Tag Archives: Comunication

When F1 drivers need driving lessons and the importance of Needs Analysis

Occasionally we like to share real life examples of life as a brain friendly trainer on the road. This week Paul reflects on a challenging week where the training was not as successful as expected, exposing the importance of Training Needs Analysis and the consequences of letting this slide.
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Bop It and leadership

We have had some discussions recently about management development and why people still feel the need to head for the high ropes and the empty oil barrels. Ally and I came up with loads of sparkling manager development ideas that we have used with clients in the past (depending on the outcomes obviously!) without having to [...]
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Please keep your phones ON!

Mobile phones in the training room have a really bad reputation. Whether it is managers keeping one eye on their blackberry or an advisor tapping out a sneaky text under the table, they are perceived as a source of distraction by most trainers. Yet, a High School in Tampa Bay are allowing students to use their phones during lessons - with really positive results.
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Smelling mistooks dont mutter

Researchers have shown that when we read, the brain looks for patterns. No surprise there as this is what the brain is brilliant at. In this post Paul explores 2 of these patterns. First and last letters and upper case vs lower case and the impact they have on our flip charts and need to spell correctly.
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As Debbie Harry would say: “Picture this”

During the late 1990s I was working as an internal consultant for a large American organisation implementing lean manufacturing into a number of our European factories. One of the concepts we were working on was the “visual workplace” Wherever possible, this involved removing reams of work instructions and procedural manuals and replacing them with flow charts and [...]
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