On Friday, I headed over to my parents and walked into my father’s art studio to check out what he was up to. He had been watching YouTube videos on how to do book binding and was on a roll with creating these for himself. As an artist, he had a lot of loose leaf […]
Microsoft Service Adoption Course on EdX
This month I started another MOOC on EdX designed by Microsoft’s Principal PM Manager Karuana Gatimu and Content Developer Brandon Neeb called Microsoft Service Adoption Course. The course was published this year and had been shared across social media through many Microsoft consultants who are responsible for programs that involve the adoption of collaborative systems. […]
A New Way to Use Social Media Video as a Coaching Tool
Many of you know how much I love Snapchat as I have written much about it on this blog. Out of all the social networks I have used, it’s the one that has provided me with most personal development (storytelling, video creation and public speaking), as well as connected me to a global audience of […]
Create Your Own Personal Learning Plan
How do you create your own personal learning plan? Some time ago, I was looking at ways to be more productive in my work and learning; and one way I did this was to list down all the various tasks I needed to complete during the week. Many of my tasks were simple To Do […]
Social Learning Is Personal
Ever since late last year, I’ve been revisiting my old work, blog posts, and references sitting in Evernote folders to do with connectivism and came up with the thought that, “social learning IS personal”. Let me explain. For the last few years, working as an independent consultant has been challenging to say the least. It necessitated […]
Return to Roots
For a while now, I’ve been contemplating a return to roots. In the last few months from the tail end of annus horribilis that was 2017 to now, a series of events – mainly due to conversations and collaborations with people outside my field of corporate learning and development, has made me reflect on the […]
What Business Can Learn From Fake News
What happens when a group of people who have never met in real life, create a fake news channel that inspires people around the world? The idea came from content creator, Cameron Murray (@CammySutra6) from Glasgow who, tired of the fake news and influencers in social media content marketing took matters in his own hands to create […]
Work Book Clubs As Social Learning Experiences
I’m putting it out there. I don’t understand people who say that they never read books – or even worse, “never have time to read a book”. They may as well say that they don’t value their own growth and personal development. The easiest way to learn something new and incorporate it into our lives […]
How to Work Out Loud: A Month of Different Activities to Do on Your Enterprise Social Network
The question I get asked by business is how to work out loud so here is a guide I have created that you can follow over the course of one month to set up the habit and practice using your enterprise social network. What is Working Out Loud? Working out loud is the process of […]
A New Way To Create Podcasts
I found a new way to create podcasts for those who have been asking me this question over the last couple of years. And it’s too easy. In an employment contract with an organisation some time ago, I remember trawling Yammer one morning while having breakfast at my desk. I came across an internal business […]