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Month: April 2015

  • The competency system is broken

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    Yes, the competency system is broken. Throw it out! I was in the education system when it came in and I have watched it progress from a system which held great hope to a system which is holding back required revolutionary change. It is a system designed for the industrial age to manufacture industry ready…

  • Frustration

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      I have attended Education conferences for twenty plus years and essentially they talk about the same things. The speakers are often very good but the message is the same. Are they wrong or is the audience not listening. Collaboration. Innovation. Cooperation. Change. Unfortunately last week my perception was that people liked what they heard…

  • Sunday Zephyr – Photos

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    Graphics are very important in training. A good visual representation says a hell of a lot more than a set of words. Finding the right picture though is the challenge. Taking your own photos is one of the easy ways. Take lots of them and file them away. You never know when one might be…

  • Training for real jobs

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    What type of training are you delivering? Most of it is probably work based which means it either enables someone to get a job (includes promotion), enhance their current role or enable them to increase their effectiveness. Does your training really do this? I have added a link to an interesting article about Google and…

  • The Next Big Thing

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    I am currently attending the Connect Conference in Melbourne. Today was the Next Big Thing which was essentially a range of topics about the future and technology and tomorrow for me it is Education and Technology. It is difficult to cover quickly what was discussed today. The usual topics such as big data, wearable tech,…

  • Successful teams and managers

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    Google has been conducting research on whether managers have an impact on team performance. They have found that good managers really do make a difference. The article below will show you some aspects of what they found but if you are really interested in the full results you can purchase the research from Harvard here or…

  • Sunday Zephyr – Laughter

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    Having a good laugh is meant to be good for you. No surprise really. If you didn’t have a few good laughs this week then maybe this video of people laughing might help. Can’t see the video – click here

  • Asking Questions

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    Ask anyone who has been to one of my training sessions and I am sure they will say that I ask a lot of questions. I have always used this technique as I believe that most people already have a lot of the answers if they just think a little more deeply. If they can…

  • Blame it on…?

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    Lots of things go wrong in training. Who do you blame when things go wrong? Maybe you don’t blame anyone. Maybe you blame yourself. Watch the short video below to understand the psychology of blame. Can’t see the video – click here

  • Get yourself a colouring in book

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    Yes, you read correctly, get yourself a colouring in book. It is meant to help your stress levels, create focus and increase creativity. Maybe in the future I will be training participants how to colour in effectively. I hope not! Read the article from SmartCompany here.