Career Planning, Learning and Performance

Don't pick a 'career'. Pick a 'fight'. What would you most like to fight and why? What has annoyed, frustrated or challenged you for years above all else?What's kept showing it's face to you, that you've always wanted to change, destroy, KO or conquer?Who (or what) is the defending champion? What would things be like [...]

I recommend the following books on business, learning, performance and careers. You can browse by category (left of page) and move between pages using links at the bottom. http://www.epi-learning.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58&Itemid=60 What books do you think I'd be interested in that you can't see on this list? I'd love to hear. Thanks! Posted via email from Mark’s [...]

Who would YOU hire to add value to, drive forwards, or solve the business problems you get paid to solve (assuming they're all equally lovely people)? The academic with lots of letters after their name? The experienced 'expert' who's learned lots over the years (but perhaps has lots to unlearn too?)The creative type who has [...]

The value from this post comes down to what you're prepared to do about it (yes, like all of them really but people forget and think that reading magically changes them!) "Problems cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them.” – Einstein What's your number one work related problem right now [...]

Yes, we all know that you have to try things to see if they work. If you never try, you'll never know.. (thanks Coldplay) and all that. We know this. Most people don't bother trying to do the potentially rewarding tricky thing that moves them out of their comfort zone. But they know they should, [...]

A great 20 minute talk – entertaining, funny and important choice of topic from Sir Ken Robinson about education, creativity, innovation and career choice. Everyone should consider how they can bring more creativity (and enjoyment and value) in to their work, whatever you do, rather than just turning and turning and turning like cogs, until [...]

How do you pave the way for your future career? Well, apart from thinking and planning ahead to stay on the right path, the obvious answer is 'build your network'. You never know when your contacts can help and when you'll most need them. And the time to start building is right now. I think [...]

I'm in one of my favorite pubs in Australia- the Belgian beer cafe at The Rocks in Sydney. Why is it a favorite? Because I love Belgian beers, I used to live in Belgium and it brings back memories (its the next best thing to a time machine for me) and perhaps most of all, [...]

In the last few days I've been inside some very different offices in Sydney. I'm fascinated to see 'where it all happens' for certain organisations. Because I always ask myself how the chosen environment affects each individual's work, learning, performance and productivity. I ask myself, 'what type of work would result from spending every day [...]

This excellent presentation by Dan Pink shares some of the biggest and most important messages behind my own work that I’ve been teaching people for the last 7 years. Despite the title of this, I’m not at all surprised. HR, L&D people, Directors, CEO’s, learners and individuals should all watch and enjoy this-a very worthwhile [...]