Category: Creativity & Innovation
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Train people you idiots!!
Here is another one of those articles that really irritates you. Organisations trying to save some money by cutting training and then finding out that this has had a negative effect on the organisation in the future. Wow, what a surprise. Your organisation is only an organisation and only producing a product or service because…
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Online learning popularity
Please read the article linked to below. I was one of the 3 million users who were attracted to this program. Time is my problem at the moment and as much as I would like to do some professional development, work comes first. This is what happens when you get elearning right. Great teachers, excellent…
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Problem Solving
I am always looking for different ways of teaching problem solving and resources that will assist that process. Here is a great resource. Try it out yourself and let me know how you go. This is quite hard so get ready.
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Problem Solving
One of the greatest training methods is problem solving. I have been using this particular approach a great deal for the last year as it specifically fits project management. The best way to learn how to manage a project is to manage a project, even if it is simulated. As the trainer I provide just…
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Creativity Plus
I am still doing research on creativity for some sessions that I am going to be running soon and I found this huge collection of articles. Got to love the internet. Which ones are your favourites?
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Creativity
I am training project managers to be creative next week and hence I have been trawling around looking at creativity and innovation resources. Here is a great slideshare which has many good quotes, a bit of theory and some great graphics. Do you have any teaching ideas or resources when it comes to creativity? Let…
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Life is learning
I get a bit sick of new terms for old things. Life long learning, experiential learning, action learning etc etc. Learning occurs all the time in so many different ways who cares what we call it. In fact let’s just call it LEARNING. This morning I was going for a run and I: was listening…
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Practice Makes Perfect – well almost!
I watched this video the other day and it reminded me of the importance of practice. Too many program participants just assume that after the program they will be competent and that’s it. No more effort involved. Of course this is rubbish. It takes lots of intense, good quality practice before you become truly competent.…
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Trouble getting students?
I work for a range of different training organisations and they are all having trouble attracting participants. It’s a tough market and there are many players. This little article might help you out and the free e-book that you can download from the site is well worth the read.
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This is just clever!
I am not even going to try tom relate this to training because there really isn’t a link. I just think it is very clever and it does demonstrate what the internet is all about. Innovation, entertainment and information. You have to watch it right through to the end to see the last important scene.…