The 2 most important tips for making your training accessible & inclusive
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Diversity & culture, Training & development
This summer I got to hang with Sara Mitaru (pictured above), a United Nations designated Messenger of Truth, while we were both at a conference in Istanbul, Turkey. Sara’s a tiny, power packed artist who sings about effecting social change. I spent some time in the recording studio where she was practicing for a […]
Tags: access and inclusion, audio, david muthami, kinesthetic, learning style, messenger of truth, sara mitaru, visual
Stop in the name of the Life Lenses™
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Diversity & culture, Human resources, Training & development
Caution is the parent of security (Benjamin Franklin) Do you love nothing better than to have a good think on things? Prefer reflection to taking action? Are you known for looking before you leap? Great at weighing the pros and cons before making a decision? If so perhaps you’re a stop or know someone else […]
Tags: life lenses, self-assessment, stop lens, Teambuilding
The view from a mountain (1 of the Life Lenses™ self-assessment)
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Diversity & culture, Human resources, Training & development
If the vision is there the means will follow (Faith Popcorn) Are you great at being able to see over the horizon to see what’s coming? Recognize trends easily? Do you naturally find patterns in large amounts of information? Are you great at starting projects? Are you a big vision kind of person? If so […]
Tags: faith popcorn, life lenses, self-assessment, Teambuilding
Charlie bit my finger… again (avoiding learning traps)
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Diversity & culture, Training & development
This simple, short video below has generated almost 223 million hits. Aside from the astonishing capacity for videos to spread through the ether, I was keen to ponder why the popularity. (The video, if you’ve not seen it, is about a baby biting his (presumably) brother’s finger. The brother then proceeds to once again place […]
Tags: access and inclusion, autobiography in 5 short chapters, inclusion, learning traps, Portia Nelson
Putting learning technology in the back seat – where it belongs
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Diversity & culture, Training & development, Travel
At its best learning technology should disappear into the background, allowing the learning to shine. At its worst technology is so much in the foreground that nothing else is discernible (enter video conferences where participant faces look like something a Star Wars make-up artist dreamed up while on drugs). Recently, while doing some training in […]
Tags: karun koernig, learning, learning technology, messenger of truth, sara mitaru, technology, turkey, united nations
A great example of evocative learning & development
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Diversity & culture, Training & development
Good training uses good design. Good learning and development ties new information to knowledge that participants bring with them. Good training takes complex concepts and presents them in simple but not simplistic ways. Good learning and development creates ‘ah ha’ moments that learners discover on their own. Good training is creative. Good learning and development […]
Tags: ah ha moments, creativity & innovation, emotion. pedagogy, learning & development, perspective, training & development
How do you like your learning – with or without olives?
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Diversity & culture, Training & development
Being in Istanbul, Turkey to do a program evaluation training on behalf of the United Nations naturally means eating a Turkish breakfast. This morning I found myself musing about learning over olives. Yes olives. I was watching the pile of uneaten olives grow on the plates of my breakfast mates. David Muthami, a music producer […]
Tags: david muthami, Diversity & culture, learning, learning atmosphere, learning content, learning styles, messengers of truth, sara mitaru, turkey
Learning comes in all shapes, sizes & venues (including family reunions)
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Diversity & culture, Training & development, Travel
Some prefer their learning delivered through stacks of facts. Facts lined up with their edges squared and precise, like the desks in an old classroom. Facts stuffed to (over)fill precious time. Trainers channeling their knowledge into (supposed) empty and (un)willing brains. Others (in the know) realize that learning needs to be coupled with engagement. Learning […]
Tags: change management & wellness, engagement, family, learning, pedagogy, story
Messengers of Truth
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness, Diversity & culture, Travel
Recently I was working (& playing) in Rio de Janiero, Brazil for the United Nation’s World Urban Forum, where I presented a workshop on cultural intelligence. The event included a celebration of young artists which the United Nations have deemed ‘Messengers of Truth’. They are artists from all over the world that sing and perform […]
Tags: brazil, change management, messengers of truth, music, peace, peacebuilding, rio de janiero, truth, united nations, world urban forum
You just never know, surprises Brazilian style
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Diversity & culture, Travel
As I mentioned in my last post, I’ve been at the UN World Urban Forum (WUF) in Rio de Janiero, Brazil where I gave a workshop on cultural intelligence. Here’s the behind the scenes story to the workshop, what I didn’t tell you in that post. When the time came to start there were only […]
Tags: brazil, change management, cultural intelligence, gerd junne, rio de janiero, training & development, united nations, world urban forum