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Month: September 2017

  • Yes, Reading is as important as exercise

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    Access this photo and more here I passed a milestone this week. I set a target of reading 40 books this year and I have passed this already. I use Goodreads to track my reading. I have written quite a few posts on the importance of reading particularly for trainers. Read to know,learn and experience.…

  • Still waiting for the big learning change

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    Photo by Sabri Tuzcu on Unsplash I know I say it every year, but really, is much actually changing in the learning space? It is, but not as rapid as we often read. Online learning is definitely taking over but is it any good? I’m delivering some sessions through Skype and Moodle and both of those platforms haven’t…

  • Sunday Zephyr – The Evil T-Shirt

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    Photo by Jerry Kiesewetter on Unsplash How is your Sunday going? It’s starting to get warmer and the T-shirt is coming out of the cupboard. We don’t often think about what was required to get that T-shirt to us and how it was made. Unfortunately the T-shirt is evil. Watch the video to understand and consider the options.…

  • Ethics and doing the right thing

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    Photo by rawpixel.com on Unsplash I was delivering a two day session last week on ethics and governance in the public sector. Sounds pretty dull but it is actually very interesting especially the debates we had around ethical dilemmas in the workplace. I found this video this week which contains a very interesting experiment on ethics. You might…

  • The dangers of mindfulness

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    Photo by Mayur Gala on Unsplash Mindfulness is a very popular training topic at the moment. It is often linked to emotional intelligence but they are different. The first article below from HBR is a recent article that indicates that mindfulness can not occur without emotional intelligence. The second article is an interview with Dan Goleman about the…

  • Emotional Intelligence

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    Photo by Tommy Ferraz on Unsplash Just about every topic I talk about at the moment contains some aspect of emotional intelligence. I am due to deliver a full day program on EI in a few weeks time. Below is a pretty handy article if you are trying to get a easy handle on the topic. Read the…

  • Sunday Zephyr – Relaxing videos

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    How is your Sunday going? I had a very busy week and next week is even busier so this weekend (apart from a little catch up work) it is all about relaxing. During this process I found a few videos I really liked. You might like them as well. Can’t see the video – click…

  • Human Misjudgement and stupidity

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    Photo by Evan Dennis on Unsplash I recently finished re-reading a book I read over 10 years ago on ‘Understanding Stupidity’. Great book if you can find it. It explains a lot and in particular the current world situation. The video below is another attempt to understand stupidity. We talk about competency a lot in training but we…

  • Sunday Zephyr – Storms

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    Photo by Jeremy Bishop on Unsplash How is your weekend going? It has been very dry lately where I live and in a lot of areas of Australia. No rain. The fire threat this summer looms. So this Sunday think of some rain. A nice storm. The video below might help as storms though often destructive are also…

  • Ownership and accountability

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    Photo by David Marcu on Unsplash I have been writing some training material this week for an organisation you all know and they wanted a section on accountability and ownership. I found a great video for this which is hard hitting and very memorable. I have heard Joko interviewed on podcasts a number of times and he is…