“You live, you learn” goes an old saying and as is the case with many simple affirmations, it holds enormous truth. Of course, the original meaning is that only by having a bad experience one learns w...
In the earlier days of humanity, if somebody needed guidance or information, they asked the village or tribe elder and whatever he said, went. Even if the answer was “look for two white raccoons climb...
Business training is a very dynamic field and with the rapid globalization leading to companies hiring people in all corners of the world, e-learning is starting to be the norm rather than a once in w...
“Birds of a feather flock together” goes an old and wise saying. People with the same beliefs and interests have always found ways to get together, share ideas (or sometimes just validate the same, so...
The world is constantly evolving and as it does some jobs become obsolete. For example, you won’t see a father sit his son down and say “you’ve got to do good in school and learn an honest trade — one...
If we called a rose a "triantafyllo" it would still have thorns and it would smell as sweet — or at least, that's what Shakespeare said. Approximately. While the essence of a rose will remain the same...
We humans have always had a tendency to find our models in the animal kingdom. We can be free as birds, stubborn as donkeys, happy as clams, grumpy as grizzly bears, drunk as monkeys, fast as deer, cl...
Whenever putting out a hiring ad, companies ask for innovative people who can think outside of the box. Creativity seems to have become the number one prerequisite for pretty much everything. The 'box...
Artificial Intelligence is the talk of the day when it comes to new methods of training and workplace learning. AI is a very wide subject, covering many aspects of technology like big data and the Int...
People's desire to learn and largely available good quality education is a wonderful mix, almost magical. It’s enough to look at the timeline of technological advancements — it is staggering to see ho...
When designing training for new software users, a question that will inevitably arise is: Should you go for simulations or for the training environment? This is always an interesting topic. And nothin...
I did bungee-jumping in my living room. And I screamed. I screamed so loud my next-door neighbor thought I was being robbed or something. When she came rushing into my apartment she found a bunch of p...
The business world has changed fundamentally in the past decade due to the increase in mobile device usage. The internet is nowadays a commodity as essential as electricity – living without it pretty ...
Children have this incredible capability to transform their reality in a matter of seconds into something magical: a place where everything can happen and the only limits are one’s imagination. No mat...
Microsoft’s Clippy – oh how I miss him… This little bit of animation that always used to offer me help that never quite hit the mark. I remember fondly swapping the characters for my amusement (which ...
The purpose of every company is to get a profit. In order for the company to get a profit, its employees need to have great results on their work. There are plenty of discussions around us on what mak...
