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Your leaders’ brains were not made for this moment

CLO Magazine

workplace environment is putting a strain on our brains and affecting our mental well-being. Our brains were not made for this moment Technology has advanced exponentially over the last few decades, and our brains are getting left behind. Take a look at the nature of work, for example.

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Twitter’s Impact on Your Brain-Same as Bilingualism

Kapp Notes

Studies on infant brains have shown that knowledge retention is only possible when accompanied with personal interaction or activity, but this becomes even more important as people get older. Bilingual people aren’t cognitively smarter, but they are more cognitively flexible,” she added.

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The Planet Captivate Blog – Cognitive Load

Adobe Captivate

There has been a great deal of research done on the topic, but in a nutshell, it refers to the amount of information the human brain can effectively process at one time. Instant messaging. Essentially, to keep your learner’s brain working effectively and efficiently through a series of up-shifts and down-shifts.

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L&D Should Boost Employee Productivity, Not Disrupt It

Absorb LMS

Distractions at work are a fact of life, especially when you factor in emails, instant messages, desk-side visits from co-workers and the siren’s call of social media. Even the busiest and most dedicated worker needs a brain break every once in a while. A flexible LMS empowers learners to train at their convenience.

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A quick guide to knowledge sharing (L&D)

Learning Pool

Project management and workflow apps like Trello and Slack offer with their social media features and shared project spaces combine ease of access and collaboration with the immediacy of instant messaging. Capturing and activating passive knowledge helps prevent a brain drain when experienced staff leaves.

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Is Your Organization Losing Its Brain? Collecting Stories to Transfer Knowledge

Vignettes Learning

And though not everyone who turns 62 or 65 retires right away, enough do that some companies are trying to head off the problem.Losing veteran workers is a challenge, even for big companies like General Mills.But the older-worker brain drain is a big concern for industries like mining and health care."

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The Role of Immersive Learning to Improve Learning Experiences

Aptara

Immersive Learning is based on decades of neuroscience study, which indicates that digital information tricks our brains, causing us to react to immersive situations in the same way we would in the real world. Chatbots interact through instant messaging by artificially recreating human dialogue patterns.