Survey respondents of a report commissioned by Attunity show that the tools and strategies we come up with to cope in the information age are inadequate. Managers spend a disproportionate amount of time digging for rather than managing information.
Are you writing SOPs your staff can understand? This poster, presented at the AABB 2007 conference, offers evidence-based principles for designing standard operating procedures that support learning.
Use PubMed and RSS feeds to create your own reading list. Here’s a reading list for the discerning transfusion information maven. [The post is updated periodically.]
Learning is a complex phenomenon that defies easy definitions. But, hey, that doesn’t mean I’m not going to try.
What happens when you are a monk used to transcribing scrolls and you are faced with the new technology called “book”? Well, you call the help desk.
“There is no such thing as a true unperson. An unperson is a ghost, a prejudice in people’s minds.” A beautiful and terrifying video of how we let people know they don’t matter by someone who clearly does.
Distinguished professor of literature Pierre Bayard explains how to appear extremely well-read without turning a page.
Shrinkwrap and clickwrap agreements start with the phrase “READ CAREFULLY.” If you actually did this, you would discover these “agreements” make a mockery of the law and of the very idea of forming agreements.
Sandbox theme for WordPress makes it easy to style author comments without the need for plugins or template modifications.
Want to really send a message? Make a movie and train dozens to disseminate its message a la former US Vice President Al Gore’s 2006 documentary An Inconvenient Truth.
“In medias res” is a technique used in TV and film in which the viewer is catapulted into the middle of the action, usually a dramatic pviotal moment on which the rest of the plot is structured. What is activated is emotional involvement…
The message is: eat food, mostly plants, not too much. Simple. So why is it so difficult to learn?
Half of all kids are below average intelligence and too many Americans go to college. Strong views, all based on the critically-flawed IQ test. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
The uniquely human ability to see the world from others’ point of view evolved in response to social needs. An unexpected bonus was the ability to introspect our own thoughts and intentions.
The idea that learning requires a deepening process of participation in a community of practice has gained increased recognition in the recent years. Communities of practice have also become an important area within organizational development.
