If I find something useful, I like to share it with you. This is a wrap up of some of the articles I read last week: This is an interesting article about social learning. My immediate thought is that this is a great strategy for learners performing similar job tasks that are separated geographically and …
Monthly Archive
for: ‘July, 2010’
Diversity of Thought
Diversity is something I think about a lot. Not just because we should think about diversity and there is a social obligation to promoting diversity but because I think there is a fiscal responsibility in organizations to promote diversity. I was reading this article last week and it spoke of diversity of thought. So many …
Is Excellence Unrealistic?
A question I frequently hear from managers is “how do we hire excellent employees?” and I get frustrated when I see training/management/HR professionals dismiss the workforce as unmotivated or lacking something that makes them excellent. Most people come to the table excellent and it is the organization that provides roadblocks to that excellence. The question …
Reading on the Interwebs
If I find something useful, I like to share it with you. This is a wrap up of some of the articles I read last week: This is a great tool for anyone that wants to know more about Twitter and especially how it could fit in with learning. Discovery learning is a fabulous way …
Where Effective Meets Efficient
Dick Handshaw had a great post about content and context last week. This really got me thinking. Are we losing our trainers to developers? What happens to a training organization that replaces performance-focused trainers with an instructional design team. The training can definitely be pushed out more quickly but what is it doing to the …
Reading on the Interwebs
Excellent post about content and context. This is such a great reminder that even if developers are pushing out excellent courses, just throwing them at the learner won’t be as effective as providing opportunities for practice. Great example for simple analysis. This is the five “whys” in effect. I think it is also an example …
What Is In A Name? A Lot!
I was on the phone with my cable company the other day and the recording told me that my “Customer Care Executive” would be with me in a minute. Executive? What in the world is a customer care executive? I knew I wasn’t getting anyone in an elevated role in the company because I had …
