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There is a new book out entitled “Concise Learning: Learn More & Score Higher in Less Time with Less Effort” by Toni Krasnic. Simply put this is a transformational book. It teaches a methodology which has the potential of transforming the way students learn (i.e. all students – those in school and [...]
Sunni Brown, author of BrightSpot blog, is simply one of the most prolific thought leaders on visual thinking in the world.
In the video below she shares her thoughts on the importance of visual thinking. It is very compelling (and funny).
If you didn’t know how much your brain craves the visual [...]
To help you leverage a broad range of visual thinking tools for increasing your productivity, efficiency, and overall creativity, I recently created the The Visual Thinking Store in partnership with Amazon.com.
You can purchase visual thinking books, software and other resources directly from the Visual Thinking Store on my blog. There you will find resources [...]
All across the world corporations are spending billions of dollars on employee training that produces very little business impact.
According to Training Magazine’s Industry Report, in the US alone organizations spent a total of $55.8 Billion on formal training in 2006.
However, as Dr. Robert Brinkerhoff points out, in his book [...]
I’ve been in the Learning and Development field working in global corporations for over 10 years and I can tell you from personal experience that having a good instructional model makes a world of difference when you want learner engagement and retention.
Dr. Robert Brinkerhoff, in his book High Impact Learning, outlines an instructional model [...]
In 1993 Adam Robinson, Co-founder of the Princeton Review, wrote a book called What Smart Students Know. The remarkable thing about this book is that it shows students (and anyone interested in learning) how to take full control of their education.
For me, mindmapping is like that. With [...]
To be productive in the workplace there are a number of factors that contribute to an employee’s performance. Robert Brinkerhoff, author and world-renowned expert in training effectiveness and evaluation, in his book High Impact Learning , points out that the levers for effective performance depend on seven factors: 1) Direction, 2) Personal Capacity, 3) Motivators, 4) Work Design, 5) [...]
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