We all love a good story! That‘s why we gossip, read trashy magazines and watch soap operas! But deep down we’ve been taught that that’s a great way to learn and develop your values and morals. What? EastEnders teaching my child how to behave. Never! Okay, so maybe not quite…
Are you spotting the signs of work from home burn out? Let’s face it. 2020 was a rollercoaster! Globally, the amount of enforced change that we experienced was incredible, and yet we’re still here, working hard and working remotely into 2021. Around the world millions of people made the very…
Are we screening out of love? By now pretty much every organisation will have given into the power of a screen for a meeting, catch up, training session or information download. They arrived in a virtual flash, like a knight on a white horse, galloping into our lives and saving…
What do people say about you when you’re not in the room? Jeff Bezos asked that question along with this statement “a brand for a company is like a reputation for a person, you earn reputation by trying to do the hard things well” If you consider his own mammoth…
We all learn differently and one of the most powerful things we do here at Learning & Design is make sure to include something for everyone when we create content. If you already have content, but you’re getting feedback it’s not hitting the mark this could be the reason why….
When you try to imagine what someone looks like who is trying hard to learn, desperately studying over a set of notes, or concentrating hard over a note on a piano lesson, it’s rare that we imagine them to be smiling, or heaven forbid, actually laughing. Our brains are already…
Do you understand the importance of ‘learning breaks’? We’ve all been there. It’s a brilliant training session, it’s all making sense and slotting together in your mind and then, oh, wait, what’s that? Yep, your brain just got a little hot and overworked and has now decided it’s full and…
Have you noticed the rise of emojis in learning? They’ve been around for ages, helping us to get across our feelings with funny faces and ROFL but they hadn’t quite transitioned over to learning, until now. Our visiting friend, COVID19, has helped these cheeky little digital icons make the jump…
It’s not that long ago that in school classrooms you’d be told to wipe that smile off your face, stop grinning, or even you boy – this isn’t the place to be having fun!….or maybe that’s just my personal school experience? The point, is that for what seems like an…
Reasons to brand your L&D These days, everyone has a brand, from global businesses, celebrities, the local shop and each of us on our social media. What we put out there becomes what people see, and then know, about us. When you deliver Learning & Development across your business, regardless…
