Category Archives: Performance

Performance Enhancement: gadgets, gizmos and GoPros

Posted on February 23, 2015 by

Austria is not far away, but somehow the journey takes me longer than it does to get to Singapore. It’s not down to any inefficiency in the Swiss Train network, which offered a profuse apology for the one minute delay, … Continue reading →

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Performance in Social Leadership

Posted on September 18, 2013 by

As i work this week to flesh out the NET Model of Social Leadership, my thoughts turn increasingly to ‘Performance’. Specifically i’m thinking about how we rehearse and embed behaviours, it’s about the transition from abstract formal learning into changed … Continue reading →

Posted in 'Just in time' learning, Agile, Community, Everyday Reality, Experience, Foundations, Leadership, Learning, Legacy, Performance, Reflection, Social Learning | Tagged , , , , , , , | 14 Comments

Does your organisation have a box of useful stuff?

Posted on May 10, 2013 by

There’s a battered old tin that lives on a high shelf in the kitchen full of useful stuff. Stuff that doesn’t fit anywhere else, but which is too valuable to throw away. Stuff that you don’t use very often, but … Continue reading →

Posted in 'Just in time' learning, Agile, Community, Learning, Performance, Personal Learning Network, Productivity, Social Learning | Tagged , , , , | 3 Comments

Learn excellence wherever you can

Posted on April 29, 2013 by

Last week i wrote how i learnt about authenticity from the waiter at a pizza takeaway, today i’m writing about excellence and my experience at a hotel. They’re very pedestrian examples, but have great immediacy and relevance to me, hence … Continue reading →

Posted in Achievement, Community, Culture, Effectiveness, Environment, Leadership, Management, Mediocrity, Motivation, Performance, Pride, Sincerity, Success, Team Coaching, Teams, Tone of Voice, Training | Tagged , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Social learning for complex tasks: performance support is simple

Posted on April 17, 2013 by

I was uploading yesterday’s blog post on the train, when Hans leant over and said “why aren’t you using this function to add the links“, in a way that implied i was missing a trick, that implied that my way … Continue reading →

Posted in 'Just in time' learning, Adaptability, Agile, Apps, Change, Collaboration, Communication, Community, Culture, Discovery, Disturbance, Effectiveness, Everyday Reality, Informal Learning Spaces, Knowledge, Learning, Learning Journey, Learning Technology, Meaning, Mobile Learning, Performance, Personal Learning Network, Social Learning, Support | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 25 Comments

Let’s start a band: coordinated social learning

Posted on March 28, 2013 by

I’ve been trying recently to tease out the lessons we can learn from music when it comes to learning design and the learning experience. We communicate in so many different languages in our social lives, but so very few in … Continue reading →

Posted in Choreography, Collaboration, Community, Conversation, Creative, Engagement, Knowledge, Language, Learning, Learning Design, Music, Narrative, Performance, Social Learning, Stories, Storytelling | Tagged , , , | 7 Comments

A true model for mobile learning: how we interact with technology

Posted on March 27, 2013 by

I was fortunate enough to see Cirque du Soleil last night, an astonishing performance of athleticism and creativity. For those of you who haven’t seen them, Cirque provide a modern take on circus skills, blending vibrant costumes, elaborate props and … Continue reading →

Posted in Adaptability, Agile, Apps, Broadcast, Choreography, Collaboration, Creative, Engagement, Experience, Innovation, iPad, iPhone, Knowledge, Learning, Learning Technology, Mindset, Mobile Learning, Performance, Publishing, Push Notifications, Social Learning, Stories, Storytelling, Technology | Tagged , , , | 40 Comments