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5:29 in length) “How To Stop. Dan's Related Posts: The Essential Creative Thinking Questions To Ask Yourself. Word Cloud: OPEN TO THINK. Sneak Peek Audio Clip of OPEN TO THINK. Three Strategies To Improve Your Creative Thinking. MORE
Although most L&D departments focus on training people to do their jobs, research tells us that most of what employees learn at work happens as they do their jobs. In fact, when team members work together closely, share reflections and resources on a regular basis, they continuously learn from each other. … Modern Workplace Learning MORE
I am often asked how to get started designing and running Knowledge Cafés. Given that the outcomes of the Knowledge Café are sometimes seen as “soft” by more hard-nosed, business focused managers, and by those working under time pressure, you may have difficulty convincing people of their value, and so it is essential to think carefully about how to get started. By David Gurteen. MORE
Dan takes the logic further than I did last week in my post on how to assess learning initiatives. Increasingly, learning is migrating from events (think “workshop&# ) to processes (think “social learning&# ). We already know many ways to make networks more effective. MORE
With this flow, it’s natural for the speaker to come offstage and talk to people during the break. They’re a chance to keep talking about the ideas that brought us to the event in the first place, which is great. Go ahead and give it to them. MORE
The latter is an online marketplace for people to list and/or book accommodations. It claims to have 50,000 renters every night. Eckhardt and Fleura Bardhi who made a strong case against using the term “sharing economy” when it comes to firms like Uber and AirBnB. MORE
Many of us can’t wait for autonomous cars, and would pay a lot to have one and be freed up from the hassles of driving. And they’ll pretty clearly lead to better traffic flow (because they can drive so close to each other) and fewer parking hassles. MORE
How can people earn an extra gold star with you? The next set of questions were more focused on how we interact with others: How do you coach people to do their best work and develop their talents? What’s the best way to communicate with you? What’s the best way to convince you to do something? How do you like to give feedback? How do you like to get feedback MORE
How to Brand Your Nonprofit To Scale Your Positive Impact – Guest Post by Simon Mainwaring. Nonprofits do critical work in their communities and around the world and, in so doing, build the awareness of their brands to scale their impact. MORE
We found a standard formula of how to talk like Hannibal. “Tell me, Will…” Dramatic question about how this random thing relates to Will. For instance, last weekend we went to a potluck and couldn’t stop cracking each other up. “A potluck is an event in which individuals bring a cherished part of themselves to a communal table. Tell me, Will…what will you bring to the table?” MORE
It's easy to make STEM right for girls. Just change the letters in STEM. Last week a new test on technology and engineering had girls scoring higher than boys. Does this mean girls will go into technology and engineering? MORE
This is the first in a series of three public social online workshop that introduce you to the key ways to promote continuous, everyday, learning in your organisation. The workshop will help you understand how to work […]. MORE
When I’ve mastered the baking, I explain how I did it, thus making the knowledge explicit. You can no more convert tacit knowledge to explicit knowledge without the experiential component than you can convert lead into gold. I don’t even know where to look. MORE
Brewster Kahle gives a tour of one of the Internet Archive ‘s book scanning facilities. This one is part of the Archive’s San Francisco headquarters: Recorded during a tour of the facilities, as part of the LOD-LAM conference MORE
According to the CFPB , employees of Wells Fargo “secretly opened accounts and shifted funds from consumers’ existing accounts into these new accounts without their knowledge or permission to do so, often racking up fees or other charges.”. Photographer: Kimberly White/Bloomberg News. MORE
THEM : Well, I have to confess that we don’t quite use it the way you’d want… ME : (frowns). I’m not frowning because people don’t follow the methods we share to the letter. I’m frowning because they seem to think that’s a problem. MORE
By David Gurteen I was asked recently how I capture ideas during a conversation without unduly interrupting the flow of the conversation. During a conversation to avoid taking lengthy notes and disrupting the flow of the conversation I write just a word or two on the card to remind me of an idea or insight I have had. I use an app called Captio to quickly and easily capture my dictation and translate it into text. MORE
Having started my career, many many years ago as a German teacher, I realise how learning a language requires more than just studying it on a course – you need to immerse yourself in the language in many different ways. So I really like this infographic from Thomas Cook, which I found in a post […]. Social learning MORE
