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Smile… it’s good for you

Most people smile much less often than they think they do. How do you feel when you smile? Pretty good! Smiling releases lots of feel-good neurochemicals into your body. How do you react to others who smile? They are easy ...
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The cultural elements of learning transfer

Here is my latest blog in a series about all aspects of learning transfer – this time on the cultural elements. Read it here 🙂 My best wishes, Paul
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People like you more when you talk solutions

Do you habitually talk about problems, or talk about solutions? Problem talk includes descriptions of what the problems are, analysis of where they came from, elaboration of the effects they are having, how people feel about them, and speculation about ...
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It’s not the message that matters

First Monday of the month = L&D Monday I will do an L&D tip from now on the first Monday of each month. It is the area I am better known for after writing three books on L&D, and numerous ...
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A story about learning and development – on a journey

In this new article for The People Development Magazine I am discussing an analogy about learning and development to illustrate the critical role L&D have in your organisation. Read the article here. My best wishes, Paul
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And the circus came to town

I was talking with someone last week about the need for marketing within L&D to get the various stakeholders engaged with L&D initiatives. They had a rather narrow view of what marketing is. So I related an old story that ...
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How ‘what you know’ can hurt you

Mark Twain said “It is not what we don’t know that gets us into trouble. It is what we think we know for sure.” What we think we know for sure becomes a blind spot because we stop examining it, ...
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Designing learning experiences that work

I really enjoyed this discussion. Rob Browton asked some penetrating questions, and we covered a lot of ground talking about some really useful and practical stuff. I find that what people really want is the ‘how-to’ aspect of designing learning ...
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