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An idea worth spreading: check out this inspirational TEDx talk

Some of you may have come across my interview a few months ago with Colleen Lightbody who is on our team of TLA Specialists located in Sout ...

What is transfer of learning? [Slideshare]

Transfer of learning – also known as reinforcement… embedding… sustaining… retention… With so many different term ...

Buyer’s remorse in the Learning & Development industry

Have you ever felt buyer’s remorse as a learning and development professional? It’s unlike any other kind of buyer’s remorse I’ve encou ...

7 key findings from the latest Talent Management research

Whilst flicking through Twitter the other day I spotted a new Talent Pulse report out from the Human Capital Institute and CGS Learning. The ...

A new twist on 70:20:10

“There is a serious gap right now in professional skill development for most organizations. The primary focus remains on learning compliance ...

Dumping the annual performance review

Last week at the IFTDO 2015 Conference in Malaysia, Peter Cheese from the CIPD delivered a great session on the future of HR. One of the key th ...

IFTDO 2015 – that’s a wrap

I’ve spent this week at the IFTDO 2015 Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. IFTDO (The International Federation of Training and Develo ...

The Top 5 Books on my Holiday Reading List

After a holiday in Borneo this week I’m heading over to Malaysia to speak at the IFTDO 2015 conference next week . With a week away IR ...

The Key L&D Trends from the USA in 2015 – Webinar Video

Recently returned from the USA, I’m eager to share learning trends from the Association of Talent Development’s (ATD) annual conference. Gain ...

Learning & Development – your CEO doesn’t care.

Ouch. That hurts. You are so committed to your organisation. You work beyond hard to create training programs and learning experiences. You keep up to ...

The power of high intensity

I was in a fascinating meeting recently with the CEO of our strategic parter LIW – Pia Lee. I love collaborating. The power of working w ...

The Cutting Edge of Learning Transfer from 1936

Neen James caught my eye on Twitter last week posting about How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. First published in 1936, ...

How do your learning strategies compare to your peers?

We are proud to support the Towards Maturity Benchmark Study, and highly value the work that this independent organisation is doing to support L&D ...

Can you teach an old dog new tricks?

Intuitively we know that most of the time training interventions fail to create real change and get the desired results. The brain does not lik ...

Going Viral with Learning Transfer

I recently came across one of the most shared transfer of learning articles on the web. Perhaps not on the same level of Oscar selfie virality ...

Why, Who, and How to Create Results from Training

The Transfer of Learning Challenge Just as a pole vaulter uses a pole to catapult themselves over a horizontal bar, learning can propel an individual ...