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March 19, 2015 · Learning strategy

Anchoring

 “Hitting a stationary target requires different skills of a marksman than hitting a target in motion.” – George Siemens (2006:93) We are all knowledge workers who struggle…

March 18, 2015 · Learning strategy

Dinosaur

“You’ll become a dinosaur if you don’t learn.” People in the organization recognize the need for change, see its value, see their own roles in the…

March 18, 2015 · Learning strategy

One size does not fit all

How does an organization’s leaders recognize, encourage, and reward both existing learning practices and positive change in learning behaviors that foster informal and incidental learning? Learning…

January 27, 2015 · Learning

7 key questions when designing a learning system

In the design of a learning system for humanitarians, the following questions should be given careful consideration: Does each component of the system foster cross-cutting analysis and critical thinking…

December 9, 2014 · Learning strategy

Make a wish

Is the CLO really the ‘fifth wheel’ in the organizational strategy wagon? Learning leaders tend to roll their eyes upward in sour-faced agreement about ending up as an after…

December 9, 2014 · Innovation

What is a wicked problem?

In 1973, Horst W.J. Rittel and Melvin M. Webber, two Berkeley professors, published an article in Policy Sciences introducing the notion of “wicked” social problems. The…