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Surfing the Net: Waste of Time or Personal Directed Learning.

Dashe & Thomson

Brain Rules for Learning: Who Knew? I live and breathe Minnesota sports and love golfing, boating, skiing, traveling, and attending live music. View all posts by Paul → ← Do Instructional Designers in the Social Digital Age need an Engineering Background? We All Did. Properly d.

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Functional Stupidity at Work

The Performance Improvement Blog

Companies that Spicer and Alvesson studied, hired smart people but then these people, because of company culture, were discouraged from using their brains. Chris Argyris referred to these “stupid” behaviors as “organizational defenses”. In other words, being stupid about one’s work. This is what Grebow and I call "managing minds."

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What 21st Century Science Says About Memorable Learning Experience At Work

Thinkdom

Modern science, especially in learning & development, has come a long way in the last couple of decades. ,, Learning & behavioural sciences overlap more than we initially thought. Let’s first understand how human beings learn and then focus on some strategies that we can use to make professional learning stick.

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HOW WE BUILD PASSIVE LEARNING CULTURES

Learnnovators

An active, intellectually engaged culture matters because it contributes directly to the bottom-line, to expertise generated within the organization, to value created for employees and stakeholders alike, as well as to creativity, innovation and research, to name just a few areas of benefit.

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The theory of psychological safety and what it means for your organization

Matrix

These benefits are easy to pinpoint: constant quality improvements, a strong learning culture, and increased productivity. Teams that are psychologically safe do better when it comes to implementing innovations and navigating change. The second step is to proactively invite feedback and innovative ideas.

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Free learning & development webinars for December 2022

Limestone Learning

PT: Brain-based Practices for Leadership Development Join Dr. Britt Andreatta, author, speaker and consultant, as she walks you through insights from building an award-winning training program. Discover how various learning technologies are utilized for both audiences, creating a rating of “excellent” in 95-100% of learners.

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Shifting perspectives

Clark Quinn

In the Internet Time Alliance chat, yesterday, we were discussing the apparently difficultly some are seeming to have with the necessary mind shifts to comprehend the benefits of social media for organizational learning. Workers contribute at both the execution and the innovation level. They have to take responsibility.

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