What to learn and when to learn it

Currently I’m doing a review of possible future courses, and it’s interesting to think about the topics our participants may need assistance on.  That got me thinking and a bit of research based on my recent experiences.

In our “new normal”, we’re working in virtual environments and the latest from Harvard Business  tells us that our new working status “virtually coping with COVID” results in team members that now have a lack of clarity, fading interpersonal connections, low motivation, and overwhelming workloads.… Read more

What I’ve learned from facilitating the “Power and Influence” simulation

Covid-19 has given us the gift of free time and perspective comes from using this well.  While I have been considering the content of my executive education sessions and how I could enliven my facilitation  I’ve come to the stark realisation that three of my “courses” really would have been career changing for me at the career stage of our typical participant.… Read more

What i have learnt from facilitating the Everest Simulation for Executive learners.

Covid-19 lockdown has provided me with more opportunities than normal to think.  As someone paid to assist professional managers learn, I’ve taken this opportunity to reconsider my own learning journey and to reconsider when in my career “training” would have given me real insight not gained from “experience”… and then to apply this to my executive engagements and try to rethink how I would have approached my own personal learning.… Read more

How to have your training participants learn and retain more

I’m sure you’ve seen examples of Dale’s cone of learning…

Or been told we only remember 10% of what we read… so you’ll only remember 10% of this … if any.

Regrettably this information and similar ideas like it have no foundation in actual research.  It may express some truth that the more passive your learning is the less you may retain and the more active you are the more you may learn and retain but that’s about it.… Read more