As individuals and as a species, I believe we will be happier and more productive if we can improve our ability to communicate. This blog is dedicated to that effort. 08 February 2008 How to Draw an Eye, with Karl Gude Karl Gude demonstrates how to draw an eye. MORE
In How To Become A Centaur Case gives blitz history of AI, and of its lesser known cousin IA – Intelligence Augmentation. The article is too good to try to summarise. MORE
From danah boyd’s presentation at ASTD TechKnowledge 2013 , on the future of work: But if you want to prepare people not just for the next job, but for the one after that, you need to help them think through the relationships they have and what they learn from the people around them. MORE
Good summary of twitter for those yet to explore it. Just found this! Source: Uploaded by user via David on Pinterest. Twitter MORE
And yes, even Baby Boomers don't know how to write a letter. . He used carbon paper (look it up) while typing them to get five copies. So when my son expressed interest (subtly of course, but he tells his mother he reads every one of my letters) in getting letters, I looked back to my father's letters to see how he did it. And nothing to worry your child. They knew how to write a letter. Yes, writing a letter is an art. MORE
How do you persuade somebody of the facts? Asking them to be fair, impartial and unbiased is not enough. To explain why, psychologist Tom Stafford analyses a classic scientific study. One of the tricks our mind plays is to highlight evidence which confirms what we already believe. This matters when we want to make better decisions. How we should to protect our decisions from confirmation bias depends on why, psychologically, confirmation bias happens. MORE
I went to see To Be Takei last night, and George himself was there for an interview afterwards. It occurred to me that I’d like him to autograph his book Oh Myyy , but I only have a copy on my Kindle. So, here’s a proposal for the Kindle, the Nook, and for any other DRM-ed ebook reader: Allow us to embed one and only one photo into our copy of an ebook. PS: To Be Takei was really enjoyable. MORE
can say that Muad’Dib learned rapidly because his first training was in how to learn. This quote from the well-known science fiction novel Dune underlines the difficulty anyone in the corporate university, education, or training arena has to face. One that comes to mind is Apple. MORE
Gary Hamel says that we are moving from an Industrial to a Creative Economy , which requires more independent workers with initiative, creativity, and passion. The underlying technology that enables work: from centralized factories to distributed and dynamic workplaces. MORE
Radio used to be wireless audio on a broadcast band. What used to be called Radio (iTunes’ collection of webcasting radio stations), which had already been pushed down one directory level to “Music,” is now available only under a new button called “Internet.” Worse, it won’t appear unless you open preferences in iTunes and check a box to turn it on. For stations, networks and chains: Normalize to the Net. MORE
» January 06, 2011 HBR on How to Fix Capitalism: A Bandage on a Cancer Michael Porter, strategy guru extraordinaire , and Mark Kramer have an article in the January 2011 issue of Harvard Business Review entitled How To Fix Capitalism. MORE
Next public online workshop runs: 15 JUNE – 10 JULY This 4-week online workshop introduces you to some of the key areas of the role of a Personal Learning Adviser in the workplace. MORE
First, accept that it takes a certain amount of time to travel half way across the country or around the world. Eight hours to get to Denver? Compared to the two-day drive it would otherwise take. Seventeen hours to Istanbul? It''s a six hour trip, door to door. MORE
How do you persuade somebody of the facts? Asking them to be fair, impartial and unbiased is not enough. To explain why, psychologist Tom Stafford analyses a classic scientific study. One of the tricks our mind plays is to highlight evidence which confirms what we already believe. This matters when we want to make better decisions. How we should to protect our decisions from confirmation bias depends on why, psychologically, confirmation bias happens. MORE
The advent of social technologies brings huge benefits to a work team, including the facility to improve communication, enhance continuous learning and performance improvement and capture organisational knowledge. MORE
It wasn’t long into a trip from Vancouver to Washington, DC when my female seatmate asked the flight attendant for a glass of white wine. I also wondered if I might have to perform CPR or at least donate my ‘sickness bag’ But where would I spit out my gum? MORE
How many you ask? I ventured over to Bing and repeated the exercise. I’ve no idea why there is a gap of 400 million search terms between Google and Microsoft, but either way there are a lot of opinions and there is a lot of content out there related to the term ’team’. MORE
I was asked by a colleague to answer some questions for a project on how to learn. I naturally decided to answer in a blog post ;). In your working life, how have you learnt effectively from experience, please provide an example if possible? MORE
