“All polishing is done by friction.” Some wise words from Mary Parker Follett on how to set conflict to work for us, reminding us that sometimes we can capitalize on, rather than eliminate, it. In its literal sense, friction can be necessary and therefore a positive experience – take, for example the friction that’s needed to… Read More Let it shine . . .
I’ve been on some amazing continuing professional development recently. It challenged some of my previous thinking, gave me a chance to indulge in creativity (for heaven’s sake, I even spent one morning colouring!), and grew my knowledge at a very welcome stage of my career. My fellow practitioners on my course were simply amazing, and… Read More Learning from experience . . .
Back to the shop floor, back to basics, roll back the clock, back in time . . . what opportunities do you have to revisit an aspect of your work that you once did when you were first learning it, and in doing so, to help a novice to learn? And in doing so, rediscovering… Read More Through a mirror clearly . . .
What did you learn today?
what have I learnt? what more do I still need to know? how can I apply what I have learnt to my role? John Adair suggests trainers should build these 3 questions into their evaluation sheet at the end of a programme. I believe they’re questions we could all usefully, continually, be asking ourselves. What… Read More Learning this way . . .
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