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You may have read about the passing of Daniel Kahneman, a psychologist and Nobel Prize winning economist. His work—and the larger field expanding what we know about behavior change— isContinue reading “Wonderfully irrational people”
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I aim to write once a month, sharing tips, tools, and insights at the intersection of adult learning and nonprofits. I apologize that I missed February. I’ll explain in aContinue reading “Life and death and everything in between”
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In 2021, Anne Wallestad wrote “The Four Principles of Purpose-Driven Board Leadership.” In 2022, Hubert Joly wrote the HBR article “5 Principles of Purposeful Leadership.” An internet search for “purposefulContinue reading “Take time to define the words that matter”
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At 99°C, water is very hot, but it’s not boiling. When the temperature increases by just one degree to 100°C, water begins to boil, transitioning from a liquid to aContinue reading “The One Degree Difference”
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When people need to know something, we tend to land on the idea that they need a training. (Board members aren’t doing their job, so let’s send them to a training.)Continue reading “Learning in the flow of work”
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To the tune of “How will I know” by Whitney Houston There’s a course I know, it’s the one I dreamed upWorkbooks and slides, bullet points I really love, mmm-hmmTime—IContinue reading “How will I know? An evaluation mindset”
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“Learning new things for learning’s sake, without actually doing something new or different or better, is simply another form of entertainment.” – Endurance Learning’s Training Activity Cookbook by Brian WashburnContinue reading “What is the recipe to help people learn, remember, and take action?”
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How do we apply lessons from the past to make progress in the future when things in the present keep evolving? I’ve been thinking about this in the context ofContinue reading “Thinking out loud about learning across time”
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Summer is a great time to slow down and take stock of what we’ve been working on. Partners come to us with design challenges centered on how to help peopleContinue reading “Show and tell: Projects designed to solve challenges”
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Truth be told, I have never worked in the corporate learning and development (L&D, as insiders call it) sector to know for sure how nonprofit learning differs. I have, however,Continue reading “A conversation about the Nonprofit Learning Ecosystem”