Author of 'How People Learn' bit.ly/3qmnBku First general theory of learning & cognition. Founder shackleton-consulting.com Writes for posterity.
Joined December 2008
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7 Jul 2019
How People Learn: Affective Context - The First General Theory of Learning youtu.be/9lR1Fwqt0G8
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29 Apr 2025
No, You Don't Have Thoughts. youtu.be/UdD6sbBeer4 a long form thing I did on cognition, AI, angry young men & language with my friend @jack__lawro
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20 Nov 2024
Relocating to @shackletonjones.bsky.social - remaining here merely to warm my hands as the dumpster burns.
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8 Oct 2024
The things that we consider immutable, change over time.
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8 Oct 2024
To conclude
AI & Learning - how to avoid wasting money
You have 2 good options:
✔️Focus on experience design
✔️Focus on performance guidance
1 bad option:
❌️Create cheaper faster content systems
@shackletonjones
#Wol24
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1 Oct 2024
On the fretful philosophers: you whistle a different tune when you are out of the forest.
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21 Sep 2024
If you truly understood, you would be trying to explain it as simply as possible.
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8 Sep 2024
POV: on your way to the London Tattoo show.
Taxi driver: “my brother got a tattoo on his back of a woman coming out of a sea shell. I used to call it his Van Gogh. Amazing what these tattoo artists come up with. “
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20 Aug 2024
The latest episode of The Learning & Development Podcast, presented by @360Learning, is out today, featuring @shackletonjones and @K_temowo.
This is the recording of a live event we hosted earlier in the year.
Let us know what you think.
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11 Aug 2024
. @wizzair I paid extra for auto-checkin to avoid an airport checkin fee: your algorithm separated my wife & I forcing us to pay a seating fee at the airport.
How should customers fight back now you have decided to treat them as adversaries?
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4 Aug 2024
Is this the time for InfoSec teams to step in and ban electronic voice communication - because it can be easily faked? 🤔
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23 Jul 2024
Learning Now TV 25 July: @shackletonjones on Leadership; @martincouzins State of the Global Workplace; Michelle Parry-Slater with @childrensociety; hosted by Kate Graham and Nigel Paine
learningnews.com/news/learni…
@learningnowtv @MiPS1608 @kategraham23 @ebase
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29 Jun 2024
Curry’s is now indistinguishable from the Cheese shop sketch:
-I’d like to buy this Dyson
-Ah yes an excellent choice sir
-So can I buy it?
-No sir
-Why not?
-We don’t have it in stock.
-do you have any models in stock?
-Let me check…no. Can I suggest you try shopping online?
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23 Jun 2024
Thanks. It’s a start. 😌
A must-read for anyone interested in the science of learning:
"How People Learn: A New Model of Learning and Cognition to Improve Performance and Education 2nd Edition" by @shackletonjones
🔗 geni.us/Hf7g5How
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3 Jun 2024
I’m not sure humans can consider themselves civilized until ‘killing people’ is not an acceptable part of any plan.
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2 May 2024
Exciting news! You are invited to join us for The Learning & Development Podcast Live, presented by @360Learning, with guests @shackletonjones and @K_temowo.
This will be unlike the usual format. Expect lively discussion, a fast-paced format and opportunities to interact.
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10 Apr 2024
Someone shared a ‘hack’ for improving digestion of water by putting it in a blender first,
and I felt like a participant in Asch’s conformity experiment.
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5 Apr 2024
Hive thermostat conundrum: outside temperature is 13 degrees C. Thermostat set to 21. Actual temperature 32. What the blazes!?
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