I had a wonderful email from a Learning and Development Roundtable member recently asking me for my top Learning and Development books. She wrote: “I wanted to ask if you have any recommendations for books/ training manuals for working with vulnerable youth (in an international context) or any … [Read more...] about My top Learning and Development books – 30+ years worth (Part One)
Three types of bias you have and three ways to overcome them
We all have biases. (Even though we don’t think we do.) Not me you might be (still) thinking. (Hint: that’s a type of bias!) Or you might be saying to yourself, so what, no big deal. Big deal. Bias has a huge effect on how we think, how we act, and how we move … [Read more...] about Three types of bias you have and three ways to overcome them
Learning in honour of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples part three
There’s so much learning to do for non indigenous people about power, privilege, race etc. I’ve written two other posts in this series; one about a simple theory of change and the second about individual ways to effect change. This post is about ten ways to effect change on a … [Read more...] about Learning in honour of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples part three
Learning in honour of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples part two
There’s so much learning to do for non-indigenous people about power, privilege, race, etc. Last week I wrote about a simple theory of change as an introduction to this three-part series. Again, if you carry any privilege, such as the colour of your skin, your level of education, access to … [Read more...] about Learning in honour of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples part two
The upside of the dark side of personality tests
Who are you? What comes onto your radar easily, naturally, and comfortably? And what flies under your radar because it’s unimportant, “foreign,” or awkward for you? And most of all, what implications does all of this have? Plenty! As I wrote about last week one popular way to answer these … [Read more...] about The upside of the dark side of personality tests
To my white friends and colleagues part 2
This is part two of "To my white friends and colleagues." There is lots of regret going around regarding peeling back rampant, systemic racism. Which is good. And bad. It’s good because we are finally waking up to people of color’s horrible realities due to racism. It’s bad if regret … [Read more...] about To my white friends and colleagues part 2
To my white friends and colleagues
My heart is cracking, my blood is churning and my sense of outrage is in overdrive. Here is a request for my white friends and colleagues to stand up for our friends of colour. We are in the mix and middle of a powerful time in history. Rage from historic racism and injustice has boiled … [Read more...] about To my white friends and colleagues
Learning how to learn from a traditional Sami reindeer herder
I’d gone from a balmy +30 degree Celsius at my home in Nairobi, Kenya to -20 in northern Sweden. My feet, covered only in thick socks, were warming beside a roaring fire. Later on I’d go to grab my boots to put them back on and find they were frozen to the thick reindeer pelts I was … [Read more...] about Learning how to learn from a traditional Sami reindeer herder
