Friday Fave: Science Confirms It – People Are Not Pets

“Training is for dogs and babies”. Something I’ve been saying for decades – in fact, since the last century. This article reveals our traditional reward and motivation systems are fundamentally flawed. An important read for all L&D practitioners, intranet strategists, gamification designers and performance management strategies.

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Friday Fave: Digital Reality – Real learning in a virtual world

This week’s Friday Fave looks into the digital reality world of learning – augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), mixed reality (MR), 360 video, and immersive technologies.

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Event: Digital capability for improved employee performance

Upcoming webinar hosted by Citrix GoTo Training. Date: Tuesday, 9 February, 2016 Time: 1 PM Australian AEDT 3 PM NZ, 10 AM HK, 7:30 AM IND Providing employees with the necessary tools and skills is essential to working in a digital workplace, but how do you determine the  digital capabilities required for employee effectiveness? We will discuss:…

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Mentoring Revisited

7 tips for effective mentoring relationships Mentoring, as a professional development strategy, is experiencing a resurgence. In a recent article, published in AITD’s Training & Development magazine – linked below – I discussed some of the traditional models of mentoring, then explored the changing approaches to current practices. I believe it is time to revisit…

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Learning in the workplace of the future

Slides from my opening keynote presentation at the AITD (Australian Institute of Training & Development) National Conference in Sydney, Australia, 13 – 15 May 2015.

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The New Normal: the future of workplace learning

Emerging trends in 2015. In 2000 I started researching how social technologies were impacting both the way we approach learning and how we were using these technologies to learn. Since then, a lot has changed and not much has changed at all! A quick glance through the technology options provides a perspective of how enormous advances…

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2014 APAC Top 10 eLearning Movers & Shakers

The 6th annual ‘eLearning Movers & Shakers’ list has been published by Bob Little (UK) and reflects the top 10 most influential people in corporate eLearning globally and regionally. 2014  was a turbulent year across many industries and it appears this was also experienced in the corporate eLearning practices. In the APAC region, the rationale…

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Wearable Technologies: Shaping the future of learning

This article originally appeared in Training & Development magazine June 2014 Vol 41 No 3, published by the Australian Institute of Training and Development.

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User-generated content for learning design

Presentation from iDesignX2014 19March2014 in Sydney, Australia In the current connected workplace, enterprise social networks are creating a new information landscape where the quantities of content and resources can be overwhelming. In this situation, not only the nature of learning is changing, but also the nature of how work gets done. So, how does a learning…

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APAC Top 10 eLearning Movers & Shakers

Cross-posted from the Ripple Effect Group blog. The 5th annual ‘eLearning Movers and Shakers’ list has been published by Bob Little (UK) and reflects the top 10 most influential people in corporate eLearning globally and regionally. As a member of the selection review committee for the APAC region with over 50 nominations, we were very conscious of…

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