“One of the most effective ways of moving others is to uncover challenges they may not know they have. ”
Daniel H. Pink
Happy Friday! Looks like we’ve made it to the end of another week and we got yet another opportunity to work on our snow shoveling technique. Fortunately the snow and not being able to travel doesn’t stop us from having conversations with our friends and colleagues. Those are the highlights of my week. Next week a highlight will be getting the chance to speak at the Learning Technologies conference about some of the things L&D should steal from our marketing colleagues. If you’re interested, I’m on Monday at 9:30 Eastern time (1/22). Let me know if I should look for you there?
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What I’m Listening to: Today is a “70s Roadtrip” kind of day. I hope it is going to be a “Lovely Day”
What Every Successful Person Knows, But Never Says
This bit of advice from Ira Glass is very inspirational and affirmative. It is something I have found myself returning to periodically for years now. Especially if you ever have that feeling that you’re not “good enough”. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Why not pass it along to someone else who could also benefit from his message?
Measuring the Impact of Instruction in Enterprise Learning
Julie Dirksen of Usable Learning, shares her thoughts with Guy Wallace in response to the question “What to Measure & How to Measure … the Impact of Instruction in an Enterprise Learning Context”
Helen Blunden recently reminded us that “If you’re relying on social networks to serve you up the content you want to read – you’re not in control.” And she has written about how you can use RSS to take control of the information you consume. I have a similar strategy and pipe things into Feedly from Twitter, YouTube, newsletters, blogs and just about anything I want to keep up with. I can attest that this approach is infinitely more efficient than any other I’m aware of.
The Science of Workplace Instruction: Learning and Development Applied to Work
This research delves into the intersection of instructional principles and organizational training methods. Among the findings are five core instructional principles that have empirical support and can be applied in multiple ways to facilitate learning. If you prefer an easier to consume video format, check out Jane Bozarth’s video interview with Kurt Kraiger.
Which tool when for files: SharePoint, OneDrive, or Microsoft Teams
I’m guessing that I’m not the only one who has been befuddled by this confusing scenario. (Why does everything Microsoft do have to be so challenging to understand?)
