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.
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, Keith Keating shares his insights on the changing nature of workplace learning from the perspective of design thinking.
‘Keep it simple’ is the epitome of folksy wisdom. You can appreciate where it’s coming from, but you can’t blindly follow it and indiscriminately simplify everything under the sun.
