We’d all like to believe we think in the most effective way, but the truth is we all take shortcuts, make assumptions and generally do what we can to avoid thinking about things in too much detail. But when it comes to product [...]
While the value of individual employees can be important to business success, typically it is the contribution of teams within an organisation that make the real difference. But are teams as we know them the real secret to success or do we need [...]
As more and more organisations come to recognise the importance of social learning and knowledge sharing within their workforce, there is a growing reliance on employees supporting one another in their development. In this article we explore why this shift means it’s more [...]
According to Gartner there is a huge skills shortage in IT. As the COVID-19 response accelerates the speed and scale of digital transformation, a lack of digital skills could jeopardize companies with misaligned talent plans. This is part of the reasons organisations such [...]
Growing numbers of organisations are electing to employ individuals on a contract and freelance basis, leading to increasing numbers of individuals stepping away from traditional working methods to meet this need. The pandemic has escalated this trend, and the way people work is [...]
With everything else that has been happening during the pandemic and the lockdowns, the impact on Learning and Development has been interesting. For some organisations this really has not been a focus and their people have just been muddling through, adapting to the [...]
What Is Motivation? On a recent session on motivation we spoke about some of the conditions needed to inspire motivation and what motivation means to people. It was interesting to hear some of the different definitions people have of ‘motivation’: ‘Having the will [...]
It’s been almost two weeks since we ran our last Festival of Learning webinar, and we are missing them (and everyone who came along) already. What started out as a simple way for our team to share their knowledge and celebrate the power [...]
Building trust, and specifically digital trust, has been an ongoing challenge for many organisations. In certain companies, employees feel like they are not trusted, as highlighted by the historic reluctance of some organisations to allow employees to work from home. Recent events have [...]
What makes learning effective? Is it the trainer or the content? If the trainer is rubbish but the content is great, can an individual still learn what they need to know? Conversely if the trainer is great and the content is poor, can [...]