Seth Godin on amateurs, professionals & the great unwashed
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, Human resources, Training & development
Seth wrote a post with the above title. He recommends you hire professionals or amateurs and not the bulk, who are in between. Professionals he defines as: those who cost big bucks but are worth more, those who show up … regardless, those who have integrity and stand up and those whose learning curve is […]
Tags: amateur, business, learning & development, Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?, marketing, professional, seth godin, training & development
Note to self about training & development
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Human resources, Training & development
(Thanks to Katrina Kavvalos for the video).
Tags: flexibility, flexible, learning & development, training & development
Learning from a hole in the wall
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Creativity & innovation, Human resources, Social Responsibility, Training & development, Travel
Check out the video below about the TED hole in the wall educational experiment (forward to 7:15 min). It’s the work of Dr. Sugata Mitra, of India. His office butted up against a slum and one day he punched a hole in his wall and stuck a computer in it. A computer that faced out, […]
Tags: alternative education, dr sugata mitra, education, hole in the wall, India, learning, Learning Theories, pedagogy, self-organizing, slums, Social Responsibility, Sugata Mitra, TED, values
5 lessons on learning from international dancing sensation ‘Where the hell is Matt?’
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Creativity & innovation, Training & development, Travel
As I’ve recently been working in Turkey, traveling is on my brain. Hence the focus on international learning and specifically lessons on learning from international dance sensation Matt, of ‘Where the Hell is Matt’ fame. If this makes no sense to you then I’m tempted to ask ‘where the hell have you been?’ but that […]
Tags: dancing, learning, learning & development, matt, organized, simple, social, strength, training & development, unique, weakness, where the hell is matt
Learning means converting & translating
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Training & development, Travel
I was recently in Turkey doing program evaluation training for the United Nations, which meant carrying a variety of ubiquitous plug adapters. I laughed at the above combination of plugs – all feeding into one that would fit the hotel outlet, allowing computer and IPhone to charge. The need to convert, change or adapt in […]
Tags: delicious, Get Friday, hootsuite, social bookmarking, technology, turkey, united nations, virtual assistant, youtube
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
Turkish swirling smoke, whirling dervishes & Wi Fi; learning with the old & new
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Training & development, Travel
I’m in an outdoor restaurant watching folks rest up after a long day. I’m not sure which is more responsible for the slouching against the low slung couches – the heat and humidity or perhaps not having eaten all day, for it’s the first day of Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting. It’s my last […]
Tags: blue mosque, hagia sophia, islamic, istanbul, learning, old and new, ramadan, turkey, whirling dervishes, wi fi
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
Our inner mean girl (aka the vile bitch that lives upstairs)
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Conflict resolution, Humor & comedy, Training & development
Caveat: if you’re a guy reading this, simply imagine your inner mean guy or the vile arse that lives upstairs. Who’s your worst enemy? Likely it’s you. Yep. You. How many times has the voice in your head grumbled: how could you possibly have something to teach anybody? no one will be interested to what […]
Tags: amy ahler, christine comaford, inner mean girl, rules for renegades, self talk