The age of technology brought us some wonderfully flexible options when it comes to how, when and from where we can do most of our jobs. Working remotely is not a new thing but it certainly has become...
An ex-colleague turned friend texted me this morning saying “I just brought home my work laptop, an extra big monitor, some contraption meant to secure my data and a docking station. My kitchen table ...
I belong to a generation that has been taught things in a rather academic way – a lot of theory, tons of bibliography and numerous essays. Experimentation was confined to the Chemistry or Physics labo...
Organizations from all over the globe are struggling to find the right ways to make their employees feel valued and empowered. They do so because they are painfully aware that there is an issue with e...
Organizations are well-aware of the importance of continuous learning. As a result, they provide their employees with multiple options for finding new information, acquire new skills or brush up on ex...
The business world is ever evolving. The newer generations have different requirements than the old ones and employee satisfaction seems a lot more difficult to achieve. HR professionals are finding i...
Millennials are no longer expected to become the majority of today’s workforce — they’ve done that already. Baby boomers, on the other hand, are slowly but surely leaving the employment scene as they ...
When i was a trainer, whenever I found myself into one those impromptu meetings called by desperate managers seeking to fix an old problem with a quick training intervention tailored to the need, the ...
The current business environment is an overwhelmingly dynamic one. There are changes around every corner and only those who manage to be flexible enough to accommodate whatever comes their way make it...
There are so many LMS solutions available these days that it is increasingly overwhelming to try and figure out which one is the best fit for a certain company. Marketing teams do an excellent job of ...
Choosing the right LMS for your organization is no easy task. Apart from the fact that there are so many options and versions, you usually have to also be mindful of budget and think for the long term...
When I first came across this concept of ‘invisible team’, I instantly thought of the instance in Lord of the Rings when Aragorn has to go into battle with an immense army of ghosts. He does so wonder...
As an internal corporate trainer and learning consultant I have often been faced with the challenge of coming up with a training session or workshop meant to "make people happier about their jobs". Th...
I have to admit that at some point during my training career, I was thoroughly annoyed with L&D managers’ idea that we should be “selling ourselves and our work”. For me (and some of my old-school col...
Working in a corporate environment means being constantly subjected to change. All markets have become unbelievably dynamic and developments happen so fast that it is increasingly challenging to keep ...
What a great time to be an instructional designer! All the tools, the apps, the technology, give you enough stuff to be endlessly creative and come up with wonderfully engaging training material. The ...
