I’m getting into the flow of writing a regular newsletter (thanks to all for the great feedback from the last one). My ritual, ahead of writing, is to hop on Twitter to check out the people I like and find out what’s going on in their worlds.
In the last half hour I’ve:
√ read about the rise of entrepreneurship in the US
√ heard from a professional adventurer about his latest plan
√ read Ken Blanchard’s (of One Minute Manager fame) thoughts of how he lifts himself from a pity party into thanks.
I ask myself is this learning, or am I just bombarding myself with information to file somewhere in the complex machine we call the brain? (Incidentally fascinating article about neuroscience from Harvard Business Review here.)
The jury is still out but it’s definitely fun.
I do know though that incidental learning about podcasts and interviewing (from my First Step community membership with Gihan Perera) has led to some new product development for Vivat.
Staying true to our passion of helping people use what they learn, I’ve been creating some podcasts for my clients both reviewing and refreshing content as well as integrating reflection techniques and questions to support the transfer of learning with the content. For one of my clients I’m launching a series of interviews with their top performers, in which they talk about their learning strategies and their advice for best results. My client will use this in house to support all sales team members.
I’d be happy to help you create something similar for your teams.
If you feel like having a chat about what new ideas could support your learning initiatives give me a call – very happy to brainstorm…. and having read a fascinating article about effective brainstorming today I am sure we’ll have fun in the process!
Keep loving your learning