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Learning Transfer: Visual, Auditory or Kinaesthetic?

Most have heard of the three common learner preferences; Visual, Auditory and Kinaesthetic – otherwise known as VAK. Originally developed by Wa ...

What I learnt at the CLO Spring Symposium 2016

I’ve had a fantastic few days at the Chief Learning Officer Spring Symposium in Amelia Island, Florida. There were some great keynotes, breakou ...

How to leverage the world around us for a thriving workplace

Workplace culture. A revered phenomenon, but seldom understood? Due to the diverse workforce of today, culture has become one of the most important bu ...

Breaking News: “I’m over learning transfer!”

Last week, I stood in the middle of my office, and declared to my team – “I really don’t care about the learning transfer for this ...

Why are people abandoning their e-learning courses?

I always enjoy the sight of Elliott Masie’s Learning Trends Newsletter popping up in my inbox. One of his recent updates considered abandonmen ...

How to build an empire with Learning Transfer

At it’s peak, the Roman Empire was the most extensive political and social structure in western civilization. The Roman Empire began when August ...

Belated Valentine’s love to our partners

We’re delighted to congratulate our strategic partners LIW on their selection for a Leadership Excellence award in the category of Best Glo ...

What the Donald Trump campaign and Learning have in common

As regular readers of my blog will know, I’m a huge fan of Elliott Masie’s work. Last week he was musing in his learning TRENDS newsletter about t ...

The Evaluation of Learning [SlideShare]

Attempting to fudge, hide or ignore results by cherry picking what to evaluate is pointless. Genuinely evaluating success or failure against worthwhil ...

Come and join me in the Fishbowl!

What do I mean by fishbowl, you ask? It’s something I hadn’t heard of until recently either! According to Google: “a fishbowl conve ...

The Top 35 Learning & HR Conferences to attend in 2016

If you’re keen to get up to speed on the latest developments in learning, hear inspiring keynotes, and mingle with other enthusiasts, conferences a ...

What I’m working on with my coach in 2016

Ok so I know EVERYONE is writing articles about New Years resolutions, but it’s natural, right?! A natural time to sit back and reflect as the y ...

The 6 essential ingredients for successful learning transfer [SlideShare]

Training is not the end point, but the start point. Transfer of learning solutions should support the participant in their workplace to reflect on the ...

Learning & Development – NEW Industry Report from ATD

I’m excited to share with you the Association of Talent Development’s (ATD) 2015 State of the Industry Report, released together with Cape ...

6 Reflection Tools to Boost Your Learning

Last week I blogged about Jacob Barnett, a young, autistic teen, who spoke energetically on the TED stage about how every now and again we should sto ...

Stop learning and start creating

I introduced the Compliance Queen, Nicole Rose on my blog last week. Thanks to Nicole for thinking of me this week when she came across a TED talk she ...

Using the C word in Learning

Compliance. I used to avoid it like the plague. I used to think it was a waste of time and energy. But now I’m thinking again. Compliance is often t ...