Have you ever been guilty of resting your eyes for a minute or slumping over in a moment of boredom during a course or lesson? Sometimes, it’s just too hard to hide those telltale signs that you’re not engaged. A human teacher might overlook them, either because they can’t notice
Think back to your school or university days, you had all your notes written down or a text book laid out in front of you. All that was left to do was watch your highlighter glide smoothly over everything you deemed important—the things you believed you’d need to know later.
When Toby Newman joined us to discuss the fascinating topic of creating small online private courses, we were itching to share all those webinar nuggets with you in a blog post. But then we thought, what’s even better than us summarising the session? Hearing from Toby himself in a guest
2020 could be the turning point for workplace learning, so we decided to compile 20 statistics on the state of L&D that reflect where we are today. And they were all genuinely published in 2020! How often have you clicked on a list of facts with the year in the
If you don’t change now, there’s a pretty good chance you’ll get left behind in a post-COVID-19 world. There’s already been a shift in company cultures, how we learn and the ways we connect—and it could all shape whatever this ‘new normal’ is. There are plenty of changes you can
During the current coronavirus crisis, we all have a few things in common. The first thing is that we all have a bit more free time – if lockdown has taught us anything it’s that there are a lot more hours in the day that we ever thought possible. For
Tracking progress is an amazing way to help your people and get to the bottom of how they really feel about their job. It’s also a great way for managers to stay in touch and keep an eye on employee performance, in a way that is a lot more progressive
We caught up with Adam Davies, People Development Manager at one of the fastest growing companies in the world, GymShark. Adam shares his insights on driving learning and knowledge sharing remotely. What have been the main challenges you’ve faced during the COVID19 lockdown and how has HowNow helped you
If you’re anything like us, everyday you wake up thinking that today is the day you’ll start learning something new, only to be hit by the isolation lethargy at around 2pm. One way to combat this self-development trap, is by having amazing free learning resources on hand to keep you
Often, introducing L&D into an organisation is about more than just providing the resources. To become an organisation that shares, creates and builds on knowledge effectively, it’s essential that companies invest in becoming a learning organsation. To help you understand how to create a learning organisation, we’ve put together the
Learning and Development has come a long way in recent years, and in 2020 that trend is set to continue. However, if you’re looking for the next big thing in L&D, you might be surprised by the ways that the industry is expected to develop this year. To help you
Blockbuster was the giant movie lending chain that we all loved, so when it went bust it left a lot of people shocked and confused. How did such a huge, thriving business get into such difficulty so quickly? It’s not a story that’s entirely unique either. Many of the big
