Your working memory is the receptionist of the brain’s very busy lobby, taking in all the information and directing it to hopefully the right place. And it’s chaos. Our sense of overwhelm starts here. Yes, it can juggle 4-7 things. That does not mean we should continue to test the limits of something that actually can’t change. Our brain does marvelous things, including growing and building new neural pathways, yet humans are frequently dead set to try and change the … [Read More]
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Learning Resilience in Change
The start-up world celebrates experiments and failures as the fastest way to discover what actually works. It’s high energy, collaborative, disruptive … and fun. Up to this point, we are in a high state of learning. But THEN you find something that seems to really work for you. Things are falling into place! However, we can easily get fixated on what’s working. Whether we like it or not, the habits of high-speed learning fall away … and we lock onto … [Read More]
Do you have agility in your learning plan?
Senge shows us that true learning organisations must have the systems thinking necessary to see the big picture and the dynamics between, the mental models that help shape our behaviour, the personal mastery for individuals’ own vision, the shared vision that gives individuals voice and purpose, and finally, the team learning that is the result of focused development. To become a learning organisation, we cannot have learning occurring in a way purely reacting to organisational needs. So how do we … [Read More]
Let’s learn OUTSIDE the room too!
When we hear “we’ll be doing some training” from the boss, is it met with a groan? A silver lining that you’ll at least get to catch up on email? As the boss, do you promise yourself that “this training will be different for them … THIS one will truly engage positive change” while you cross your fingers? Training is an important aspect of the learning process. Thankfully, we have great ways now to engage the adult learner much more … [Read More]