What has the business ever done for us?

The interior of a training room. A darkened room with a very conspiratorial atmosphere. Learning and development people are seated around a number of tables. Francis is standing by a flipchart, addressing the group. Francis: If we want Learning and Development to be recognised as a valued business function we need to get to the board room. We get in… Read More What has the business ever done for us?

Being critical for a moment

  The ability to think critically is a skill that we wish to encourage in our children.  In An Introduction to Critical Thinking and Creativity: Think More, Think Better, Joe Lau highlights 6 core elements that critical thinkers do. Critical thinkers: Understand the logical connections between ideas. Identify, construct, and evaluate arguments. Detect inconsistencies and common… Read More Being critical for a moment