learning
TagPutting lifelong learning on the CEO agenda
In an open letter to business leaders, a Harvard Business School professor and a learning engineer at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative prese..
Your Brain Doesn’t Like Classrooms. This MIT Blackjack Ace Figured Out How You Learn Best
Human beings don’t do well sitting in a classroom, getting crammed with 20 hours of information. They learn if you give them bite-size chu..
A Simple Way to Be More Assertive (Without Being Pushy)
Fears about speaking up are hard but not impossible to overcome. Voicing your frustration with an “assertiveness formula” can help. Over t..
This Training Mistake Could Be Costing You Time, Money, and Good Employees
Even organizations that decide to embrace a culture of learning can fall into common misconceptions about education: The learning process ..
Help Employees Create Knowledge — Not Just Share It
Many leaders see organizational learning simply as sharing existing knowledge. These “best practices” are presumed to work in a variety of..
Good Leaders Are Good Learners
Although organizations spend more than $24 billion annually on leadership development, many leaders who have attended leadership programs ..
How to Support Employees’ Learning Goals While Getting Day-to-Day Stuff Done
Here are the key lessons I’ve learned to help managers turn lofty goals — such as making learning and development a central pillar of the ..
The Science Behind Stories and Anecdotes
Personally, things resonate with me on a different level when there is a story connected. I can feel it on an emotional level, not only wi..
Great Businesses Scale Their Learning, Not Just Their Operations
Ronald Coase nailed it back in 1937 when he identified scalable efficiency as the key driver of the growth of large institutions. But here..
The Best Times to Learn and Create, According to Science
The new science of chronobiology reveals the ideal times to work, brainstorm, and be creative that lead to peak performance.