Nine evidence-based reasons to create a culture of learning
Have you ever considered exactly what a culture of learning is? What does it look like? How does it feel and operate day to day?
Why 'Cognitive Computing' Is the Next Big Thing for Business Growth
This innovative technology is transforming employee contributions and optimizing business results.
Empathy Shouldn’t Be Optional in Your Workplace Culture
Coinbase and Basecamp made waves when they banned political discussions at work. This CEO offers a different path forward in these divided times.
How Do We Learn to Appreciate Each Other's Differences?
Try these simple steps for understanding diversity.
Six Strategies You May Not Be Using To Reduce Cognitive Load
In a complex world, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by a deluge of complex information. This shouldn’t be surprising, as working memory (our mental work space), has a limited capacity for processing information.
What Happens in the Brain When You Learn a Language?
Learning a foreign language can increase the size of your brain. This is what Swedish scientists discovered when they used brain scans to monitor what happens when someone learns a second language.
How do cognitive biases impact the workplace?
All of us develop cognitive biases—the unconscious drivers that influence our judgment and decision-making.
Role of Instruction in Brain Development
Clearly, the brain can store information, but what kinds of information?
Cognitive Function at Work
Given that we use cognitive function the entire time we are awake, it’s no surprise that it plays a critical role in our abilities at work.
Why Is Empathy Missing From Work?
In the world of wages paid for a job done, humanity doesn’t matter all that much. But times have changed, and the workplace should, too.
How Entrepreneurs Can Address Unconscious Bias
First, you need to know what it is and how it functions.
The "Pleasure" Hormone That Helps Our Brains Learn Subconsciously
To find out, Professor Wim Vanduffel and colleagues studied the brains of two rhesus monkeys before and after they were exposed to subconscious visual stimuli.
Six Brain Hacks to Learn Anything Faster
Research proves there are ways to learn new skills and concepts with speed and ease.
The Cognitive Benefits of Being Bilingual
Today, more of the world’s population is bilingual or multilingual than monolingual. In addition to facilitating cross-cultural communication, this trend also positively affects cognitive abilities.
Understanding the Mind
The mind that thinks our thoughts is a pretty special place. But is it distinct from the brain? Is there, in fact, a soul directing our thoughts or are they determined entirely by the output of our biology?
The Neuroscience Of Organizational Culture
Doidge continues his description by noting that research into neuroplasticity shows that every sustained activity ever mapped – including physical activities, sensory activities, learning, thinking and imagining – changes the brain and the mind in some way.
Five myths on unconscious bias – and how to tackle the issue
It's one thing to change an attitude or reaction you’re aware of. But changing something you don’t even know you’re doing is much more difficult. Therein lies the challenge of addressing unconscious bias in the workplace.
How Great Managers Motivate Their Employees
The Manager's Actions Are Most Effective in Encouraging Motivation
Why Micro Learning Is The Future Of Training In The Workplace
Traditional teaching and learning has got to go.