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PWK. Worklife Podcast

Worklife Podcast: Learning Transfer

Thanks to Jane Daly for the opportunity to talk about such an important topic in L&D. It was fun recording this podcast and I hope you enjoy listening to it 😊 https://www.peoplewhoknow.co.uk/learn/813-jane-dalys-worklife-podcast-paul-matthews-learning-transfer My best wishes, Paul
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Use it or lose it

I have noticed over this last year of pandemic measures that there are some things I am doing more of and some things I am doing less of. If I do more of something, I get better at it. One ...
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Learning Transfer Radio podcast

Podcast: Behavior Change (the goal of all training)

You can now listen to my latest podcast on Learning Transfer, Behaviour Change and the Brand of L&D on the Learning Transfer Radio Apple Podcasts – tinyurl.com/y5hgka4s Spotify – tinyurl.com/y2fnaxms Google Podcasts – tinyurl.com/y4xahjf3 My best wishes, Paul
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How can you drive at 20mph?!!!

Have you noticed there are more and more suburban areas in London and elsewhere that are now 20mph areas? Someone said to me “How can you drive at 20mph?!!!” Is this about patience? patience n. the quality of being able ...
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The wrong mattress!

The delivery arrived. It was earlier than expected. Great! I unpacked it with anticipation and discovered it was the wrong mattress. I ordered the right one, and the wrong one arrived. Not so great 🙁 It was an avoidable error ...
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Turbulent times? Definitely!

By any definition, times right now are turbulent and this quote from Peter Drucker is so apt. “The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence. It’s to act with yesterday’s logic” Our challenge is in recognising when ...
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The most dangerous words in business are…

“The most dangerous words in business are, ‘We’ve always done it this way'” says Darren Murph, the head of remote working for GitLab (Gitlab is a software company with about 1,300 employees, all working remotely). Think of the businesses you ...
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Lessons from a squirrel

It’s early morning, and the sunrise is spectacular. I am watching the bright pink clouds move slowly behind the silhouette of a tree in my garden. A family of squirrels live in that tree, in an old bird’s nest they ...
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