR and otherwise) who are reading sound bites instead of valid research. And I think generally this is the world a lot of us live in. . Lots of research to do, micro-learning, micro-videos, micro-blogs.

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Learning Rebels

MARCH 3, 2016

I will have developed partnerships to carry that content forward. Develop our knowledge. I will have authored books and articles of notable content (which sell). I will be paid to speak about the content. I will be making a living from that content. How will it feel if I don’t try and if I do? . Will you accept my challenge?

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Learning Rebels

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

For those of you who are in the dark about DevLearn, let me initiate you – DevLearn is a Learning and Development conference sponsored by the eLearning Guild It’s main focus is on technology in learning. Because of this, I observed some pretty nifty stuff which made me wish I was more of a developer.

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Learning Rebels

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Workplace Example: Create a Flipboard magazine focused on leadership development and share it with your management team for ongoing learning. Imagine creating digital magazines filled with articles, videos, and other content relevant to your L&D initiatives.

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Learning Rebels

MARCH 23, 2017

Rapid development tools can create thought-provoking simulations, problem-solving, challenges, branching logic, games and gamification. Do you know what keeps leadership awake at night? Create short video’s, develop learning nuggets to drop into weekly emails, create content that is undeniably interesting, helpful and relevant.

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Learning Rebels

JANUARY 4, 2016

Is there a better way to share, research, find, develop? I wanted to develop more webinars, workshops and provide more content that is meaningful. These people can tell us a thing or two about developing content that sticks. As an industry, we are woefully behind the technology and content development eight ball.

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Learning Rebels

JULY 1, 2015

For those of you on the micromanaging receiving end these may be some ideas to help you develop your micro-boss to being a better leader. Understanding trigger behaviors will help you to mitigate your inclination to micromanage situations. Try these tips to start the healing process. .

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