There is no doubt that interpersonal connections are critical to growth and innovation. Part of the origin story for Silicon Valley is a belief that many of the groundbreaking innovations born there were made possible by the close proximity of all those tech companies, which enabled employees in separate companies to interact with one another. [...]
As more employees work fully or partially remote on a permanent basis, leaders will need to step up in the ways that they connect people so that learning can thrive. As they say, that’s it – that’s the tweet. But since this is a blog, I’ll expand… One story of many I’m sure you can [...]
In my February newsletter, I highlighted the fact that self-directed learning involves a number of people: people who impart (teach), people who engage, and people who inspire. When you can get all three of those dynamics mutually occurring in one group of people, you can begin to get a sense of the community of practice [...]
At last week's Learning Ecosystems conference in Orlando, we had the pleasure of hearing animation legend Glen Keane talk about how to embrace technological change to enhance creativity. It was a fascinating talk culminating with a demonstration of virtual reality animation that was gorgeous and mind-blowing (see this video at 2:39 for a taste of [...]