“Hey! What are you doing?!” That was my reaction after seeing my kids and their cousins poking at a spider web. The children, all under age 8, were intrigued by a very large and fierce looking spider on a web among flower garden daisies. The gut reaction by one of the kids on this oddly […]
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I’m seeing L&D/T&D or rather the compartmentalization of “learning”as a lame duck practice. It’s one of those 20th century institutions that people cling to maybe for nostalgia. Like bookstores and those that still speak of their need because some just like the feel of a book. Is it time to throw this, and possibly other
Learning in or as close to the actual context of the use of what has been learned has always been seen as ideal. In my mind I always picture OTJ learning situations and historically I see apprenticeships like those of a blacksmith or cobbler. Studies exist that support what we’ve always believed about this. For
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In a previous post I explored the idea that a form of learned helplessness is to blame for executives and L&D’s inability to accept and embrace social & informal learning in their organizations. Simply put, my argument was that after years of “control” by formal learning (public education, higher education and training organizations) there may
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The Internet Time Alliance always seems to inspire my thinking and remind me of what really matters; from Jane’s Pick of the Day to Clark Quinn’s mind mapping of keynotes. Mostly though, through their writing, I have had a new vision of organizational learning and I actively spread this in the organizations I support. Charles Jennings articulated
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