Training & development learning well February blog post round up
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under communication, Conflict resolution, Humor & comedy, training & development
If you didn’t catch all the posts last month simply peruse & click what’s below. Here’s the Rock.Paper.Scissors’ monthly training & development round up for the month of February. Learn well in the training & development learning well. Dive deep into the learning well or take a small sip. Shower yourself in training & development [...]
Tags: abstruse goose, bizarro, comic, conflict, dan piraro, diversity, humour, perspective, stress, training & development, walt witman, world view
Learning from the amazing parents of twin baby boys, on their first plane ride
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Humor & comedy, training & development
In case you can’t read the text, the note in the bag of candy says: Hello! We’re twin baby boys on our first flight & we’re only 14 weeks old. We’ll try to be on our best behavior but we’d like to apologize in advance just in case we lose our cool, get scared or [...]
Tags: conflict, humour, stress
The Rock.Paper.Scissors newsletter is out: resources for matching how our brains work with how business & boardrooms could work
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, training & development
This month’s Rock.Paper.Scissors newsletter is a review of John Medina’s wonderful Brain Rules book. John does a great job of inspiring us to rethink cubicles and classrooms. Check out the entire e-newsletter here and/or see below for resources related to how to have our boardrooms and businesses working in sync with how our brains actually [...]
Tags: attention, brain based learning, brain rules, deepak chopra, exploration, john medina, stress
The Rock.Paper.Scissors newsletter is out: Rethinking cubicles & classrooms: matching how our brains work with how business & boardrooms could work
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, communication, training & development
This month’s Rock.Paper.Scissors’ newsletter reviews John Medina’s Brain Rules book. See the entire newsletter here, including a bunch of related resources and/or read the book review below. What is ‘easily the most sophisticated information transfer system on earth?’ Our brains says molecular biologist John Medina in his book Brain Rules; 12 principles for Surviving & [...]
Tags: attention, brain rules, exercise, john medina, sensory integration, sleep, stress, survival
Learning can be stressful – throwing learning to the dogs
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under change management & wellness, training & development
If stress can cause this kind of physical response in dogs imagine what a nervous learner can be suffering! Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one’s self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily; and why older persons, especially [...]
Tags: learning, self-esteem, stress, stress response, thomas szasz
Looking for inspiration? Try an ad (especially these unusual ones from Fast Company)
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under creativity & innovation
The roots of engaging training can be found anywhere. You do however have be on the lookout. Some of my ideas have come from advertisements – yep ads. When I say I’m going to be talking about hairy, naked guy (above specimen) I can see participant’s question marks dancing in the air. (Curiousity being a [...]
Tags: amygdala, creativity, curiousity, fast company, inspiration, stress
10 tips for trainers part two: avoiding hairy, naked guys
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under communication, Human resources, training & development
This is part two of 10 tips for trainers. See part one here. It’s my gift to you the day after my birthday. I figured as I don’t have to wait until Christmas to open gifts why should you. 6. Avoid the hairy, naked guy; part A when we’re stressed our brains aren’t primed for [...]
Tags: ah ha, curiousity, group groan, self-care, story, storytelling, stress, training tips
Curious definition of stress
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under change management & wellness, Conflict resolution
I went to a talk at my kids’ school the other night about drug abuse prevention. Interesting material and great presenter. One of the things that caught my attention was the presenter’s definition of stress. Before I tell you what it was, what’s yours? Definition of stress that is. The dictionary calls it “a state [...]
Tags: change management, drug abuse, emotion, learning, strain, stress, tension
Stress relief a la country music & dill pickles
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under change management & wellness, communication, Humor & comedy
In my last post I talked about my first day on the job, doing job training for developmentally delayed adults when I was 17 years old. I learned a lot about expecting the unexpected there. From helping an elfin older lady named Cookie do up her bra to customizing stress relief. Stress. It’s a killer, [...]
Tags: change management, country music, creativity & innovation, developmental delay, pickles, stress, stress management, Wellness