"Learning" Blog Posts

In this post, People Alchemy founder Paul Matthews looks at how we can combine conscious and unconscious tasks to be truly productive. Can you really multitask efficiently? There are many people who swear that they can, and just as many studies that say they are fooling themselves, and that efficient multitasking is impossible. So what is the truth of […]

Career Skills, Learning Skills, Stress, Time Management

Albert Einstein said, "Any fool can know. The point is to understand." When real learning takes place, it's more than just gaining knowledge. It's about being able to understand and apply what you've learned. We all attend school during our childhood, and the sole purpose is to learn and grow. However, as we settle into […]

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These days, there's change everywhere you look, from new technology in the office to new ways of communicating with friends. It's great when this change is easy to keep up with. But sometimes new systems and approaches can cause anxiety. Will other people "get with the program" more quickly than we do? What does that […]

All Posts, Career Skills, Leadership, Learning Skills, Team Management, Uncategorized

When I was a student, I had to learn and remember a lot of information to pass my end-of-year exams, and I did so in various ways. I'd start off by reviewing the notes and handouts from my lectures, and I'd rewrite them by hand. This helped refresh my memory, and clarify the information in […]

All Posts, Career Skills, Learning Skills

How do you learn more quickly and thoroughly? Some say they learn best through hearing and speaking about new concepts. Others prefer visual presentations. Kinesthetic learning is a preferred style for some. That is, they like to touch and get their whole body involved. Is your best learning sequentially (step-by-step) or holistically (examining the big […]

All Posts, Learning Skills, Team Management

Last Thursday, I attended the second day of the Learning & Technologies Conference 2015 in London and, genuinely, it was the best HR/L&D conference I've been to. One of the highlights for me was the fantastic keynote presentation from scientist and TV presenter Professor Robert Winston. His talk focused on how our ability to learn, memorize and […]

All Posts, Career Skills, Learning Skills, Time Management