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ian91885
Apr 16, 20232 min read
Optimising Your Learning: Three Essential Concepts to Bear In Mind
Whether you're studying for exams, learning new skills for your career, or simply broadening your knowledge, learning is an essential...
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ian91885
Apr 16, 20232 min read
Validated Learning for Startups
I'm always excited to hear about different learning techniques. So when I started to read 'The Lean Startup' by Eric Ries, and got to the...
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ian91885
Apr 16, 20233 min read
Why Your Brain Goes Fuzzy
You might not be familiar with Cognitive Load Theory but you’re very familiar with its practical effects. Cognitive Load Theory (CLT)...
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ian91885
Apr 16, 20232 min read
Is Confirmation Bias Stopping You Getting Promoted?
How often do you use cognitive biases and how much are they limiting you? Cognitive biases are like shortcuts our brain takes when we're...
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ian91885
Apr 16, 20232 min read
Key Learning Techniques #5: Social Learning
One of the 4 cornerstones of Learning Clubs is Social Learning - the way we acquire new behaviours, attitudes, and values by 'using' the...
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ian91885
Apr 16, 20232 min read
Key Learning Techniques #4: Action Learning
I'm not the only person who believes there is room for improving regarding the way we learn. In the 1940s, ex-Olympic athlete and...
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Apr 16, 20231 min read
Feedback
We can learn a lot from feedback. It can help us adjust and advance quickly to get to where we want to be. But most people (including...
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ian91885
Apr 16, 20232 min read
My son did it and I’m proud of him.
I finally succumbed to my children’s pleadings and gave them a phone each, but, much to their disapproval, with parental control. This...
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ian91885
Apr 16, 20232 min read
The Obvious and Not-so-Obvious Responsibilities of Being a Learning Club Member
When you attend a company training day, what are your responsibilities? Turn up? Pay attention? Take notes? Try to glean something...
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ian91885
Apr 16, 20233 min read
7 reasons why Learning Clubs work
One of the ways I help my clients is by helping them set up their own Learning Clubs. A Learning Club is a small group of people who...
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ian91885
Apr 16, 20232 min read
Key Learning Techniques #3: Dual Coding
How good are you at drawing? Does your attempt at a horse look like… well, a horse? Or does it look more like a pig having a bad day?...
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ian91885
Apr 16, 20233 min read
Key Learning Techniques #2: The Feynman Technique
In the mid-twentieth century, Richard Feynman was one of those rare theoretical physicists who was not only very knowledgeable of his...
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ian91885
Apr 16, 20232 min read
Key Learning Techniques #1: The Ebbinghaus Method
Until someone invents a way to download knowledge directly into our brains Matrix-style (I know Kung Fu) I’m relieved to say that the...
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