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
Taking a page from the puppy: when you’re little & lost sometimes someone’s just gotta show you the way
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Humor & comedy, Training & development
When it comes to learning, the curve can be steep, steep like a staircase. Sometimes it just takes a little demo to nudge us from ‘I don’t want to go there’ to ‘oh, I get it!’ Like the big dog showing the orphaned pup below. Who knew going downstairs could be so tough? At least […]
Tags: humour, training & development
Training & development learning well January blog post round up
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under 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 January. 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: albert einstein, curiousity, destination lens, exuberance, getting things done, humour, improv, improv everywhere, life lenses, passion
Training & development learning well December blog post round up
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under 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 December. 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: access and inclusion, Christmas, compliance, confict, creativity, critical thought, diversity, gifts, holidays, hubspot, humour, inclusion, mike volpe, motivation, perspective, social media strategies summit, truth theory
What can you do with 28,835 jelly beans?
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Training & development
This is a fabulous video because … – it’s powerful; it talks about mortality & how we choose to spend our lives – it’s unique; it uses jelly beans to dish about mortality & life choices – it’s simple; see point above I love learning & development examples like this. Poignant. Powerful. Creative. Candid. As […]
Tags: jelly beans, learning & development, zefrank
What does school really teach children?
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Creativity & innovation, Social Responsibility, Training & development
After a long, challenging year where one of my kids wasn’t invited back from one school year to the next (an almost straight A student & class president) I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about formal education. Some schools teach the above. So do some trainers. Authority, compliance & repetition rules. My kids have […]
Tags: access and inclusion, compliance, creativity, critical thought, truth theory
7 things Learning & Development professionals can learn from HubSpot’s Chief Marketing Officer, Mike Volpe
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Training & development
This article was originally published in our free, monthly online newsletter. Read the entire newsletter here & get free resources {both serious & tongue in cheek} or download a hard copy of the article. Not already receiving our free monthly newsletters? Whatsamatter you? Sign up here. Mike Volpe (that’s him & I pictured above) is […]
Tags: hubspot, mike volpe, social media strategies summit
Training & development learning well November blog post round up
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Conflict resolution, Training & development
If you didn’t catch all the posts this month simply peruse & click what’s below. Here’s the Rock.Paper.Scissors’ monthly training & development round up for the month of November. 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: alexandra trenfor, businessfriend, carl jung, Conflict resolution, creativity, culture code, drawing, element14, fast company, holly weeks, hubspot, intuition, jennifer bilec-sullivan, learning & development, mike volpe, perspective, rhonda marable, social consciousness, social media, steven fisher, united nations, warner brothers, yasmin joomraty
The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don’t tell you what to see (Alexandra Trenfor)
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Training & development
What do you think? Is this what good teachers do? Do we, as learning & development folk, show or do we create space for exploration? Do we demonstrate or do we encourage experimentation? Do we tell or do we guide participants to their own learning? Food for thought. Let me know what you think. Thanks […]
Tags: alexandra trenfor, learning & development, social consciousness
Training & development learning well October blog post round up
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Creativity & innovation, Training & development
If you didn’t catch all the posts this month simply peruse & click what’s below. Here’s the Rock.Paper.Scissors’ monthly training & development round up for the month of October. 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: Anthony Trollope, bumpf, change, chimpanzee, creativity, culture, doug cress, email, emmanuel jal, god, humour, life lenses, perspective, united nations, wazimbo