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Month: July 2015

  • Innovative Offices

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    I was talking about creativity and innovation recently and the topic of office design came up. Many organisations are playing around with open offices and hot desking (maybe more for economical reasons) and then some organisations are really trying some new concepts out. Below is an article about LinkedIn’s new office in Sydney. Great design,…

  • Labels

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    One of my students last night gave a good talk on being pigeon holed and by strange coincidence I was sent this video by RSS (see below). I realise at times it is very easy to label people as a trainer and hence, unknowingly, already have a fixed concept of what the group or individuals…

  • 80/20 Rule

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    I am often required to talk about the 80/20 rule and about 80 percent of the time I think people are still confused about what it can do for them after I explain it. The video below might help you understand and explain the concept to your learners. Can’t see the video – click here

  • Unfair dismissal – Unfair Rap

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    I am delivering some HR training at the moment and there is a fair degree of skepticism about unfair dismissal. The main aspect is that people believe you can’t sack some-one ie if you do they will just get reinstated. An example of where this is not true was published yesterday. It is a great…

  • Economical Learning

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    Please read this article. Is this the future of organisational learning? I can assure you that you will find this article interesting but also challenging. The key facts: 30,ooo employees 62 countries 107 mobile ready intervention programs in 3 months 5 learning design staff 50,000 learning sessions a month One and a half sessions per…

  • Sunday Zephyr – Dream Houses

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    I hope your Sunday is both fun and relaxing. I have recently set some goals that need to be achieved by the end of the year. Some of these relate to long over due renovation projects. You probably have some of those reno jobs as well. If you don’t here is a fun article (great…

  • End of the working week. Are you happy?

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    It has been a busy week. How was your week? Were you happy at work this week? Could it have been better? Here is a great list of 27 ways to be happier at work. It isn’t just a list. Each item takes you to further resources. A great resource. Read the list here.  

  • Learning Plus

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    You know that I am a big fan of MOOC’s (Massive Open Online Programs). I found this list recently of 37 websites containing learning opportunities. There not all free but many of them are and every site is worth a visit. Read the list of learning websites here

  • Lectures are Dead!

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    Lectures are obsolete, says University of Adelaide vice-chancellor Warren Bebbington. “My view is they’re gone; they’re never coming back,” he said as he described his university’s experience in replacing lectures with online learning. AFRWeekend Interesting comment from Warren but he goes further than just saying something controversial he then goes on to phase out lectures…

  • Sunday Zephyr – Get Teched

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    I hope you are enjoying your Sunday. Today is a great day to get up to speed on Technology. First you need to get a Digg Reader account so you can get feeds from some of the best tech sites. Then my preferred sites are: The Next Web TechCrunch Gizmodo MakeUseOf