One model I use constantly is the "hierarchy of capabilities" from the book "Humanocracy: Creating organizations as amazing as the people inside them". As leaders we can expect people to follow the rules, be diligent in their work & to have expertise. But if we want people to take initiative, be creative & be willing to take risks, we have to create the conditions where they "want to" do these things. If leaders could support people to move up this pyramid, we could eliminate half the compliance load in a typical organisation. A summary from @MarcellaBremer: leadershipandchangemagazine.…

The most effective networking strategy I’ve found has nothing to do with conferences, cocktail hours, cold emails, or any of the common ideas you hear. 1) Do interesting things. 2) Share them publicly. Like-minded people will come to you.

4 loops that cause creative struggle:

Good use of data by @AdamMGrant and the folks at Facebook to identify 3 clear reasons why employees stay there (and probably everywhere else too) ow.ly/PZcZ50OsIbr #hr #business #management

You're not obligated to maintain a relationship with anyone who treats you poorly. No mentor, friend, or relative deserves unconditional loyalty. Past help is not an excuse for present harm. If they're having a negative impact on you, you don’t have to keep them in your life.

A space flight is an open book test. They are thoroughly prepared but there are support resources available throughout. Does your training equip and support like that? #lscon #instructionaldesign #training

Project management is like a game of Tetris. You try to fit everything in perfectly, but sometimes you just have to accept that the line won’t disappear. #projectmanagement #humor ~A tweet with some help from @bing

"Making things interactive doesn't automatically make them engaging. And things need not be interactive to be engaging." Interactivity Versus Engagement in Learning tarunagoel.blogspot.com/2023…

Friday quote. #trainthetrainer #learninganddevelopment #training

“Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries.” —Anne Herbert

At the end of every year, I conduct a personal Annual Review. 7 simple questions (that may change your life):

Without strong quality assurance and quality control processes, we can only hope our e-learning courses work as planned. tdm.ag/3SgCmyA @SimonBlairTrain

Pre-pandemic I talked about keeping your content management system (CMS) and learning management system (LMS) neat and tidy. Has the push to get content online at double or triple speed resulted in a messy system? Watch this for some ideas to tidy-up. crowdcast.io/e/with_jacqueli…

When you waste a person's time, you can't give a refund. It's a big responsibility that many learning designers don't consider #atd22

"the lightbulb was not invented by improving the candle" @ArndtPechstein might be one of my favorite metaphors yet! @cltauc Symposium

If You're Always Busy You're Living in Desperate Poverty and Unaware | @Tim_Denning buff.ly/379hfLE

A2: Books about things that already interest them. For our oldest that was Pokemon, for our youngest that was Minecraft. #lrnchat

A1: Could be Lego, could be Tinker Toys (had both), but the first thing that comes to mind is a times table thing. You’d slide out two numbers and it would reveal the product. #lrnchat