Learning & Development
TRAP & THE PERVERSION OF TRAINING
This is about how we, the training industry, are being unwittingly used by unscrupulous corporates to enslave workers.
Learnnovators
October 14, 2022
This is about how we, the training industry, are being unwittingly used by unscrupulous corporates to enslave workers.
Oftentimes on social media, we come across posts perpetuating some learning myth or the other, followed by a fiery debate around people pointing it out as a myth, the original poster arguing for their position, and so on. But how can we, the L&D cohort, do better at convincing those people (such as the original poster) that what they believe in has been debunked? Read on to find out…
A bunch of researchers at MIT found a new, much more efficient way to boil water. I find their attitude incredibly inspiring. It’s giving me goosebumps, no kidding. Let me share that awe with you…
In this exclusive interview with Learnnovators, Stella Collins shares her insights on how learning really works in the human brain. She explains her views on the significance of having a better understanding of ‘brain science’ and mastering ways to bring that into learning design. Stella’s recommendation to give people the ‘skills of learning’ first before we ask them to self-direct their learning, is highly thought-provoking.
We come across training design declarations on social media that range from the strange to the utterly unfounded as we all rush to generate content so that we can claim design thought-leadership. All of us who are content creators can sympathize with that pressure, for sure! But, it’s also necessary to be wary because sometimes the claims we make are the result of seriously flawed reasoning.
If you search online, you’ll see many articles that address how e-learning vendors should document the design brief. There’s not much help if you’re on the other side of the table and wondering how to get the best from a vendor you’re talking to. So, to help out, here are some tips we put together from our experiences!
An active, intellectually engaged culture matters because it contributes directly to the bottom-line, to expertise generated within the organization and so on.
This time I’d like to focus on the choices that we in L&D make, that have the effect of cueing people to be intellectually passive.
In this exclusive interview with Learnnovators, Nick Shackleton Jones shares his insights on how people really learn. He explains his views on the difference between education and learning in the context of our workplaces. Nick’s recommendation to provide relevant resources, accessible at the point of need to our people at work, so as to ensure that ‘less learning’ will take place, is highly thought-provoking.
Is learning amoral, absolutely removed from all ethical concerns? From the curricular choices an organization makes, to the expectations it sets for employee knowledge and expertise, there should be consonance with the overall ethical identity of the organization, because all of these actions have an ethical dimension.
I know it’s not just me, we’re all increasingly getting drawn into (or witnessing) heated intellectual clashes the last few years, online and offline. These clashes may be political, social, cultural – the subjects vary, but the vehemence and acrimony are constants.
That’s why it seemed a good time to reset by reminding myself of something that changed the way I involved myself in debates.
In this exclusive interview with Learnnovators, John Hinchliffe shares his insights on the changing nature of workplace learning in relation to the world of work.
In this exclusive interview with Learnnovators, Dr. Stella Lee shares her insights on the changing nature of workplace learning in relation to technological innovations such as Artificial Intelligence and robotics.
