We need to put the “human” back into learning. Recently, I have been doing a lot of venting on twitter about how the “human” has been taken out of Human … Read more
Shannon Tipton
Time to high-five ourselves. Last week we gave advice on “What We Would Tell Our New Trainer Self”. When I reflect on my own past there was certainly a … Read more
Writing the “Accidental Trainer” got me reminiscing about the early days of my own training career. For the most part, we as L&D professionals, are very good at providing guidance … Read more
Imagine yourself in a convention hall filled with people, each in an orgasmic state over the latest and greatest methods to improve adult learning. You would be at the American … Read more
For this upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, I thought it would be appropriate to repost this bit which was originally posted February 2014. Be thankful for those around you and those who … Read more
There is an interesting debate within the CLO (Chief Learning Officer) group on LinkedIn regarding the use of the Kirkpatrick model. Here was the question: “Hi, Is Kirkpatrick model of … Read more
Status Quo Sucks. So sayeth George Carlin. And you know, he’s on to something. I have yet to read about business success where the mission/value statement said something like … Read more
I’m not a big believer in New Year’s resolutions, mostly they create unnecessary stress. That list of ten items just staring you in the face. No, I am … Read more
Not too long ago I posted “5 Tips to Being a Learning Rebel“; in short these were my points. Challenge the status quo. Understand the concept of Kaizen. Knowing that … Read more
In the past couple of years, much has been written about, for and against, the efficacy of so-called “Smiley Sheet” evaluations. These evaluations exist to capture reaction-level feedback from the learner population. I … Read more