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Ending the Vicious Cycle – Tips for Improving Focus in the Workplace

KnowledgeCity

A few of the most notable and catastrophic events that have resulted from the onset of fatigue include the 2005 BP oil refinery explosion, the 1986 Challenger space shuttle explosion and the accidents at the Chernobyl and Three Mile Island nuclear power plants in 1986 and 1979, respectively. Meditation. Good sleep habits. Next Steps.

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5 myths of time management reprised

From the Coleface

I saw that AccountingWeb have republished some tips on time management that I wrote back in 2005. If nostalgia about music goes in 20 year cycles, it seems like the web is going for 5 year cycles… Anyway, it seems like an entertaining debate about how tidy your desk should be has kicked off on the AccountingWeb website.

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Frontline Workers + Online Learning – Does it work?

eLearning 24-7

Rather than placing me into the music section, a dream for any 16-year-old, I was placed in automotive. It Hojo (its nickname) provided some training. Zero training.  One offered training; one offered misery.  Neither of those folks who trained me had any background in training, let alone learning. Nevertheless,

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): iPhone: The Music Video (NY Times)

Mark Oehlert

We are plainly witnessing a restructuring of the music and newspaper businesses, but their suffering isn’t unique, it’s prophetic."--Clay As a result, either the revolutionaries are put down, or some of those institutions are transmogrified, replaced, or simply destroyed. Clay Shirky My latest additions to del.icio.us books futures Web 2.0

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Knowledge and Learning In The News - 7/23/2005

Big Dog, Little Dog

Humans attempt to do many things at the same time, such as driving and chatting on the phone, or working and listening to music, and now research suggests why such multitasking may be possible: the brain appears to have its own control center. Training Top 100 for 2005. Driven to distraction by technology.

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eLearning Thought Leaders: Jane Bozarth – DevLearn Preview

eLearning Weekly

In our interview, we focused on social media for training…and for other related business purposes. eLW: In 2005 you published the book E-Learning Solutions on a Shoestring and now your latest book is Social Media for Trainers. eLW: Do you think social media tools serve better for classroom training or for online elearning?

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Not unique.just prophetic.(and a Fletch quote)

Mark Oehlert

We are plainly witnessing a restructuring of the music and newspaper businesses, but their suffering isn’t unique, it’s prophetic." Oh, to all the folks in corporate learning and training who just breathed a sigh of relief that it wasn't their turn.you need to keep reading. Clay Shirky in Here Comes Everybody , wrote in part, ".We