Category Archives: Reflections

Thoughts, ideas and reflections connected to brain friendly learning

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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3 things children can teach us about managing change

By Ally | Published: February 23, 2010
Change can be traumatic. Often we feel unable to cope and sometimes we may deny the need for it and seek to hold onto the past. A photo taken during a family holiday causes Ally to reflect on how comfortable children are with change and draws three lessons from his daughters ability to deal with change in a natural, stress free way.
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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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Congruence – What is that about?

By Paul | Published: February 16, 2010
We hear a a fair bit about being congruent when delivering training and I have struggled at times to truly understand what that means. Recently I was watching a TV “reality show” involving Amanda Holden (to be fair she was the reason I was watching it….) and a very famous country and western singer ( see [...]
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