His calling is to help business people improve their performance on the job and satisfaction in life. He has challenged conventional wisdom about how adults learn since designing the first business degree program offered by the University of Phoenix three decades ago. Interview. MORE
Start with the heart » December 21, 2010 PBS: How to fix America? PBS has an interesting site entitled “ How to Fix America ” The introduction reads: “Not to overstate the obvious, but America is having a pretty tough go of it these days. MORE
In this online workshop we look at how to plan and launch an online community as well as keep the members engaged once the first flush of enthusiasm has died off. Next public online workshop runs: 1 – 26 June Setting up and running an online community takes time and effort. MORE
In a previous post here, From “knowledge worker” to “learning worker”: what this means for an organisation I’ve written about the concept of a “learning worker” that Jacob Morgan believes is one of the 7 principles of the future employee. MORE
I spent some time this morning happily browsing advice from famous writers on how to write, thanks to Maria Popova’s [twitter: Brain Pickings ] own writings on those writers writing about writing. piece that also contains links to famous writers on said topic. Some of these pieces were familiar, some not, but all convinced me of one thing: writers should re-label their advice on how to write as “How I Write.” Welcome to my blog.) MORE
So what can you do to bring workplace more in line with modern day personal, independent learning? In the last 10 years there has been a big change in the way that many people now learn – I’ve written about the 6 key features here. MORE
Day 21 of the Countdown to Xmas continues here – a daily treat in the form of a learning resource. Instructables provides a place to share what you make in the form of text and graphics guides. HOW TO MAKE A WOODEN CHRISTMAS TREE. MORE
How To Related Topics Kevin Wheeler
MARCH 21, 2013
can say that Muad’Dib learned rapidly because his first training was in how to learn. This quote from the well-known science fiction novel Dune underlines the difficulty anyone in the corporate university, education, or training arena has to face. One that comes to mind is Apple.
Jane Hart
OCTOBER 24, 2017
On 2 October 2017, I released the results of the 11th Annual Learning Tools survey in the form of the Top 200 Tools for Learning 2017 list.
Doc Searls
NOVEMBER 30, 2013
Radio used to be wireless audio on a broadcast band. What used to be called Radio (iTunes’ collection of webcasting radio stations), which had already been pushed down one directory level to “Music,” is now available only under a new button called “Internet.” Worse, it won’t appear unless you open preferences in iTunes and check a box to turn it on. For stations, networks and chains: Normalize to the Net.
Jane Hart
OCTOBER 22, 2015
In a previous post here, From “knowledge worker” to “learning worker”: what this means for an organisation I’ve written about the concept of a “learning worker” that Jacob Morgan believes is one of the 7 principles of the future employee.
Jane Hart
OCTOBER 18, 2015
This is the first in a series of three public social online workshop that introduce you to the key ways to promote continuous, everyday, learning in your organisation. The workshop will help you understand how to work […].
Jane Hart
JUNE 3, 2014
So what can you do to bring workplace more in line with modern day personal, independent learning? In the last 10 years there has been a big change in the way that many people now learn – I’ve written about the 6 key features here.
Jane Hart
JANUARY 20, 2013
Good summary of twitter for those yet to explore it. Just found this! Source: Uploaded by user via David on Pinterest. Twitter
Jane Hart
NOVEMBER 2, 2015
The advent of social technologies brings huge benefits to a work team, including the facility to improve communication, enhance continuous learning and performance improvement and capture organisational knowledge.
Dan Pontefract
OCTOBER 18, 2018
5:29 in length) “How To Stop. Dan's Related Posts: The Essential Creative Thinking Questions To Ask Yourself. Word Cloud: OPEN TO THINK. Sneak Peek Audio Clip of OPEN TO THINK. Three Strategies To Improve Your Creative Thinking.
David Weinberger
NOVEMBER 24, 2013
I spent some time this morning happily browsing advice from famous writers on how to write, thanks to Maria Popova’s [twitter: Brain Pickings ] own writings on those writers writing about writing. piece that also contains links to famous writers on said topic. Some of these pieces were familiar, some not, but all convinced me of one thing: writers should re-label their advice on how to write as “How I Write.” Welcome to my blog.)
Dan Pontefract
SEPTEMBER 17, 2016
According to the CFPB , employees of Wells Fargo “secretly opened accounts and shifted funds from consumers’ existing accounts into these new accounts without their knowledge or permission to do so, often racking up fees or other charges.”. Photographer: Kimberly White/Bloomberg News.
Clark Quinn
SEPTEMBER 27, 2016
I was asked by a colleague to answer some questions for a project on how to learn. I naturally decided to answer in a blog post ;). In your working life, how have you learnt effectively from experience, please provide an example if possible?
