February 2020

You Still Need To Do The Work

Needs assessment must be done in some fashion every time you get a learning project request. Article Author:  By Dawn J. Mahoney, Owner, Learning in The White Space LLC I’ve decided that I’ll write about going back to some of the “basics” this year. For this issue, let’s look at needs assessment. Why? Because that …

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What’s Your Story?

Create a compelling change narrative to successfully transform your organization. Article Author:  By Tony O’Driscoll, Professor, Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and Research Fellow, Duke Corporate Education In this unforgiving era of digital Darwinism, organizations that cannot adapt to increasingly dynamic and unpredictable environmental circumstances are going extinct. Since 2000, at least half of …

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Finding Your Tribe

One tribe I’ve happily fallen in with is a growing community of facilitators bringing a game on sustainability to the world. Article Author:  By James Bishop, Learning Experience Designer, Koru Consulting Limited Mdaughter has always been a force of nature. She’s a spontaneous, laugh-out-loud kind of girl. She loves art and Korean boy bands, hates …

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Computational Creativity And The Flavor Of Learning Design

Can computers be creative? Can they help Learning and Development professionals be more creative? Article Author:  By Phylise Banner, Director, Education, Society for Technical Communication I consider myself to be a creative person. I design learning experiences, after all. I don’t follow a specific algorithm to come up with a learning solution—instead, I don my …

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The Best Onboarding Never Ends

L&D must transform onboarding into a human experience. They must work with partners to craft a continuous learning strategy that makes people feel welcomed and supported from the day they start to the day they leave. Article Author:  By JD Dillon, Chief Learning Architect, Axonify This is a true onboarding story. An 18-year-old recent high …

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