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Open source in corporate learning – The need to take it seriously.

Open source in corporate learning – The need to take it seriously.

The world of learning has been buffeted by the GFC and its after effects. Almost all forms of learning have been impacted. In Australia, as in other parts of the world, corporate training budgets have been [...]

Do you have a Personal Development Plan?

Do you have a Personal Development Plan?

Sat in a meeting room somewhere in Manchester my quarterly review was drawing to a close. It had been a good conversation, a chance to reflect on the last few months, the trials and tribulations of [...]

70:20:10 Learning Framework – Where did those numbers come from ?

70:20:10 Learning Framework – Where did those numbers come from ?

“I have a question relating to this webinar, that I’d love answered, and that is really to substantiate the rigour behind the 70-20-10 model”. This was one of the questions raised about the Learning Cafe theme [...]

WARNING, social netWORK AHEAD

WARNING, social netWORK AHEAD

I’ve been reading with interest recent articles and blog posts proclaiming that social practices won’t work in the enterprise. Posts such as ‘You ready to fail at social networking’ and the excellent post from Jeevan Joshi  [...]

Effective Learning – Musings from the UnConference

Effective Learning – Musings from the UnConference

This blog post is a summary of the “Effective Learning” stream of the Learning Cafe UnConference which was led by Bob Spence. This stream, which was well attended all day, was concerned with how we can make [...]

Find the need, demonstrate the value

Find the need, demonstrate the value

In order to understand a tool, you have to use it. In order to understand its value you have to apply its use to something to see whether it improves a task or an issue. Until [...]

The disillusionment of training

The disillusionment of training

The Freedictionary provides the following description of disillusionment; “having lost one’s ideals, illusions, or false ideas about someone or something; disenchanted” I’ve been spending a lot of time recently thinking about the role of training in [...]

4 reasons why employee social learning will fail at work

4 reasons why employee social learning will fail at work

Yes, I know that Facebook has 23 million users. Yes, I see people on Facebook everywhere I look – on the trains, at traffic lights and when at work. Personally I spend more time than I should on [...]

The “un-science” of learning evaluation

The “un-science” of learning evaluation

Evaluation is notoriously under-done in the corporate sector. And who can blame us? With ever increasing pressure bearing down on L&D professionals to put out the next big fire, it’s no wonder we don’t have time [...]

The Blame Game

The Blame Game

Unfortunately the ‘blame game’ isn’t something linked to my last post about gamification. It relates to a catchphrase that was a running joke in a previous role. In my time as a trainer there were a [...]