Complicated challenges are rarely solved with simple solutions. On the occasions they are, it’s likely that someone has done the heavy thinking – creative and critical thought – to understand the relationship between the different elements of the problem. The smart learning people will know there isn’t a simple solution to every problem. Don’t be… Read More Simplicity
I was reading an article the other day which started referencing the famous Confucius quote: I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. Confucius Except Confucius didn’t say it – the wording has been misattributed to him. A similar phrase was first noted by Xunzi and it looks… Read More Who said…
While I was away I realised the problem so many learning teams have with social learning. They want to regulate the learning part when it’s the social part which drives it. But you can’t regulate the social bit without becoming the social police. Learning people then spend more energy on limiting the learning bit in… Read More The problem with social learning
I keep hearing about working from home (WFH) data and research but little on learning from home (LFH). Where is the data on learning from home? Learning teams: If you’re not collecting it, why not? On average, about 30% of knowledge worker time is spent working from home and you should know how much of… Read More LFH
One reason I blog is to have a record of things I’ve spoken to people about. Some 1100+ posts later there’s a lot of advice in this record. If you tried to read these articles in date order, they’d have some sense but the nature of how I write means there is little order or… Read More Offering advice
Lost and Desperate 