From NY Times : "For years school curriculums have emphasized top-down instruction, especially for topics like math and science. Learn the rules first — the theorems, the order of operations, Newton’s laws — then make a run at the problem list at the end of the chapter. Better yet, perceptual knowledge builds automatically." Eide Neurolearning Blog. MORE >>

Tweet In social networks we can learn from each other; modelling behaviours, telling stories, and sharing what we know. This may not be highly efficient, but it it can be very effective. You will know you’re in a real community of practice if it changes your practices. Education and training are shaping technologies. MORE >>

Through the years, I have been intrigued by the number of once powerful companies that are no longer around.  Darwinian principles seem to apply in business as much as in biology.  Companies that are unable or unwilling to adapt to the changes in such a Darwinian climate will become marginalized or extinct. Capabilities , not just Strategy. MORE >>

Tired of going with the design that will survive the organization's political gauntlet? What if we made decisions based on what actually worked for customers and produced results, not what snaggletoothed solution fit into every stakeholder's personal view of the world? quick story of how I got hooked. The next day, we had our answer. MORE >>

As you will know I finalised the 5th Annual survey of  Top 100 Tools for Learning in the middle of November 2011, and at that time placed the presentation on Slideshare. I’ve just noticed that in the subsequent two months it has been viewed over 200,000 times! Social learning MORE >>