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If you missed the final issue of our newsletter in 2020, let me remind you that in December we published 6 pretty cool articles. You will find information about the best resources shared in Offbeat in 2020, self-directed learning, building an asynchronous leadership program, gaining business acumen, L&D tech, and ways to make a positive impact in L&D.
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I came across this interesting podcast from LifeLabs Learning. Their concept is simple. You take 11 minutes of your time to listen to and find out something new about skills that leaders should develop. This can serve either as inspiration for your leadership programs or you can share it with your people managers.
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This is an interesting introduction to Oxford's Handbook of Lifelong Learning putting together various definitions of the concept, going through the difference between adaptive and generative learners, and how the workplace can support the former in becoming the latter. And it also offers a bunch of other resources you can go check to familiarize yourself with the subject.
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Earlier this week I set down with Anamaria Dorgo to finally get to know each other a bit better. It was definitely refreshing for both of us and she even got the chance to share a pretty cool resource with me - the Workshops.work Podcast. It explores topics that could interest the facilitator within you. They even have this Mural Map of all the episodes launched so far, so you can go there and pick the ones that spark your interest.
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The Learning & Development Podcast started this year with a talk around digital marketing. David, the host, together with Satoshi Probala, Learning Experience Lead at Swiss Re explored some interesting ideas around the topic. One of them really stuck with me. Being humble to recognize that your empirical data is not telling you enough and you should start looking closely at who your learners are.
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Talking about digital marketing and L&D, Ashley Sinclair and her team at MAAS Marketing recently announced they are cooking a podcast dedicated specifically to this topic. I couldn't be happier to dig deeper into more actionable advice on how to use marketing practices in our industry. You can sign up on their website to find out when it launches.
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Not specifically an L&D resources, but this can definitely help you or your colleagues in your personal development. I recently started using Headspace on a daily basis, and I couldn't be happier to do so. In my journey to find out how meditation helps my brain, I came across their blog. In short pieces of content, they explore many topics from getting goal-ready to sleep.
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We've talked about post-mortems in 2020 a lot. 2021 is the year of pre-mortems. Doing a pre-mortem means talking about a project and what could go wrong right when you start planning it. This helps a team prevent a lot of issues. We've used this practice and I couldn't tell you how much it helped us. This is a Miro board you can explore to understand how to use it yourself.
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Yet another interesting course from FutureLearn, exploring learning, behaviorism, the principles of classical and operant conditioning, the role of classical and/or operant conditioning in a real-world situation, and how biological factors can influence some forms of learning.
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Coming soon an event on how to design an onboarding program that lets newcomers experience your culture and establish belonging particularly in a remote setting.
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We talked a bit about Organisational Design last year, and I want to do it even more in 2021. This is a resource exploring in-depth the organization evolution framework's components: business model, strategy, operating, organization, and leadership models, purpose, and corporate culture.
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...if learning leaders are going to be innovators, they need to know what works and what doesn’t.
- J. P. Brown
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Going back to mid-2020, I remember when I worked for and launched the first list of Offbeat articles. Some amazing people wrote about topics that might still interest you and help you in 2021.
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We covered the future in learning tech in an article from Christopher Lind in the last Offbeat Issue, and I'm happy to see more people exploring the subject. This is an article focused more on the "as-is" of the industry, its sellers, needs, and solutions.
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As I was talking to Anamaria earlier this week I became aware once more of the importance of building communities. This resource might help you do so in your organization.
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Thanks to everyone who shared and supported Offbeat in 2021.
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