Donald Clark

Sep 22, 2024 | donaldclarkplanb.blogspot.com | Donald Clark

Yet another good survey (1045 parents and teens 13-18) showing high use of GenAI in US schools. UseFirst, we have to recognise that they’re using it and that their use is across a number of tools for different purposes. But homework and assignments are the most common.

Aug 14, 2024 | donaldclarkplanb.blogspot.com | Donald Clark

It is almost as if countries fit into something like the OCEAN model, also known as the Big Five personality traits - Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism. But things are far more complex, as different countries have different economic bases, infrastructure and cultural histories. We are a single species with lots of cultural and economic diversity. So bear with me as I reflect a little on some differences.

Apr 14, 2024 | donaldclarkplanb.blogspot.com | Donald Clark

Jeffrey Pfeffer is the Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organisational Behavior at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. His interest in human resources, organisational theory and behaviour has led him to reflect on the nature of leadership and leadership training.

Apr 14, 2024 | donaldclarkplanb.blogspot.com | Donald Clark

Barbara Kellerman is a Professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. Long a critic of most approaches to leadership theory and training, she focuses more on what leadership is not, with more of a focus on what she calls ‘followership’. She has written many books on the topic, from Bad Leadership (2004) to The End of Leadership (2012), won many awards, and is an accomplished international speaker.

Mar 14, 2024 | trainingzone.co.uk | Dani Johnson |Donald Clark |Erica Farmer |Karen Liebenguth

We think that’s a good thing: Throwing out the playbook was exactly what L&D functions needed. Frankly, they can no longer afford the waterfall development methods, course orientation, or attendance-based measurements of the past. Those methods don’t keep up with the way learning happens in organisations today, let alone help them get ahead — and as the pandemic taught us, they definitely don’t adapt well. We need to move on.