I love it when readers give their suggestions and ask questions. Like when Manuela emailed me asking if I knew of any low-budget, easy onboarding tools. (I cut this sign out of a newspaper ages ago and have always thought it was such an incredible example of welcoming or even in our case, … [Read more...] about How to use virtual escape rooms as an engaging, effective onboarding tool
I recently took a deep dive into some workshops from a Knowledge Management conference. Having read the above sentence, one of two things is happening for you right now: If you’re number one, yeah! If you're number two, hang in there with me for a sec. Knowledge management … [Read more...] about Navigating the Chaos: Unveiling the Comedy of Knowledge Management Workshops
What have you learned lately? Regardless of whether it came through a book, conference, podcast, blog post, or other, what have you learned lately? In most cultures, the epitome of learning is a university with its lectures. This even though lectures don’t lead to a whole lot of … [Read more...] about Three easy steps to getting more out of your learning
Today is World Mental Health Day. The WHO says “mental health is a state of mental well-being that enables people to cope with the stresses of life, realize their abilities, learn well and work well, and contribute to their community. It is an integral component of health and … [Read more...] about Four tools to help you, in honour of World Mental Health Day
For the last three weeks I’ve written about seven reasons why you REALLY need to add interactive activities to your workshops and shared three sets of twelve examples of easy peasy engaging and fun activities. This week I’m back with twelve final examples plus a bonus. If you’ve … [Read more...] about Easy peasy activities to make your workshops more interactive Part Four
Last week and the week before I wrote about seven reasons why you REALLY need to add interactive activities to your workshops and twelve examples of easy peasy engaging and fun activities. This week I’m back with twelve more. Remember, adding interactive activities to your workshop isn’t as hard … [Read more...] about Easy peasy activities to make your workshops more interactive Part Three
Last week I wrote about seven reasons why you REALLY need to add interactive activities to your workshops and twelve examples of easy peasy engaging and fun activities. This week I’m back with twelve more. Remember, adding interactive activities to your workshop isn’t as hard as it … [Read more...] about Easy peasy activities to make your workshops more interactive Part Two
We’ve all been there. You’re in a workshop and you’re desperately trying to stay awake. As the instructor drones on and on and on, despite your best efforts, you feel like you’re about to fall into a deep coma. Not anymore you rockstar you The next time you need to design … [Read more...] about Easy peasy activities to make your workshops more interactive Part One
Why did the chicken cross the road? Who knows, and more importantly it doesn’t matter because the ability to tell jokes is not a requirement for the effective use of humour in today’s workplace. Fun fact. Did you know that Rock.Paper.Scissors Inc. used to host an annual … [Read more...] about Seven reasons to use humour in your workplace
Imagine you’re pregnant. Imagine you’re pregnant with triplets. Imagine you’re considered a high-risk pregnancy and you’re in the hospital and you’ve just discovered that your regular doctor isn’t available and you’re giving birth six weeks early. You’re about to give birth with a … [Read more...] about Massaging almonds – a critical skill for conflict resolution, communication, teaching, and more
I was teaching a workshop on conflict resolution and I was at the part where we talked about AA. Not that AA. Rather an attitude adjustment. It was part of my Learning and Development Roundtable - Resolve conflict with confidence and clarity using these six simple skills. I created the … [Read more...] about Is it time for AA? (It’s not what you think)
As I described in last week’s post, I’m a seasoned, passionate, deliberate, strategic learner. I have been all my life. And you are too. Think of how much learning you’ve done since you were a wee baby. If we didn’t learn we wouldn’t be able to walk, talk, socialize, work, play, … [Read more...] about Have you read any of these, my top favorite reads from 2022? Part two
The trick is for the (scissor) blades to learn to work smoothly together, so as not to cut each other.
— Mary Jo Putney
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.
— Amelia Earhart
There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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