David Weinberger
SEPTEMBER 10, 2015
We found a standard formula of how to talk like Hannibal. “Tell me, Will…” Dramatic question about how this random thing relates to Will. For instance, last weekend we went to a potluck and couldn’t stop cracking each other up. “A potluck is an event in which individuals bring a cherished part of themselves to a communal table. Tell me, Will…what will you bring to the table?”
Mind Hacks
FEBRUARY 7, 2018
In How To Become A Centaur Case gives blitz history of AI, and of its lesser known cousin IA – Intelligence Augmentation. The article is too good to try to summarise.
Jane Hart
JUNE 2, 2015
Next public online workshop runs: 15 JUNE – 10 JULY This 4-week online workshop introduces you to some of the key areas of the role of a Personal Learning Adviser in the workplace.
Dan Pontefract
NOVEMBER 12, 2013
It wasn’t long into a trip from Vancouver to Washington, DC when my female seatmate asked the flight attendant for a glass of white wine. I also wondered if I might have to perform CPR or at least donate my ‘sickness bag’ But where would I spit out my gum?
Jane Hart
DECEMBER 21, 2016
Day 21 of the Countdown to Xmas continues here – a daily treat in the form of a learning resource. Instructables provides a place to share what you make in the form of text and graphics guides. HOW TO MAKE A WOODEN CHRISTMAS TREE.
Nine Shift
FEBRUARY 18, 2018
And yes, even Baby Boomers don't know how to write a letter. . He used carbon paper (look it up) while typing them to get five copies. So when my son expressed interest (subtly of course, but he tells his mother he reads every one of my letters) in getting letters, I looked back to my father's letters to see how he did it. And nothing to worry your child. They knew how to write a letter. Yes, writing a letter is an art.
Jane Hart
OCTOBER 8, 2018
Although most L&D departments focus on training people to do their jobs, research tells us that most of what employees learn at work happens as they do their jobs. In fact, when team members work together closely, share reflections and resources on a regular basis, they continuously learn from each other. … Modern Workplace Learning
Stephen Downes: Half an Hour
SEPTEMBER 5, 2016
How can people earn an extra gold star with you? The next set of questions were more focused on how we interact with others: How do you coach people to do their best work and develop their talents? What’s the best way to communicate with you? What’s the best way to convince you to do something? How do you like to give feedback? How do you like to get feedback
Dan Pontefract
FEBRUARY 24, 2014
How many you ask? I ventured over to Bing and repeated the exercise. I’ve no idea why there is a gap of 400 million search terms between Google and Microsoft, but either way there are a lot of opinions and there is a lot of content out there related to the term ’team’.
Mind Hacks
FEBRUARY 6, 2017
How do you persuade somebody of the facts? Asking them to be fair, impartial and unbiased is not enough. To explain why, psychologist Tom Stafford analyses a classic scientific study. One of the tricks our mind plays is to highlight evidence which confirms what we already believe. This matters when we want to make better decisions. How we should to protect our decisions from confirmation bias depends on why, psychologically, confirmation bias happens.
Mind Hacks
FEBRUARY 6, 2017
How do you persuade somebody of the facts? Asking them to be fair, impartial and unbiased is not enough. To explain why, psychologist Tom Stafford analyses a classic scientific study. One of the tricks our mind plays is to highlight evidence which confirms what we already believe. This matters when we want to make better decisions. How we should to protect our decisions from confirmation bias depends on why, psychologically, confirmation bias happens.
Stephen Downes: Half an Hour
JULY 26, 2014
First, accept that it takes a certain amount of time to travel half way across the country or around the world. Eight hours to get to Denver? Compared to the two-day drive it would otherwise take. Seventeen hours to Istanbul? It''s a six hour trip, door to door.
Harold Jarche
MARCH 3, 2013
From danah boyd’s presentation at ASTD TechKnowledge 2013 , on the future of work: But if you want to prepare people not just for the next job, but for the one after that, you need to help them think through the relationships they have and what they learn from the people around them.
Steve Denning
DECEMBER 21, 2010
Start with the heart » December 21, 2010 PBS: How to fix America? PBS has an interesting site entitled “ How to Fix America ” The introduction reads: “Not to overstate the obvious, but America is having a pretty tough go of it these days.
Harold Jarche
NOVEMBER 7, 2013
Gary Hamel says that we are moving from an Industrial to a Creative Economy , which requires more independent workers with initiative, creativity, and passion. The underlying technology that enables work: from centralized factories to distributed and dynamic workplaces.
