I don't think bragging has ever gone well for me. So I shouldn't be surprised that when I bragged about how many books I had read, I received some humbling but beneficial advice.

I know tragedy is a constant in this world, but knowing that doesn't make it easier. What can make it a little easier is employing emotional intelligence for yourself and others around you. In today's podcast, I talk about how I observed my wife helping her mother through a family tragedy by subconsciously employing emotional intelligence strategies.

I recently ran into a bit of a training block with my curriculum, but some advice from a good book helped me through it. Today I talk about a great way to help you mix up your training to get out of, the all to common, instructional rut!

I love the Holidays! And this year we had to get creative and hold our holiday parties online. In this week's podcast, I talk about 2 online parties that really stood out and how I am going to adopt what I loved from those parties into my learning design!

I may be wrong but I think the days of coming into a job with specific software knowledge are numbered... It's not about knowing a specific software, it's about knowing how to learn new software fast and well. Because even the software we do know how to use can change overnight. In this podcast, I give 7 strategies on how to be good at learning new software.

It is difficult to connect to online learners BUT it is not impossible. In today's podcast I talk about how to find out more than just the demographics of your online learners so that you can connect to your learners to help them feel like the learning is for them!

Habit making and breaking is a big part of learning design. Today I talk about what I have done to break bad habits and build good ones, and how these strategies can be used in learning design.

My boss asked: "what have you done wrong when doing a virtual training?" I wish I could say nothing... Heck, I wish I could say it was only a few things! In today's podcast I talk about the list me and my friend at work came up with of things we have done wrong in virtual trainings.

Recently I was helping my daughter learn to ride a Ripstik, however our practice sessions were interrupted and I had to leave. When I came back she had learned how to ride it on her own! Today I talk about what we can do to help our learns thrive on their own with well designed deliberate practice!

I recently read how corporations in the US spend hundreds of billions of dollars on training every year but also how a small percentage of the learners who go through training are actually changing because of what they learned. So are we wasting BILLIONS every year?? And what can we do about it?