The tales for training articles explain why stories are so effective.
Stories are neutral, they can inspire and often resonate with people’s values.
The tales for training articles explain why stories are so effective. Stories are neutral, they can inspire and often resonate with people’s values.
These tales for training posts tell stories that you can use in your training activity to encourage values related discussion, explore dilemmas, or performance management scenarios
As a learning designer I believe in the power of stories to sustain attention. Our brains are attracted to the stories we weave in which the characters struggle and eventually surface unknown abilities to triumph over adversity. This is why our Learning by Design course is so successful. It places [...]
The story book is the name of a folder in that sits in the corner of my office. Take a peep inside and you will find a source of magical stories they are printed on old, yellowing, torn, and decaying paper and while the paper slowly disintegrates the magical [...]
This is the story of the Lebanese Tailor. A lawyer and a Lebanese tailor are sitting next to each other in an airport lounge. The lawyer is thinking that Lebanese people are so dumb that he could get one over on them, easily. So the lawyer asks if the [...]
The article Leadership Lessons from the Wizard of Oz describes the journey of accidental heroes. A scarecrow, a tin Man, a lion, characters who underestimate themselves and who already possessed the very qualities they aspire to. The scarecrow demonstrates an ability to develop goals, foresight in anticipating the consequences [...]
The ladder of inference is a simple and yet insightful model that suggests our actions are determined via a causal loop of inference or opinion about a situation based upon a tiny piece of data, and occasionally an absence of data. We choose exclusively to tune into certain data [...]
Yesterday, upon the stair, I met a man who wasn't there He wasn't there again today I wish, I wish he’d go away... When I came home last night at three The man was waiting there for me But when I looked around the hall I couldn't see him [...]
Managing the classroom challenger. Another article in the tips for trainers series...Imagine the scene, it’s the first day in front of a new group of people, this contract is important to you and you hope that your training course will attract favourable reviews. You are both positive and confident. [...]
It ain't my job to sweep the floor Or move the stuff from door to door. It ain't my job to hump a ton Of this and that - it ain't much fun. It ain't my job to wonder why The boss is looking sad of eye. It ain't [...]
