tales for training articles that explain why stories are effective for learning

People love stories, particularly those stories we tell during training courses, 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

Developing Wizardry with the Stories We Weave

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 [...]

Joy Wilson2021-06-14T15:27:02+00:00Categories: Learning Design|Tags: Tales for Training|

The Story Book

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 [...]

Joy Wilson2019-01-31T17:20:01+00:00Categories: Stories for Trainers, Training and Development|Tags: Tales for Training, Trainer Tips|

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 Lebanese would like to play a fun [...]

Joy Wilson2021-06-10T16:34:51+00:00Categories: Stories for Trainers|Tags: Tales for Training|

An Accidental Hero

The article Leadership Lessons from the Wizard of Oz describes the journey of a scarecrow, a tin Man, a lion characters who underestimated themselves and who already possessed the very qualities they aspired to. The scarecrow demonstrates an ability to develop goals, foresight [...]

Joy Wilson2019-02-03T17:24:42+00:00Categories: Change leadership|Tags: Leadership Lessons, Tales for Training|

The Ladder of Inference

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 [...]

Joy Wilson2017-01-05T10:29:10+00:00Categories: Tips for Training, Training and Development|Tags: Tales for Training, Training & Development|

A man who wasn’t there Perception and ambiguity

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 [...]

Joy Wilson2017-01-05T10:29:10+00:00Categories: Stories for Trainers|Tags: Tales for Training|

It aint my job

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 [...]

Joy Wilson2021-06-14T11:24:30+00:00Categories: Stories for Trainers|Tags: Tales for Training|

Management Effectiveness – Zero – Entertainment Value – Costly

A True Story In a place far, far away there is an organisation whose managers had been dropping like flies, Bitter battles between share holders, some, unencumbered with the burden of intelligence had contributed to this situation. I bit my tongue, and watched the procession of comings and [...]

Joy Wilson2017-01-05T10:29:22+00:00Categories: Culture, Human Resource Management, spectrain, Stories for Trainers, Training and Development|Tags: Leadership Lessons, Performance Management, Tales for Training|

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