Tag Archives: productivity

Brain Friendly(ness) as a way of life?

By Paul | Published: March 12, 2010
In his book "Blink" Malcom Gladwell makes several references to the work of  Dr. John Gottman. Gottman is well respected for his research on relationship stability by using scientific direct observations published in peer reviewed literature. This makes him a man worth listening to. While most of his work has been around predicting whether couples are likely [...]
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ROI and double standards

By Paul | Published: March 10, 2010
Last time we talked about Kirkpatrick’s model for evaluation and how important it is to use more that just level one especially in today's economic climate . While I was writing that piece I found myself getting more and more annoyed and, as I worked through why, the keyboard was taking more and more punishment, the [...]
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Evaluation is NOT hard…

By Paul | Published: March 7, 2010
... but it is essential A couple of weeks ago Ally and I spent an extremely enjoyable day with the Brain Friendly Learning Group, a UK networking group for brain friendly trainers set up by Stella Collins. In the morning we ran a session about music in the training room (there will be much more on this [...]
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Multitasking Myth, we are good jugglers

By Ally | Published: February 17, 2010
Whilst we know that our learners can absorb information on many levels simultaneously and our experience confirms that sensory rich environments deepen understanding and increase retention... it is also true that they can only pay attention to one thing at a time. In this post, Ally shares a great 2 minute video from Fast Company that illustrates this very well and offers a good, solid tip to increase productivity.
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There is no such thing as a difficult delegate

By Paul | Published: February 7, 2010
Last week, Paul was running a workshop with a new group with a new colleague who was familiar with the group. At the end of the session, the new colleague expressed surprise that a normally difficult learner seemed very happy and didn't disrupt the group. Paul reflects on this experience and pinpoints the reasons why he believes the normally difficult delegate responded well during the session.
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