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In a comment to Niklas Angmyr’s post on the subject of learning, corporate learning and the article Making Corporate Learning work by Shlomo Ben-Hur  and Nik Kenley, Niklas get one of the authors to comment, namely Nik Kenley, and a very interesting

In 6 days, the DPG Community will be officially one year old. Where has the time gone? It feels like only yesterday I left the corporate world of RBS to join DPG. I've been reflecting a lot over the last few weeks about the reasons why I joined DPG a

I have just attended my penultimate workshop for CIPD Level 3 in HR Practice.  I have enjoyed it so much and cannot believe my final course for Level 3 is in just 3 short weeks on the 22nd.  I have learnt so much and really gained a new perspective o

Building storyboards, writing scripts, recording voiceovers, working with animators and music producers were never tasks I associated with Learning and Development when I kicked off my career.  Some years later, all of this activity regularly appears

Training just like every other job is becoming more and more supplemented by developing technologies. Although e-Learning and m-Learning is grabbing all the headlines in Learning and Development as being the future – there are a lot more forms of tec

How often do you think about you being inspirational? Probably not very often I guess?

When you do think about it, does it always seem like it has to be a big 'thing', something that makes a massive statement of intent to make people sit up and take n

In my last blog, I talked about my personal introduction to the world of evaluation with the New World Kirkpatrick Model. Having learnt all about the Four Levels Model and how to effectively apply this theory to display return on expectations, I was

I was recently invited to the Training Journal (TJ) Summer Conference in London to hear from the winners of last year’s Training Journal Awards.

Personally, I love to hear the winner’s stories and the TJ summer conference provides a great insight in

For anyone who is embarking on a new adventure in the Autumn:

This time last year I was really proud of myself for sticking my neck out and saying to my director I deserve a qualification to justify the HR knowledge I own in my own department.

No argu

Hi everyone, this is a blog post that went up on the DPG blog yesterday - thought I would share it here.  Would love to hear your thoughts!  Jason

Even if many companies are unaware of it, workforce development can be nurtured even with reduced budget

So I had decided that I was going to leave the Army and many people had said to me ‘Network as much as you can’ when it comes to finding employment.  Well, I kind of knew that but how?!  Did they mean knocking on Companies doors with CV in hand….Well

Clever edited Avengers clip for demonstrating Tuckman's Model which I thought I'd share.

Thought it was quite current and different (okay I liked it probably because I'm a fan of Iron Man!!!)

Only down side is a some parts are quite fast, wanted to slo

I was recently asked to run a short 10 minute energiser for the Level 5 HRD course in London I am taking.

I always enjoy the challenge of coming up with something new that gets people motivated and awake for an afternoon session.

An energiser to me i

So there I was nearly at the end of my terminal leave and edging rapidly closer to my Discharge date and I heard about the APMG International's Facilitation Course via the company Explosive Learning Solutions on Twitter - There were some last minute

I consider myself, above all things, a learner.  A recent graduate, I’ve spent the majority of my adult life in an educational environment, to the point where I feel, rightly or wrongly, somewhat of an expert in learning as a process on the participa

Following on from my previous post about how I secured my Work Placement with the NHS I thought I would do a post about how it all actually went…. 

I was super nervous about my Placement as anyone would be…There was so much to consider that I just did

I knew right from the start of my Resettlement phase that I was going to back up my HR/Administration experiences with HR qualifications, there was never any thought of having a complete career change for me BUT I also knew that it would be essential

I am currently looking into the Bribery Act and small businesses - up to 20 employees. Is the act just for large companies in Government, MOD etc.?

I would be interested to know if anyone has had any dealings with employees accepting 'gifts' from supp

PS: If you enjoy this post, find more at ennoble.se ! DS

Inspired by the four levels of Kirkpatrick and the article Making Corporate Learning Work by Shlomo Ben-Hur & Nik Kinley I came up with a new model this morning. From the latter the inspiration

So all organisations have absence but what is the real cost?

I am currently looking a the real cost of absence within my organisation and would really appreciate your thoughts. From analysis I have identified that on average absence is costing us £110