The Daily Mindflash
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Why People Hate Training, and How to Overcome It
“It’s not that people don’t like what you do; it’s just that nobody likes training. Nobody. You do an excellent job, but still… people hate training.” That’s a direct quote from an organization’s senior human resources manager. It represents one of the biggest hurdles that learning and performance professionals must … Read more
What We Mean When We Say ‘Sales Training’
When Shakespeare famously penned, “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” it’s clear that he didn’t live in the age of Google searches and brand positioning. Today, he might still have found success as a writer, but his florist business would probably go nowhere. I’ve been fielding … Read more
Company News: Two Mindflash Developers Win Rackspace Hackathon
What do you get when you combine Instagram, Robert Scoble, and Google Streetview? A first-place winning app called “Creepagram,” designed by Mindflash engineers Matt Smith and Jon Sullivan. Jon and Matt won the big prize at Wednesday’s Node.js Hackday and Party at Rackspace, a day-long event where developers gathered to … Read more
A Look Behind The Training Magazine Top 125
Training magazine recently released its annual list of the top 125 companies that embrace employee training, and by glancing over some statistics about those organizations, a few trends start to emerge. For one thing, most of the top 125 companies are really big. Verizon was ranked No. 1 on the … Read more
Why the Right Vocabulary Is Key to Effective Training
The future of learning, many have speculated, will almost certainly be less formal and structured and more about picking things up as you go. Corporate training pro Catherine Lombardozzi, who writes the blog Learning Journal, recently articulated that view, which reflects both evolving notions about how we learn as well as … Read more
