Back to the office? You bet your life...
Here's a link to an article in the New York Times outlining the benefits of random in-person meetings at the office (such as those at the...
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- Jul 9, 2021
- 2 min
2U acquires edX: End of a dream?
The news came through a week or so ago that 2U (one of ed-tech's astonishing success stories) and edX (an early pioneer in the world of...
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- May 14, 2021
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The art of delegation: Situational Leadership
The Situational Leadership framework has been around for a long time—Paul Hersey and Ken Blanchard published the first version of SL in...
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- Mar 9, 2021
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"Creation without toil"—Yeats and the hyperactive hive
Fascinating discussion a couple of days ago (March 5) in the New York times between Ezra Klein and Cal Newport, an author and academic...
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- Jan 13, 2021
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Mapping a successful L&D program
When we discuss an L&D program with our clients we often use what we call our "Subway Map" to outline the various elements of the program...
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- Nov 11, 2020
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Helping others find their "flow"
We were recently asked to help a Bay Area biotech firm to work with senior managers using the Leadership Challenge—a wonderful approach...
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- Jun 28, 2020
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The TWO key responsibilities of all (new) managers
Managers in our knowledge economy have two core responsibilities. The first is obvious...
Craig Laviano
- May 10, 2020
- 3 min
Everyone's a "Hi-Po": Democratize Development!
The "Democratization of Development" can be driven by virtual programs that are highly scaleable and can be made available to everyone.
Craig Laviano
- Apr 28, 2020
- 3 min
Managing remotely: Put relationships FIRST
There are many ways in which being a good manager in a remote environment is fundamentally different.
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- Mar 21, 2020
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Remotely together: Better virtual meetings
In this short video, Craig Laviano (CLO here at Learn Interactive) shares his "five top tips" for better virtual meetings.
Craig Laviano
- Feb 7, 2020
- 2 min
VR for soft skills: Ready for Prime Time?
Sure, you can practice presentation skills in front of an audience modelled in CGI...but is this really a better learning experience than...
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- Sep 22, 2019
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"Response shift bias"—and how to avoid it
There are lots of challenges with conventional “pre/post” testing as a means of assessing the impact and success of a learning intervention.
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- May 14, 2019
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Whisper it...microlearning done right!
I’ve always been a little wary of hype-ridden terms in our field. And “microlearning” is a case in point.
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- Feb 28, 2019
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The Machine Stops
One of the challenges of having been involved in digital learning for nearly two decades is how to manage the monster our work creates...
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- Jan 31, 2019
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Learning Outcomes and Michelangelo
A recent large-scale project we worked on was dogged with requests from middle management for "learning outcomes."
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- Sep 9, 2018
- 2 min
Peer assessment: quality feedback at scale
I'm often asked by clients in both academic and commercial environments how we can balance scale with quality.
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- Jul 31, 2018
- 2 min
The Economist on OPMs
Thanks to my good friend S.L. Narayanan in Chennai for sending me a thought-provoking article in the Economist.
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- Jun 18, 2018
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Slow thinking saves the world!
We often hear about critical thinking and how important it is to develop (in both kids' and professional education).
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- Mar 16, 2018
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Artifacts and social learning
Since my last post on Connectivism, a couple of people have asked me about how to reconcile a connectivist approach with the demands of a cl
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- Feb 17, 2018
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"Experts have a role...": Connectivism and its discontents
I attended a meeting recently and was struck when one of the participants (leader of the Ed-Tech division at a major university)...
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