Jane Hart
APRIL 6, 2015
Having started my career, many many years ago as a German teacher, I realise how learning a language requires more than just studying it on a course – you need to immerse yourself in the language in many different ways. So I really like this infographic from Thomas Cook, which I found in a post […]. Social learning
Beth Kanter
NOVEMBER 28, 2018
How to Brand Your Nonprofit To Scale Your Positive Impact – Guest Post by Simon Mainwaring. Nonprofits do critical work in their communities and around the world and, in so doing, build the awareness of their brands to scale their impact.
David Weinberger
NOVEMBER 4, 2014
I went to see To Be Takei last night, and George himself was there for an interview afterwards. It occurred to me that I’d like him to autograph his book Oh Myyy , but I only have a copy on my Kindle. So, here’s a proposal for the Kindle, the Nook, and for any other DRM-ed ebook reader: Allow us to embed one and only one photo into our copy of an ebook. PS: To Be Takei was really enjoyable.
Jay Cross's Informal Learning
JULY 12, 2010
His calling is to help business people improve their performance on the job and satisfaction in life. He has challenged conventional wisdom about how adults learn since designing the first business degree program offered by the University of Phoenix three decades ago. Interview.
Steve Denning
JANUARY 6, 2011
» January 06, 2011 HBR on How to Fix Capitalism: A Bandage on a Cancer Michael Porter, strategy guru extraordinaire , and Mark Kramer have an article in the January 2011 issue of Harvard Business Review entitled How To Fix Capitalism.
Jane Hart
MAY 16, 2015
In this online workshop we look at how to plan and launch an online community as well as keep the members engaged once the first flush of enthusiasm has died off. Next public online workshop runs: 1 – 26 June Setting up and running an online community takes time and effort.
David Gurteen
JUNE 26, 2018
By David Gurteen I was asked recently how I capture ideas during a conversation without unduly interrupting the flow of the conversation. During a conversation to avoid taking lengthy notes and disrupting the flow of the conversation I write just a word or two on the card to remind me of an idea or insight I have had. I use an app called Captio to quickly and easily capture my dictation and translate it into text.
Jay Cross
FEBRUARY 23, 2013
When I’ve mastered the baking, I explain how I did it, thus making the knowledge explicit. You can no more convert tacit knowledge to explicit knowledge without the experiential component than you can convert lead into gold. I don’t even know where to look.
Dan Pontefract
OCTOBER 3, 2016
The latter is an online marketplace for people to list and/or book accommodations. It claims to have 50,000 renters every night. Eckhardt and Fleura Bardhi who made a strong case against using the term “sharing economy” when it comes to firms like Uber and AirBnB.
Adaptive Path
FEBRUARY 5, 2014
THEM : Well, I have to confess that we don’t quite use it the way you’d want… ME : (frowns). I’m not frowning because people don’t follow the methods we share to the letter. I’m frowning because they seem to think that’s a problem.
Andy McAfee
APRIL 18, 2012
Many of us can’t wait for autonomous cars, and would pay a lot to have one and be freed up from the hassles of driving. And they’ll pretty clearly lead to better traffic flow (because they can drive so close to each other) and fewer parking hassles.
David Gurteen
JUNE 28, 2017
I am often asked how to get started designing and running Knowledge Cafés. Given that the outcomes of the Knowledge Café are sometimes seen as “soft” by more hard-nosed, business focused managers, and by those working under time pressure, you may have difficulty convincing people of their value, and so it is essential to think carefully about how to get started. By David Gurteen.
Jay Cross
MARCH 8, 2011
Dan takes the logic further than I did last week in my post on how to assess learning initiatives. Increasingly, learning is migrating from events (think “workshop&# ) to processes (think “social learning&# ). We already know many ways to make networks more effective.
Nine Shift
MAY 25, 2016
It's easy to make STEM right for girls. Just change the letters in STEM. Last week a new test on technology and engineering had girls scoring higher than boys. Does this mean girls will go into technology and engineering?
David Weinberger
JUNE 5, 2011
Brewster Kahle gives a tour of one of the Internet Archive ‘s book scanning facilities. This one is part of the Archive’s San Francisco headquarters: Recorded during a tour of the facilities, as part of the LOD-LAM conference
Dave Gray
FEBRUARY 8, 2008
As individuals and as a species, I believe we will be happier and more productive if we can improve our ability to communicate. This blog is dedicated to that effort. 08 February 2008 How to Draw an Eye, with Karl Gude Karl Gude demonstrates how to draw an eye.
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