If you didn't catch all the posts last month simply peruse & click what's below.Here's the Rock.Paper.Scissors' monthly training & development round up for the month of July.Learn well in the training & development learning well. Dive deep into the learning well or take a small sip. … [Read more...] about Training & development learning well July blog post round up
A parent's perspective on their teen
Okay, I know, I know, teens get a lot of flack. I have one myself (a teen that is) so I hear stories about some of the grief he goes through.And...I think this sign is hilarious.It flips the switch on perspective.And that's always illuminating.(Thanks to my friend & colleague Roman for … [Read more...] about A parent's perspective on their teen
Training & development learning well June blog post round up
If you didn't catch all the posts last month simply peruse & click what's below.Here's the Rock.Paper.Scissors' monthly training & development round up for the month of June.Learn well in the training & development learning well. Dive deep into the learning well or take a small sip. … [Read more...] about Training & development learning well June blog post round up
Oh Canada- this one's for you
Even though I'm about as far away as you can get from Canada, without leaving the planet, my heart lives in Canada.Thinking about home. Thinking about how the concept of home has changed since I've been living in Kenya. Thinking about what others think about my home. Thinking about culture.Oh … [Read more...] about Oh Canada- this one's for you
Don't be a scaredy cat – watch your back as a trainer
I'm very honoured to be in the middle of doing some Training of Trainers for UNDP Somalia. I'm also very sobered, considering the recent attack on the UN compound in Mogadishu.It's made me think about watching your back as a trainer.That of course can mean many things - from personal safety to … [Read more...] about Don't be a scaredy cat – watch your back as a trainer
Insatiable – the good, the bad, the ugly (a la Seth Godin)
Creative Commons licensed on Flickr by: kevin dooley Seth Godin wrote an interesting post called insatiable (see below). As his posts often do, it got me thinking. I think he got it wrong.Yes, insatiability can lead to all things nasty if it means a never ending dissatisfaction &/or an … [Read more...] about Insatiable – the good, the bad, the ugly (a la Seth Godin)
How you define things (including calories) affects your perspective (& your reality distortion field)
My good friend Roman Rollnick sent this (even though he's in the communications field he's conspicuously not on the web, hence no hyperlink).I laughed. Then I thought about the effects definitions have on us.How we define things sets the parameters of our thinking. From whose fault it is that … [Read more...] about How you define things (including calories) affects your perspective (& your reality distortion field)
The magic of washing machines- put in dirty clothes & out comes books says Hans Rosling
Creative Commons licensed on Flickr by: Ovi Gherman "I was only four years old when I saw my mother load a washing machine for the very first time in her life. That was a great day for my mother. My mother and father had been saving money for years to be able to buy that machine, and the first day … [Read more...] about The magic of washing machines- put in dirty clothes & out comes books says Hans Rosling
Never, ever think outside the box (if you're a cat)
As the owner of two cats who sometimes, err, 'think' outside the box, this made me laugh.Creativity can be messy. Disorderly. Hard. Smelly even.The rewards, though, are oh so sweet (smelling).Enough said.(Except thanks to dear friend Roman Rollnick for passing along this cartoon.) … [Read more...] about Never, ever think outside the box (if you're a cat)
Training & development learning well March blog post round up
If you didn't catch all the posts last month simply peruse & click what's below.Here's the Rock.Paper.Scissors' monthly training & development round up for the month of March.Learn well in the training & development learning well. Dive deep into the learning well or take a small sip. … [Read more...] about Training & development learning well March blog post round up
You're fine, how am I? Learning & Development Self-care
I love this comic by Dan Piraro of Bizarro comic fame.Makes me think of self-care & wellness. As human resource folk, trainers &/or learning & development specialists we can focus so much on our clients, our participants, our learners that we forget to lean into ourselves.How are … [Read more...] about You're fine, how am I? Learning & Development Self-care
6 Resources related to 'The Power of Habit' by Charles Duhigg
This blog post is taken from this month's Rock.Paper.Scissors Inc. newsletter. See the entire newsletter, including free, related resources here. Don't receive our monthly newsletter? Whatsamatter you! Sign up here. ******* News Blast! Check out a short & sassy survey I designed about … [Read more...] about 6 Resources related to 'The Power of Habit' by Charles Duhigg
