
Tip #686: New Perspectives
This Tip describes an activity I facilitated and the feedback from participants that provided new perspectives. “Perspective is worth 80 IQ points.” Alan Kay New
This Tip describes an activity I facilitated and the feedback from participants that provided new perspectives. “Perspective is worth 80 IQ points.” Alan Kay New
This Tip discusses the question of whether learning or performance is most important in terms of the 70-20-10 paradigm. Learning or Performance? “The most effective
This Tip is about three retention-checking learning activities designed by participants in my train-the-trainer programs in Madison, WI and Amman, Jordan. I’ve been designing and
There are no dry topics, just dry training. If you don’t believe me, consider these two creative participant-centered learning activities about dry topicss. These replace
This Tip explains why an open mind isn’t enough, because an open mind is merely the second of the four levels of listening or attention.
“My goal in the classroom was always to make sure they were having so much fun that they didn’t realize they were learning.” Rick Riordan
This Tip describes my six-day train the trainer program in Amman in 2017, with trials, tribulations, and joys. Train the Trainer in Amman in 2017
This Tip uses the rungs of the Ladder of Inference as a key to understanding others’ thought processes behind their actions or appearance. “There are
The Ladder of Inference Has Seven Subconscious Rungs Chris Argyris has identified seven different subconscious stages in decision making that he calls rungs on The
This Tip compares and contrasts the trainer and curriculum designer skill sets for classroom versus web-based training “Specialization, concentration and consistency is the key to
This Tip discusses positive transfer and how to avoid negative transfer so that new learning can occur and participants will be receptive. All trainers want
This Tip discusses cognitive biases that shhow how the status quo and system justification can curb learning and how we can counter it. “I don’t
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