Voila - here's the Rock.Paper.Scissors' monthly training & development round up. You'll find all the blog posts for the month of June below. Learn well in the training & development learning well. Dive deep into the learning well or take a small sip. Shower yourself in training & … [Read more...] about Training & development learning well June blog post round up
Resources to help you get organized in the Google era
The latest Rock.Paper.Scissors Inc. e-newsletter reviewed Douglas Merrill's funky book 'Getting Organized in the Google Era'. Here are some resources to help you stay on top instead of feeling smothered under by things to do. Check out Douglas Merrill's book here- it's an easy, informative, … [Read more...] about Resources to help you get organized in the Google era
Getting Organized in the Google Era – or how to ski to Thailand
My last post described 4 main takeaways from Douglas Merrill's 'Organizing in the Age of Google'. Here are four more, specifically related to his top tip --> Search. If you only keep in your head what you truly need then what do you do with the rest? “Don’t file information search for it,” … [Read more...] about Getting Organized in the Google Era – or how to ski to Thailand
'Organizing in the Google Era' – a review of Douglas Merrill's book
Douglas Merrill, author of Getting Organized in the Google Era, has creds. He has a PhD in cognitive science, he’s the former CIO at Google, the former President of EMI Music’s digital unit and current CEO & co-founder of ZestCash.com. Equally important the approach he takes in his book is … [Read more...] about 'Organizing in the Google Era' – a review of Douglas Merrill's book
More rock star stories of women & HR, ten more top tips
Recently I facilitated a panel discussion of senior Human Resources women for BCHRMA in order to tease out and build upon their stories. What a night! The panelists hummed and the audience responded. Here are the mistresses of HR stories: Janice Antaya-Finlayson (VP, HR for Best Buy … [Read more...] about More rock star stories of women & HR, ten more top tips
Effective communication – I’m an anchor? You say that like it’s a good thing
Effective communication? You be the judge. A client called me an anchor recently. I chuckled ... after I realized she didn't mean to say she thought I was going to weigh down the conference like a ball and chain, rather she said - You're our anchor "now when you get home what can you do with … [Read more...] about Effective communication – I’m an anchor? You say that like it’s a good thing
And the answer is …… Do First Nations people look you in the eye? More cultural lessons for training & development
Two weeks ago I launched a contest based on a comment I hear fairly frequently when I'm doing cultural intelligence, diversity and/or access and inclusion training. And that comment is 'First Nations people don't look you in the eye.' Besides being a generalization, it's way more complicated. I … [Read more...] about And the answer is …… Do First Nations people look you in the eye? More cultural lessons for training & development
Shedding light on the stories of women & HR, ten top tips
Have you entered the cultural training & development contest yet and grabbed a chance of winning a free Life Lenses® assessment? No? What are you waiting for - deadline is June 15th. ******************* Recently I facilitated a panel discussion of senior Human Resources women for BCHRMA in … [Read more...] about Shedding light on the stories of women & HR, ten top tips
No better way to learn about your own cultural training & development roots than to immerse yourself in another
Have you entered the cultural training & development contest yet and grabbed a chance of winning a free Life Lenses® assessment? No? What are you waiting for - deadline is June 15th. As I mentioned in a previous post watching out for too-near hippos by night and too-curious monkeys by day, … [Read more...] about No better way to learn about your own cultural training & development roots than to immerse yourself in another
Cross cultural communications – are you in?
We interrupt this blog post for an important message: Taken the 'test' on cross-cultural communications yet? No? Get on over to this post with the test (and a prize!). If you can answer the question in the comment section you could win a Life Lenses® assessment. *********************** Cross … [Read more...] about Cross cultural communications – are you in?
Do First Nations people look you in the eye? More cultural lessons for training & development
Hot post title, no? Has it got you all up in arms? Good. Hang on, keep reading (there's a contest with a cool prize to come)... A couple of my recent posts have been on cultural issues to consider when doing training and development. You can see them at the bottom of this post. I left the … [Read more...] about Do First Nations people look you in the eye? More cultural lessons for training & development
Learning Perspective – Paper vrs Rock
Learning perspective. In my dictionary that's what we're all about as training and development specialists. In my dictionary that means creating a culture in both our training and development content and delivery that supports: ...taking a second look ...finding a new outlook ...re-examining … [Read more...] about Learning Perspective – Paper vrs Rock
