Category Archives: Learning

Telling Stories for Growth and Profit

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Todd Chandler

I’m thrilled to be pre­sent­ing at Train­ing 2013 Con­fer­ence and Expo. Humans have been craft­ing and telling sto­ries to share infor­ma­tion and learn­ings since the first cave paint­ings and fables. Some­times we get so bogged down by objec­tives, inter­nal client … Con­tinue read­ing →

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COMPARED TO WHAT | 4 Ideas for Healthy Comparisons

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Todd Chandler

“Divi­sion is the most pow­er­ful arith­metic oper­a­tion. It makes com­par­isons.” ~ San­joy Maha­jan We all make com­par­isons to other peo­ple. I wish I was as fast as X; at least I’m not as unlucky as Y; can you believe Z, … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Going into the Silence

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Todd Chandler

“That’s one thing I hate! All the noise, noise, noise, noise!” ~ The Grinch After seven days in an giant, old New Eng­land farm­house, we decided to stay in more economy-class accom­mo­da­tions for the last two nights of our vaca­tion … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Learning to Embed Tweets

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Todd Chandler

I recently read how lame it is to use screen shots for tweets you want to share. So, I’m learn­ing how to embed live tweets. Here are three tweets I enjoyed today. Just picked up a new book and now … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Confessions of a Podcast Junkie

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Todd Chandler

One of my my most trusted cura­tors is Michael Schechter of bettermess.com. He says I need to have an app; I get that app. He says I need to read a blog; I read that blog. And recently, he said … Con­tinue read­ing →

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The Importance of a Volume of Work

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Todd Chandler

Inspir­ing lit­tle clip taken from Ira Glass on Sto­ry­telling to encour­age me to write and post and write and post and write and post some more. The process is the prac­tice.   Hat tip to Erin Feld­man at A Word … Con­tinue read­ing →

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DESIGN is Better than another SIGN

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Todd Chandler

I am fas­ci­nated by ser­vice providers who try to shape behav­iors with customer-facing job aids (like this one at the Westin Cop­ley Place or this funny one in a restau­rant bath­room). Ser­vice providers expe­ri­ence what they per­ceive as a stu­pid … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Easter Egg Job Aid

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Todd Chandler

Well, every year, and I mean EVERY year, we lose a few eggs. Maybe I get too aggres­sive with mak­ing the hunt chal­leng­ing, or maybe my kids just are the eagle eyes I think they are, but every year we end up walk­ing the yard together look­ing for 2–5 eggs that are never found. Con­tinue read­ing →

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OSCAR QUEST | The Ranking

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Todd Chandler

My Oscar night plan of attack has worked. With 4 days to go until the Oscars, I’ve watched 17 of the 18 Movies to See before Oscar night. So here is my rank­ing so far (minus The Help which I … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Best Picture Quotes

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Todd Chandler

A col­lec­tion of Oscar wor­thy quotes. Con­tinue read­ing →

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