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Spot the difference? Corporate L&D versus Office Canteen

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Just picture something simpler we can picture well and read across the similarities and differences. Metaphor is a great tool for understanding a complex situation. Health warnings aside, used well, metaphor generates rich insights and questions.

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Chat GPT kills formal learning?

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The picture is more nuanced and so it helps to be clear about which use cases play to ChatGPT’s and formal learning’s relative strengths. Similar to when Google first became integrated into our daily work life, it will take time for people to become familiar with ChatGPT’s capabilities and how to use it effectively.

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Redtray acquires Academy Internet

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Big picture, it’s part of the inevitable consolidation in the e-learning industry which looks set to continue throughout 2009. Today it is official…I can tell everyone that I am a Redtray employee now. Redtray has acquired Academy Internet and here’s the press release.

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3rd sexiest knee captured on film

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A sobering thought: how much more ridiculously overexcited would I be if a picture showing all of me (clothed of course) was published? For the record, no one know who the owner of the 4th sexiest knee was- but my right knee was never in contention, owing to a birth mark and some scarring.

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Managing for strengths at TDN

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Whilst on a macro level the picture is gloomy, there’s no reason on the micro level why you and your organisation can’t thrive if managed effectively. On Friday 5th December you can take a breather from the general negativity that is surrounding us as the economic outlook continues to deteriorate.

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Tipping point at the Northern Rock

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By Monday, inspired by TV pictures of lines of people, it was rational for everyone to take their money out. Gladwell’s book is unashamedly US focused. but now we have just lived through a great UK example – Northern Rock. Only the prospect of a two hour queue prevented me from joining the stampede.

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Digital native or digital immigrant?

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It’s only by looking at emergent technologies and how early adopters are actually using them, that we will get the full picture. As the people providing them with learning, we need to challenge our assumptions about how learners use technology – which methods need updating and which are constantly effective.

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