Hybrid. Does the mere term cause you to grind your teeth and send shivers down your spine (and not in a good way)? I’ve got your back and your spine. Now that you’ve got a handle on Zoom meetings and/or MS Teams, it’s time to up your game with a hybrid. I shared the … [Read more...] about Hankering for hybrid events? Here’s how, part two 
Let’s talk tech tools and learning. Do you recognize any of the following? You have the best of intentions, but you’re struggling to keep up with learning, with professional and/or personal development.You’re confused about what to learn, when and how. It’s all just a little much and … [Read more...] about Free, easy tech tools to make your learning more impactful, easier, engaging and efficient
I know, I know. You just got the handle on Zoom meetings and/or MS Teams and now we’re faced with the multiple challenges of hybrid. The learning curve never ends. Which can alternately be energizing and exhausting. There’s hope and even loads of opportunities with hybrids. Note: … [Read more...] about Hankering for hybrid events? Here’s how, part one
Last week I shared all the books I read in 2021. Except I saved the best for last. Here are my top five favourite reads from 2021. Learning comes in as many varieties as there are blades of grass in a meadow. From that quick, quiet absorption of a new thought to a thunderbolt of holy he##, … [Read more...] about Have you read any of these, my top five favourite reads from 2021? Part two
Learning. What would we do without it? We’d be stuck in the present forever. There would be no expansion, perspective enhancing, social change, and enhancement of our work, our world. Learning lifts us out of narrow, boxed-in thinking and welcomes in new ways to think, to … [Read more...] about Have you read any of these, my top favourite reads from 2021? Part one
Information is flowing faster than ever. We are walking and talking faster than a decade ago. We’re inundated with platforms, blogs, websites, tweets, LinkedIn posts, Youtube videos, online courses etc etc. But who has time for learning? The better question is ‘who doesn’t have time … [Read more...] about How to design a customized learning plan for 2022 that fits you and your team to a T and increases your ROI
Did you know I bring together folks from around the world, for a free, monthly Learning and Development Roundtable workshop on a range of interesting and engaging topics that members have asked for? Last month we had folks from Kenya, Nigeria, Canada, Switzerland, Germany, Zimbabwe, New Zealand, … [Read more...] about That’s a wrap for 2021 – Highlights of the year’s Learning and Development Roundtables
How much attention do you pay to learning? I mean, how do you learn? What enhances and encourages your learning? What helps you actually use your learning? I’m guessing these Q and A’s aren’t really on your radar. We pay so much attention to WHAT we’re learning that we forget … [Read more...] about Make your learning count by using my QU.I.T.E. worksheet
Last week I shared an easy opportunity to leverage your training design, how to get three for the price of one, in fact. To recap, most of us focus only on delivering our training. You know, that ________ hour (insert the training length) workshop on ________ (insert your topic) to … [Read more...] about How to design more bang for your training buck (and get three for the price of one) part two
What if I told you that there was an easy opportunity to leverage your training design, three for the price of one, in fact. Most of us focus only on delivering our training. You know, that ________ hour (insert the training length) workshop on ________ (insert your topic) to ______ … [Read more...] about How to design more bang for your training buck (and get three for the price of one)
Let’s talk conflict and money. Have you ever paused to think about the cost of conflict in the workplace, both to you and your organization? What if I told you it was £28.5 billion in the UK alone. This represents an “average of just over £1,000 for every employee in the UK each year, and … [Read more...] about Get the knack of negotiation with six skills for nuanced negotiating
Working on program evaluations with vulnerable communities for the Federal Government of Canada gave me a great opportunity to look at how assessing learning can not only be (almost) pain-free but fun, engaging, and motivating. Last week I shared the first five tips on assessing learning that … [Read more...] about Ten tips for assessing learning that prevent migraines and bring on magical motivation, 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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