According to a survey of almost 11k employees, opportunity for professional growth and learning has dropped from being the 3rd most important reason for employees to stay in an organisation, to 8th. Job security, flexibility to work from home, pay, reward, time off, and other benefits are way above the traditional development activities which LnD… Read More Retention isn’t what it used to be
I’m not on Facebook. Notwithstanding how they capture, store, and share data, I don’t see the need to want to know what friends of friends are interested in. The same has been happening recently to LinkedIn. As I make new connections, my timeline immediately fills with comments, shares and upvotes for things that exist outside… Read More LinkedMetaBookIn
Up in the conference at Learning Technologies last week, people were talking about innovation in work, learning and the future. In the sub ground floor was a security guard whose responsibility was to make sure no-one used the fire exit. They looked extremely bored so I went and had a chat with them. Yes, they… Read More Up and down
Want to find out what people REALLY think about learning in virtual environments? Ask them. Some recent research by Suzanne Dove, Patrice Torcivia Prusko and Jennifer Cutts, well-known scholar/practitioners in centres for teaching and learning and learning innovation in the US Edu sector have thrown up a few themes. Some are entirely relevant to workplace… Read More Surveying the real world
Groups are great ways to meet new people but I much prefer to use them to create communities. Communities rarely let me down and people mostly follow through with what they offer. Communities are fluid and flexible and able to respond at pace. Communities give me confidence since everyone is an expert as something. Communities… Read More It takes a village
Lost and Desperate 