Last weekend, I went through over 300 blog posts of my ramblings and experiments in social learning, networking, online communities, open and enterprise social networks and some knitting thrown in for good measure. When I attended the Co-working Day with the Business Addicts last week, they mentioned that it was a good idea to check […]
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How Do We Work Together?
One of the questions I get asked often by people looking to employ my services is, “How do we work together?” So I thought I’d share my answer here. One of the difficult things I’ve gone through in the last two years as an independent consultant is exactly defining the one thing that I most […]
Professional Development is Personal
It’s no secret, I love to learn. It’s what keeps me curious, engaged and excited about what I do. Over the years, the internet and in particular, social media, online communities and social networks have provided me with a wealth of resources, information and constant ideas that inspire and mesmerise me…and also confuse me! Still, […]
20 Mistakes Learning Teams Make About Social Learning
What are the 20 mistakes Learning and Development teams make about social learning? Over the last couple of years as an independent consultant helping organisations empower their people to learn continually so that they can work smarter, I decided to list the main misconceptions and beliefs that I have come across by some Learning and Development […]
If I Were 22
This post is part of a LinkedIn series in which we share lessons for this month’s theme If I Were 22. Here is what I shared on a recent LinkedIn post… If you had a time machine and you travelled back to the age of 22, what would you do differently in your life? What […]
Visit to SensiLab
Last Thursday night, I had a visit to SensiLab. Opened in May 2015, SensiLab is a research hub that enables researchers and industry to collaborate on new technologies that have business applications. The idea of SensiLab was to bring together ‘anti-disciplinary’ teams to perform research that cannot be performed by a single discipline alone. For example, […]
My Top 10 Learning Tools for 2016
It’s it that time of the year again – My Top 10 Learning Tools for 2016! It’s time to submit my top 10 learning tools for Jane Hart’s (@C4LPT) annual Top Learning Tools survey. You can vote too for your learning tools of 2016. This year has been interesting because in some ways, I’ve reduced […]
4 Myths of Social Learning
In the last couple of years, I have spoken to many corporate Learning and Development practitioners about how they may support and enable opportunities for their workforce to learn collaboratively with each other in and during the flow of their every day work. That is, “social learning”. During these conversations, I noticed that there were […]
Why You Should Share Your Work
Many of you may be aware that I’m a fan of the work of Robert Scoble (@Scobleizer). It was only recently at the Pivot Summit in Geelong that I had been made aware of his work and I signed up to follow his Facebook page. Robert Scoble used to work at Rackspace as their futurist. Much […]
When Your Employees Just Don’t Care
When I was working in the learning and development department of corporate organisations, there were many times I felt anxious, stressed and pressured. As someone who has experienced four redundancies, countless restructures, sat through many job interviews and even had a stint on the unemployment queue receiving a government handout (“the dole”), the idea of […]
Auditors are Not Boring
Myth busted – Auditors are not boring! I thought I’d put it out there so that we can start this blog post on a positive note and dispel that stereotype once and for all. This week I had an opportunity to present two sessions at SOPAC 2016. The first session was How to Build Your […]
Change Without Fear
Can you change without fear? It seems like I’ve been doing a lot of fighting…and I’m tired. Last week I attended the Bayside Business Breakfast. The Bayside Council runs various business networking events for small business owners. These vary from after work ‘meet and mingle’ events, business book club, workshops, seminars and a popular breakfasts […]
The Realm in Ringwood
On Friday 12th February 2016, I organised a trip out to the City of Maroondah’s new $24m state-of-the-art, The Realm in Ringwood which is a Business, Cultural, Language and Innovation Centre. Opened in October last year and located directly opposite the new Ringwood train station, the Realm incorporates green spaces, cafes, retail shops as well as […]
Auditors are Not “Men In Black”
In March, I will be presenting at SOPAC 2016. SOPAC is a national four day conference held by the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) and let’s just say… I can’t wait to attend because these people will expose me to an entirely different world of new insights and perspectives. How exciting! I was kindly invited […]
Have an iPhone, Will Vlog
By now many of you may have noticed my insane liking to vlogging. Ever since stumbling upon Casey Niestat’s Wildly Functional Studio video on YouTube, I have fallen for the idea of sharing the STORY behind our work and learning through video. It’s “working out loud” to some extent – namely, you’re sharing the process […]
Let Go of the Negativity
Recently I wrote a post about my word for the year being “Focus”. Ever since the Christmas break, I’ve been thinking a lot about this word and what activities I need to do to get back on track with my own personal learning journey and revisit my PKM (personal knowledge mastery process). Last year was […]
What’s Your Word for the Year?
Just One Word. For the last two weeks we had a house guest. Every year, our friend who is a tennis fan, comes to stay with us and attend the Australian Open. While he was here, he organised a dinner for a group of eight one Saturday night at a restaurant on the banks of […]
It’s a Kinda Magic Augmented Reality
Last year, I attended an expo called Future Assembly and while there, I had an opportunity to participate in an augment reality experiment. A Melbourne based company called Plattar (@PlattarGlobal) set up their camera equipment and invited people to film a short video that they can augment onto your business card. Obviously, I was keen to give […]
Networked Workers Learn From the World Around Them
For the last few days I have been revisiting the notes in my Evernote notebooks and deleting things that are now outdated or irrelevant to me. Usually when I can find some time, I go through this process a few times a year. I find it cathartic to release myself of information that no longer serves […]
Reflections of the 2015 AITD National Excellence Awards
Last weekend I flew up to Sydney on the kind invitation of Michelle Ockers from Coca Cola Amatil to attend the 2015 Australian Institute of Training and Development National Excellence Awards. I worked together with Michelle on the Work, Connect and Learn Program which was part of the Supply Chain Systems Certification Program which was […]