“It’s a poor sort of memory that only works backwards,” says the White Queen to Alice.

In the previous two articles I addressed some of the challenges learning professionals face in the changing world of work and how they are responding. I also looked at some of the approaches an increasing number of organisations are using to exploit the fact that most learning happens in the workplace rather than in the classroom or through structured eLearning courses – especially the adoption of the 70:20:10 Framework. Read more →

In 1885, Herman Ebbinghaus, a German psychologist, carried out an experiment that led to the formulation of the famous Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve.  Many people know of the experiment and that the Forgetting Curve suggests adults will remember less that 50% of what they’ve learned within an hour of learning unless they have the opportunity to reinforce and practice it during or immediately afterwards… Read more →

The book ‘The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine’ is Michael Lewis’ marvellous account of the idiocy and greed that led to the sub-prime bubble and the resulting global financial crisis.

Slide deck from Plenary presentation at the World of Learning Conference, NEC Birmingham, UK. 27 September 2011. Read more →

This post was prompted by a webinar I gave on behalf of Citrix/GoToWebinar on 6^th July 2011 and originally posted as a guest post on the Learning Pool blog. I’ve made a few changes to it here. Read more →

Slides from a webinar for the eLearning Network of Australasia – July 2010 Read more →

Think back to one great personal learning experience you’ve had. It may have been in childhood when you realized you could ride your bicycle without training wheels or a parent’s guiding hand. Or it may have been when you finally understood the basics of solving quadratic equations. It could have happened more recently – for example when you were involved in a debrief after a tough project and realized through the process that the project had taught you some very useful new skills. Read more →

I was recently involved in a discussion about 21st Century learning skills in one of the LinkedIn Groups. It got me thinking about a piece I’d written for TrainingZone a few months ago titled ‘What does your ideal L&D team look like in 2010?’ I’ve posted that article here, with some changes and updates. Read more →

There is a more comprehensive discussion of the 70:10:10 framework on my blog.  You can find that here http://bit.ly/nEzWjW Read more →