IDEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I. Ryushun Kusanagi on living in

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I recently ran a poll on LinkedIn to ask what people’s biggest challenges are with AI images. Hardly anyone said they need help just getting started with AI images; it

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Some people just don’t have much of a moral compass or direction, and they’re not bothered about it — in fact, they’re comfortable there. You can call out their behavior,

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IDEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I. Richard Hagberg and Tien Tzuo

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IDEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I. Marshall Goldsmith and Mark Reiter

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In a previous post, I explained how starting compliance training with a worst-case scenario can engage learners right from the start. Setting the course up with a scenario helps learners

There was a time when hard work truly mattered and laziness was frowned upon. Children were expected to contribute from an early age, learning that work was about building character,

Employees are juggling a lot, and burnout continues to be a real challenge in the workplace. Taking time to recognize your team can go a long way toward helping employees

IDEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I. Nick Bare on doing the

AI-generated images often reflect bias and exaggerate stereotypes related to race, gender, age, and disability. AI models are trained on stock images that often don’t show equitable representation. In addition,

TL;DR: Being active at work isn’t necessarily the same as intentional exercise. New research suggests leisure-time activity may offer health benefits that physically demanding work doesn’t. If you spend eight hours

Ever walk into a restaurant where the server remembers a conversation you had weeks ago? It makes you feel special. Now contrast that with someone who introduces themselves as a

WE don’t need more freedom; we need more helpful boundaries. David Epstein, author of Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better, says we don’t need to work outside the

IDEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I. Jenna Nicholas on hope: “Hope

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When you’re faced with an important decision, what influences you most? If you’re like many others, a lot of questions run through your mind. How will this affect me personally?

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WORRIED about AI? You’re not alone. About three-quarters of adults have concerns about where AI is taking us. And no wonder. Doomsayers predict that AI could destroy humanity. Evangelists promise

IDEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I. Dave Rossi on the growth

Every year for the past 20 years, Jane Hart collects and analyzes lists of top 10 tools for learning. Some of these are my personal learning tools; others are what

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EXCELLENCE is a mindset. The right mindset is what differentiates top performers from others. A mindset is simply the way you approach the circumstances you are faced with. It is

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Personal Tech columnist at The Wall Street Journal, Nicole Nguyen, wrote in Why I Told My Chatbot to Stop Kissing Up to Me, “AI is trained in part on what

WE all face uncertainty. The question is: how can we keep performing when faced with the disorder of uncertainty? Life will not happen according to our expectations. Peak performance at

IDEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I. Creator of the iPod, iPhone,

PROFESSOR of Management and Strategy at the Kellogg School of Management, Harry Kraemer, Jr., explains the 3Cs of self-reflection in Your Values-Based Legacy. He says we self-reflect to examine our

What if you could create compliance training that learners actually wanted to complete, that they cared about? Imagine creating courses that did more than check a box, that actually increased

TL;DR Enterprise learning projects often stall because of shifting organizational priorities, limited internal bandwidth, competing stakeholder demands, resource constraints, and unclear governance. Learning initiatives are especially vulnerable to delays when

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WE’RE used to living with small lies. I was confronted by this fact when, recently, as I was preparing for a dinner party, I climbed onto a step-stool and reached

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TO make the best decisions, we need to expand our view and think through a wider range of experiences and opinions. See panoramically. Increasing change and complexity require that we

IDEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I. Bill Burnett and Dave Evans

LOOK at how most people plan. They open the calendar, see the squares, and start filling them. A meeting here, a block there, a few tasks wedged into the gaps.

What does it actually take to become a conference speaker? I sat down recently with Diana Chapoy Callahan for the “Instructionally Speaking” podcast. We unpacked what really happens behind the

Have you ever held doors open, offered your seat, or picked up something that someone dropped, only to get the evil eye? It’s a terrible feeling, because all you were

TL;DR: The questions nurses hear most often are usually the ones many people are wondering about. Asking them is part of taking charge of your health, and getting answers can

SPORTS analyst Ric Bucher wondered, after rubbing shoulders with some of the greatest athletes, which traits separate the best from the rest? The common denominator was: I was coachable. In

IDEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I. Jeremy Pollack on certainty: “Certainty

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Some say they want to take better care of themselves, spend more quality time with their family, and less time on social media. They say they want to read more,

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How do you come up with scenarios for boring training topics? I’ve heard many complaints from folks who say the content they build training on is really dry and tedious.

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In my last post, I explained my process for updating one of my Twine branching scenarios using Claude to build a new interface. In this post, I’ll share how I

Sometimes we don’t realize how much our actions matter. Like a stone dropped into a stream, even small actions create ripples that travel far beyond where we can see. The

ORGANIZATIONS often believe they’re selecting the best candidate when in reality they’re selecting the person who best matches familiar credentials, patterns, or assumptions. That distinction matters. As the 2011 movie

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IDEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I. Eric Ries on the incoherent