Covid19 happened and significantly turned 2021 to 2041ish. Expectation for the year that followed 2020 vanished into thin air, replaced with activities and ideology of latter years. Jobs were lost, businesses still face high probability of closure and global economies are faced with fear of the unknown – unlike anything the world has ever known. […]
“E-commerce isn’t the cherry on the cake, it is the new cake!” With a tax-free regime, high investment climate, growing economy and high spending urban populace, it is no wonder that Middle East has become the epicentre of all things – Ecommerce! The emergence of the new middle class, Gen Y and western influence has […]
From the garage of a small home started a journey with the crystallization of an idea in the mind of a 30-year-old American young man. At the time, his capital amounted to zero. Added to that, he was not optimistic about the success of his idea. In 1995, he worked for a company that operates […]
Learning knowledge based terms and definitions can be a difficult task. Instructors often struggle to find ways to make learning the content outside of the classroom engaging. Students often struggle to find ways to stay focused on the content. Traditional methods are often low or no-technology, such as reading, highlighting, and basic flash cards. Enter […]
Gold fish are said to have a 2 second memory, which is the time it takes them to swim around their little basin and believe they are facing a whole new world. Do you sometimes find your class or yourself to have a similar attention span? How do you keep acquiring new skills and training […]
At some point in your career, someone you saw as below you has been promoted and you sat thinking “How did he/she get promoted? I’m smarter and work harder.” Dawn Metcalfe, who is a seasoned and practiced trainer, facilitator and coach, offers the frank and honest truth that you don’t want to hear but need […]
Do you know how to engage mindsets, ask questions, involve people, contextualize content into areas more relevant to them and get them enthusiastic about training? What disengages students from learning? – Boring delivery of information. – An uninteresting subject. – Interesting but irrelevant topics. – Confusing information that requires too much work to clarify, so […]
I need not to rehash for you the sufficiently chronicled history of employee development and management over the years and in pens far more articulately eloquent than mine. We believe that organizations are witnessing now more than ever a fast-paced, ever-changing reality increasingly nostalgic for precise and focused learning and development solutions. We have experienced […]
HR is still trying to position its function in the strategic platform and the goal is to become more than just `a supporting function`. HR function’s main goal should be to move business from where it’s today to where it should be, while using its biggest assets PEOPLE! Either you work as a specialist such […]
One night, as I was on my way coming back home, I received a call from a training company approaching me to deliver a training course to one of its reputable clients. Since the offer was below my expectations, I politely turned down that assignment. However, the caller was so persistent in trying to get […]
