Hardwired to Learn

Both companies and people can have notable second acts. In iCon, biographers Jeffrey S. Young and William L. Simon credit Apple co-founder Steve Jobs with having the “greatest second act in the history of business.” As a young entrepreneur, Jobs let his curiosity lead him, but his objectionable personal style made it difficult to work […]

The labor markets are empty, and many companies are losing highly qualified aging staff who find retiring more attractive than the ideas of the new Group CEO. However, HR can retain them if they know what senior professionals want. According to the National Institutes of Health, “[B]etween 2000 and 2020, the share of employed workers […]

Learning boosts engagement – at any age. The proportion of employees over the age of 50 continues to grow. In the US, for example, a quarter of the workforce will be 55 or above by 2024, according to a U.S. Department of Labor estimate.   Talent shortages and an increasing reliance on the contribution of […]

The current talent shortage causes employees to be promoted faster and more often. But how do HR and L&D leaders get them to adapt to their new jobs quickly – and healthily? When Workhuman recently asked 1000 employees from a wide range of industries about their 2023 resolutions for themselves at work, the top responses […]

You can learn all sorts of leadership things – but if a trained leader doesn’t know how to lead themselves, all gathered leadership insights will never be put to powerful use. “You can’t pour from an empty cup: If leaders are unwilling or unable to develop themselves first, they will be less capable of leading […]

Didn’t have time to attend? We have the key take-aways summed up for you. getAbstract’s fourth Global L&D Knowledge Forum on October 27, 2022, brought together international experts and L&D practitioners to discuss best practices for enabling a proactive learning culture. Keynote speakers included Stefaan van Hooydonk, author of The Workplace Curiosity Manifesto and former […]

Teri Hart, the author of Hardwired to Learn, harnesses neuroscience to help people become lifelong learners. Teri, what is the number one thing that prevents people from learning something new? Many barriers get in the way of learning – but if I had to choose one, I believe motivation is the greatest challenge. It wasn’t […]

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What sounds impossible isn’t that difficult. Talk of the ever-changing, volatile world of work sometimes obscures the view that there is more continuity than flux. There are plenty of skills, practices, habits and mind-sets that humanity has cultivated for hundreds, perhaps thousands, of years that will still be essential tomorrow. We present some of them […]