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405 — What’s in your book bag this summer?

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A summer holiday holds the potential for distraction-free reading. With that in mind, in this week’s episode our podcast team suggest books that hold lessons for L&D practitioners. Which might you take on holiday this summer?

Book list

  • Right Kind of Wrong. Why Learning to Fail Can Teach Us to Thrive (2023) by Amy Edmondson

www.amazon.co.uk/Right-Kind-Wrong-Learning-Thrive

  • Counter-Intelligence: What the secret world can teach us about problem-solving and creativity (2024) by Robert Hannigan

https://www.roberthannigan.com/

  • The Tyranny of Metrics (2018) by Jerry J. Muller

www.amazon.co.uk/Tyranny-Metrics-Jerry-Z-Muller

  • How big things get done. The surprising factors behind every successful project (2023) by Brent Flyberg and Dan Gardner

www.amazon.co.uk/How-Big-Things-Get-Done

  • A history of the world in twelve shipwrecks (2024) by David Gibbons

www.amazon.co.uk/History-World-Twelve-Shipwrecks

  • Performance-focused learner surveys (2022) by Will Thalheimer

www.amazon.co.uk/Performance-Focused-Learner-Surveys-Distinctive-Effectiveness

In ‘What I Learned This Week’, Nahdia spoke about how former PM Harold Wilson funded his Alzheimer’s care www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/23/former-pm-harold-wilson-sold-private-papers-fund-care-alzheimers

Ross Dickie also mentioned the traditional Greek bagpipe, known as the ‘tsampouna’, which he discovered during a recent holiday on Santorini.

For more from us, including access to our back catalogue of podcasts, visit mindtools.com/business. There, you'll also find details of our award-winning performance support toolkit, our off-the-shelf e-learning, and our custom work. 

Connect with our speakers 

If you'd like to share your thoughts on this episode, connect with us on LinkedIn:

· Nahdia Khan

· Owen Ferguson

· Ross Dickie

  continue reading

410 episodes

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Content provided by Ross Garner and Mind Tools Ltd. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Ross Garner and Mind Tools Ltd or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.

A summer holiday holds the potential for distraction-free reading. With that in mind, in this week’s episode our podcast team suggest books that hold lessons for L&D practitioners. Which might you take on holiday this summer?

Book list

  • Right Kind of Wrong. Why Learning to Fail Can Teach Us to Thrive (2023) by Amy Edmondson

www.amazon.co.uk/Right-Kind-Wrong-Learning-Thrive

  • Counter-Intelligence: What the secret world can teach us about problem-solving and creativity (2024) by Robert Hannigan

https://www.roberthannigan.com/

  • The Tyranny of Metrics (2018) by Jerry J. Muller

www.amazon.co.uk/Tyranny-Metrics-Jerry-Z-Muller

  • How big things get done. The surprising factors behind every successful project (2023) by Brent Flyberg and Dan Gardner

www.amazon.co.uk/How-Big-Things-Get-Done

  • A history of the world in twelve shipwrecks (2024) by David Gibbons

www.amazon.co.uk/History-World-Twelve-Shipwrecks

  • Performance-focused learner surveys (2022) by Will Thalheimer

www.amazon.co.uk/Performance-Focused-Learner-Surveys-Distinctive-Effectiveness

In ‘What I Learned This Week’, Nahdia spoke about how former PM Harold Wilson funded his Alzheimer’s care www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/23/former-pm-harold-wilson-sold-private-papers-fund-care-alzheimers

Ross Dickie also mentioned the traditional Greek bagpipe, known as the ‘tsampouna’, which he discovered during a recent holiday on Santorini.

For more from us, including access to our back catalogue of podcasts, visit mindtools.com/business. There, you'll also find details of our award-winning performance support toolkit, our off-the-shelf e-learning, and our custom work. 

Connect with our speakers 

If you'd like to share your thoughts on this episode, connect with us on LinkedIn:

· Nahdia Khan

· Owen Ferguson

· Ross Dickie

  continue reading

410 episodes

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