I love my country I have been watching the news surrounding our political and economic landscape and characters with a heavy heart and mixed feelings. I really love my country and all the amazingly diverse, talented, creative and passionate people that I come into contact with daily. I see a country’s potential being systematically destroyed…
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Wow! Have you seen what is happening in the world? Have you felt the pace of change? Times have certainly changed, we have made a swift entrance into the digital and knowledge based economy, and it certainly does feel as if we are living through what Sarah Horowitz, U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS calls the…
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Many of our Catalyst transformation projects require the need for our clients to change approaches, behaviours mindsets and learn new skills for enhanced performance and impact. As consultants we also need to be really curious, open to new information and ideas and willing to continuously reassess and reinvent ourselves in different environments to find that…
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Are your training programs speaking to the modern learner? “Millennials comprise over 30 per cent of today’s workforce with the percentage growing each year. Millennials have just surpassed Gen Xers as the largest generation in U.S. labor force. (U.S. Census Bureau data). This is a substantial group of people who have grown up in a…
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Are your managers and HR team change ready and change resilient? This year seems to have taken off at full-speed with most people I know juggling multiple demands and trying their utmost to prioritise daily or often hourly. It is becoming more and more difficult to find a healthy work-life balance, with many people running…
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By Debbie Craig 2016 has started with some exciting opportunities and some really tough challenges. A serious drought, a sliding Rand, a concerning global economic outlook and local political decisions and tensions are causing much uncertainty and impacting our economic stability and credibility. Simultaneously we continue to explore new business opportunities, alliances and emerging…
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We were recently privileged to speak at the L&D COP (center of practice) conference with the theme of Gamification. We shared some practical gamification applications such as how we gamified the Accelerated Learning books and workshops, our umu mobile engagement tool and our SimTalent Boardgame for building skill in managing talent effectively. During the session…
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“Learning is one of the defining aspects of being human. Truly profound learning experiences change who we are—we change through learning. All learning involves thinking and doing, action and reflection. Learning changes what we can do—it is always active—you haven’t learned to walk until you walk.” Peter Senge Learning is a lifelong natural process. We…
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“What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.” Nelson Mandela In preparation for writing our book, “Accelerated Learning for Breakthrough Results” we interviewed a number of active contributors…
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