Finding the Way Out of a Coffin That’s Nailed Shut

By Jack Shaw on February 2, 2012

Tom in The Glass Menagerie wants to know how the magician or anyone can “find a way out of coffin that is nailed shut without removing one nail,” or you could say how to find “a way up the slippery slope.” Work and work relationships can do more harm than good. This is one such […]

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Twitter Wit: Is It Time for Subtle?

By Jack Shaw on January 30, 2012

Before we had all of our gadgets, even television and radio, we had to amuse ourselves with books; we learned by tutors unless there was an established school, but for the rich, we turned to mostly tutors, learned men of the day. Different subjects for different sexes, too. There were subjects considered too manly for […]

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The Worst and Best Degrees: A Bunch of Bunk!

By Jack Shaw on January 24, 2012

It was a while there and I couldn’t speak–so upset was I that countless, thoughtless bloggers were telling us the Worst and Best Degrees–and we’re already feeling an uncertain future. I’m calm now. Okay, I’m back and re-posting. I had to go count, name all the Presidents, then all the State Capitols until I stopped being irrational […]

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Why Use Icebreakers When There’s No Ice?

By Jack Shaw on January 24, 2012

I saw this question as a search question for training and while I don’t know the reason behind the question, it seemed logical to try to answer it. This may not be the answer people want to hear, but it is an alternative. I’ve actually addressed the question of icebreakers before. I don’t like them […]

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What Will Training Look Like in 2050?

By Jack Shaw on January 16, 2012

Here’s your question–just for the fun of it. What will training be like in the future? Have you thought that far out? What will companies look like that far in the future? We know what they were like in the past. We know who they bankrupt and “ages of misery” they spawned. We know how […]

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“Lean, Mean, Learning Machines” – The New Age of Training

By Jack Shaw on January 12, 2012

Michelle Rosenbloom with the 3Leaf Group is a marketing professional. Now, what she is marketing is the Netflix(TM) of training. The wave of the future.  She has been involved in creating a “lean, mean, learning machine.” But there is more to it than marketing when it comes to a savvy training professional or manager who can […]

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I Can’t Make You Learn a Thing! Let the Machines Do It!

By Jack Shaw on January 3, 2012

Really! What you learn is up to you. Retention works best if it is self-motivated. But it is up to us trainers and managers to give you the best means of obtaining the information you need and are motivated to learn. There are various methods and modalities. By methods, I mean approaches to training; by […]

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Unlocking Creative Potential – A Neuroscience Approach, Part III

By Jack Shaw on December 30, 2011

Sandy Cormack, a personal and organizational consultant, continues with his installments of Unlocking Creative Potential. He uses a neuroscience-based approach to team building, leadership development, creativity and innovation, change management, and business strategy development. As my regular readers know, I am a big fan of looking at various ways learning takes place, when and how training can […]

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Navigating the Training Labyrinth

By Jack Shaw on December 27, 2011

You don’t really want to make a wrong turn and there is no GPS for this. How often do you consider the training method you will use to train a particular topic in terms of its actual outcome? To do that requires much thought and speculation. With all the products out to choose from, the […]

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Making Digital Training “An Affair to Remember”

By Jack Shaw on December 21, 2011

In an article I wrote called How to Make Training “An Affair to Remember I didn’t talk a lot about different training methods; I was concerned mostly with the trainer’s role and responsibilities in making classroom instruction most effective. For a long time I highlighted this point on my website. Even though some time has passed, I […]

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