Where’s your rudder? Inspiration for training & development specialists
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under creativity & innovation, training & development, Travel
Regardless of whether you’re a landlocked lubber or a water born baby chances are you know where a boat rudder is. On the bottom of the boat. Right? Not necessarily. For a land crisscrossed with water (in fact 1/4 of it is below sea level), Holland knows a thing or two when it comes to [...]
Tags: amsterdam, gerd junne, popular education, praxis, rudder
Creativity lies everwhere, even in how you store your business cards
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under creativity & innovation, training & development, Travel
Meet Yann Cramer, editor at InnovToday and Global Technology Manager at Shell. I met Yann at the W.I.N. conference in Paris where we were both speakers. I thoroughly enjoyed his workshop on creativity and saw him walk his talk when we exchanged business cards. More about that in a minute. Creativity, ‘the use of the [...]
Tags: catherine destivelle, creativity, innovation, WIN conference, yann cramer
“We are born with the capacity to hear, we must learn to listen” Miha Pogacnik
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under communication, creativity & innovation, training & development, Travel
His arm flew, directing the bow in a wild and frenetic dance with the strings, while his chin hung onto the base of the violin for dear life. His hair looked like a bowl of fine spaghetti flying off in one direction, only to be pulled back in another with the rhythmic sway of his [...]
Tags: creativity, hearing, Institute for the development of Intercultural Relations through the Arts, learning, listening, Miha Pogacnik, training & development, WIN conference
What it takes to see clearly in Senator & Minister of State Ms. Malahoo’s view
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, training & development, Travel
I recently had the honour of hearing Ms. Malahoo, Senator and Minister of State for Jamaica, speak at the W.I.N. conference in Paris. She was dynamic, engaging and articulate. She graciously agreed to be videotaped, speaking about what it takes in her view to see clearly. We’re all inundated with things to do, places to [...]
Tags: life lenses, Marlene Malahoo, perspective, seeing clearly
Musty learning made new, Amsterdam style
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under creativity & innovation, training & development, Travel
I remember whiling away long, hot summer days as a child curled up in a corner of my local library. Feet tucked under me, I’d fold myself into a corner, head buried in a story. The musty smell of books and the dull, gray walls would be replaced by whatever adventure my mind had taken [...]
Tags: amsterdam, gerd junne, imagination, learning, library
What the canals of Amsterdam have to teach us trainers about self-care
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Conflict resolution, training & development, Travel
Recently I spent some time in Amsterdam with my friend and colleague Gert Junne of the University of Amsterdam and Network University. As we dialogued for hours about our mutual work, sharing resources and ideas for collaboration we drove through the country side exploring. The picture above shows the North Sea on the left. The [...]
Tags: gerd junne, learning & development, network university, self-care, subject matter experts, university of amsterdam
Amsterdam driving lessons include what to do if you find yourself underwater
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Human resources, training & development, Travel
Ever found yourself underwater in your car? No? Me neither. However as all good training and development specialists know, learning is deeply dependent upon context. And so it is with learning to drive in Amsterdam. Recently I found myself around and about in Amsterdam, meeting with a wonderful colleague Professor Gerd Junne. Check out his [...]
Tags: amsterdam, context, driving lessons, gerd junne, learning context, network university, training & development
The creme de la creme of learning
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Human resources, training & development, Travel
I’ve just returned from a whirlwind trip around Europe, speaking at the WIN conference in Paris, launching Life Lenses™, visiting old friends and meeting new ones. I spent one weekend in Scotland, in a tiny village near Stirling, where an old friend Tara Fenwick has started ProPEL, a “collaborative, multi-professional international network to promote research [...]
Tags: context, creme de la creme of learning, learning, life lenses, ProPEL, scotland, Stirling University, Tara Fenwick, training & development
The global launch of Life Lenses™ is today!
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under communication, Human resources, Teambuilding, training & development, Travel
I’m over the moon to officially announce (drum roll please) that the Life Lenses™ online assessment launches today. I’m in Paris for the launch and will be leading a Life Lenses™ workshop today at the W.I.N. conference. Discover what the buzz is about at www.life-lenses.com. Here’s what people are saying about the assessment: clear, affirming, [...]
Tags: bwiira joshua, cadi jordan, cheryl breitkreutz, dawn christopher, gayle bertsch, gerd junne, ken macallister, launch, leigh morlock, life lenses, self-assessment, training & development
I’m launching Life Lenses™ online at the W.I.N conference in Paris
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under communication, Conflict resolution, Human resources, training & development, Travel
I’m tickled pink, no actually blue, orange, yellow and bunch of other colours to announce I’ve been selected to speak at the upcoming Women’s International Networking (W.I.N.) conference in Paris, October 5-9, 2010. I’ll be doing a workshop on “Life Lenses™: polish your perspective & gain a whole new view”. ********* The global launch of [...]
Tags: assessment, life lenses, Paris, perspective, self-assessment, W.I.N., women's international networking, world view