Learning

This is the time of the year when the deadlines are getting tighter, and people are wondering if they will have to try that new dish from Tommy, a recent hire who told you secretly that he worked at a place that was shut down due to health concerns. Oh, and he was the cook.…

This is the time of the year when the deadlines are getting tighter, and people are wondering if they will have to try that new dish from Tommy, a recent hire who told you secretly that he worked at a place that was shut down due to health concerns. Oh, and he was the cook.…

The idea of talent management becoming an integral part of learning, with such a high level of intertwinement, made me shudder. I am okay with the fact that talent/performance management, as well as learning, should be separate. TM systems needed learning simply because without it, the substance of workforce development was limited. Additionally, it was…

What about studying the past, in or out of school, excites you?

Do you remember when people worked remotely due to COVID? A couple of years ago, some companies announced that remote workers had to return to the office. The reasoning behind this was that employees’ performance was better on-site than remote. The data, though, doesn’t support that premise. Companies from Gallup to Deloitte to McKinsey to…

Skills, Gig Economy, Training, Learning, Employee Onboarding, Job Role, Workforce Development, and AI-these are not just random words. They are interconnected elements that shape the future of our workforce. What do these seemingly disparate elements have in common? How do they intersect in the context of AI and workforce development? What if we added corporate…

I had no idea how the assignment would go, and, in all honesty, I didn’t think my creative writing students would be interested in writing something that seemed so formulaic. I thought the lessons would be boring.In the end, however, that couldn’t have been further from the truth. My students ended up loving the assignment,…

Are you easily distracted? If so, you’re in luck! This lesson will help you practice your ability to pay attention.

The Times’s editorial pages have explored the practical, political and ethical dimensions of the campus protests from a variety of perspectives: Are protests an essential part of education? When does a protest cross a line? Are the college protesters’ tactics hurting their cause? How should colleges and universities respond to the campus unrest spreading across…

Are you a good writer? Do you enjoy the craft?How do writing and the skills needed to be an effective writer help you inside and outside school?Do you think learning how to be a good writer is less important now that artificial intelligence programs like ChatGPT can write some things for us?In “Our Semicolons, Ourselves,”…