Training & development learning well November blog post round up
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Conflict resolution, Training & development
November has wrapped her winds around the last of the leaves, making way for December and all its celebrations. If you didn’t catch all the posts this month simply blow through the list below and click as you wish. Learn well in the training & development learning well. Dive deep into the learning well or […]
Tags: brain based learning, change management, confict resolution, icebreaker, life lenses, perspective, social media, team building, technical requirements, workplace learning
How mountains & cantaloupes go together when it comes to the high view
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication
After laughing out loud at this one, and firmly pushing back memories of ugh-inducing highschool algebra classes that threatened to emerge, the cartoon made me think of the lessons that cantaloupes a.k.a. Mountain Life Lenses™ have to teach us. On a bad day Carrot Life Lenses™ (Mountain’s polar opposite) can have their head buried in […]
Tags: carrot lens, communication, mountain lens, perspective, worldview
How to walk in another’s shoes or rather horseshoes
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Diversity & culture
I’m fascinated by blinders. By recognizing the blinders we wear. The filters that affect our perception, our ability to communicate and relate. So much so that I developed an assessment to identify your blinders called Life Lenses™. It’s hard enough to relate to that annoying co-worker who doesn’t see things ‘your’ way or your boss […]
Tags: blinders, Dolly Hopkins, life lenses, perspective
Oceans of opportunities open up with perspective game changer
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness, Training & development
As training and development professionals we’re all about perspective. Enhancing, expanding, illuminating, uncovering, adapting, enlarging and shaking it up. We are perspective changers and we can learn a thing or two about how to do it from this conundrum. What do you do if you want to play soccer but you live in a village […]
Tags: life lenses, perspective, soccer
How far away is the moon? It’s not what you think
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication
Many things skew our perspective, how we see the world and how we teach. our culture assumptions that we make (and don’t question) marketing (if you don’t have product X you’ll be unhappy, fat, poor and unpopular) images that we’re used to seeing (and don’t question) Take the moon for example. How far is the […]
Tags: assumptions, communication, perspective
How about a bedtime story a million miles away?
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Creativity & innovation
Rising up and gracefully meeting the challenges that today’s ever increasingly fast paced world presents can’t be done with the thinking of yesteryear. Changing perspective means breaking out of the bonds that tie our brains down. Encumbered with false assumptions (we’ve gotta do it this way, any other way won’t work, we tried before, it […]
Tags: a story before bed, assumptions, communication, creativity, learning, perspective, reading
Perspective and mamahood; how does your perspective affect your training?
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Training & development
As a trainer our perspectives changes – depending on who we’re working with, what subject matter we’re teaching, how we’re feeling that day, our energy level and a million other things. We think we’re neutral and objective but we’re not. We’re biased. Way biased. We see things as only we see them. We see things […]
Tags: learning, mamahood, perspective
What type of change are you trying to effect? Does it line up with your core purpose & power relationships?
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness
At a recent workshop I attended, by Steve Waddell, put on by Ashoka, here in Nairobi, Steve displayed a chart about GAN’S (Global Action Networks) work on transformation. I’m fascinated by all things related to change and transformation – how we manage it (or don’t), how we deal (or don’t) and how the same change […]
Tags: ashoka, change, perspective, steve waddell, transformation
What ironing underwear can teach you about learning
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Diversity & culture, Training & development
If you’re a regular ready you’ll know that I’ve recently moved to Africa. My learning curve is wonderfully curly and curious. Take ironing underwear for instance. I am fortunate enough to have house help. My clothes are washed, dried and ironed for me. Even my underwear. Ironed. Back home, my ‘ironing’ would consist of hanging […]
Tags: africa, culture, learning, perspective, teaching
Training & development learning well August blog post round up
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Training & development
Didn’t have time to read August’s posts? Here they are – laid out like a picnic for your perusing – here’s the Rock.Paper.Scissors’ monthly training & development round up. You’ll find all the blog posts for the month of August below. Learn well in the training & development learning well. Dive deep into the learning […]
Tags: aiesec, cross-cultural, engagement, kate sutherland, kenya, perspective