Curated Industry Content for the Week of 02/15/16

Every Monday we curate a number of articles and blog posts that have relevance to members of the eLearning Guild Community, and to the learning and performance field as a whole. Each piece of content that we share includes a brief introduction from the member of the Guild Community sharing why they think the content is important.

Here’s the content for this week:

How to change someone’s mind, according to science by Ana Swanson
While this article focuses mostly on changing someone’s mind in the context of debates, the lessons contained in the article can also be easily extended to learning concepts like preconceived bias and unlearning. -David Kelly

Q&A About Enterprise Social Networks with IBM by Stowe Boyd
Stowe Boyd looks at the questions asked recently at the IBM Connect conference a little skeptically but answers them with details that include current trends and where social technology (ESNs) are going to in the future… and what they may mean then vs. today with VR/AR growing in usefulness. -Mark Britz

Strangers Wrote Their Biggest Regrets…They All Used The Same Three-Letter Word.
This is a powerful video exploring how people see regret. It’s also a great example of how people can learn via a thought-provoking question. -David Kelly

The 70:20:10 Lens by Ryan Tracy
Ryan Tracy continues and builds on a recent trend in discussions around 70:20:10 which have ranged from being fixated on the numbers, to is it a principle? a model? or a concept?  Ryan looks at it through the lens of the learning professional’s role in supporting 70:20:10 in organizations. -Mark Britz

Sean Follmer: Shape-shifting tech will change work as we know it TED TALK
I love examples of technology that make you reconsider what something really means. In this TED talk, Sean Follmer shares an experimental shape-shifting technology , and shares examples of how it can transform interpretting data, collaboration, and much more. It’s a great glimpse into the future, one that may also expand what you consider possible today. -David Kelly

Seeing the Social in Social Media by Valdis Krebs
Valdis Krebs, OrgNet, leverages a visualization tool where we can see the influenced and influencers in conversations.  The impact of this technology could help organizations actually see their structure, where it’s healthy and where it may need support. Outside of this it could be leveraged to identify the very connected candidates and to the interests and individuals they connect with -Mark Britz

What are you reading?

If you have an article, blog post, or other resource that you think we should consider sharing in a future Curated Industry Content post, please feel free to send a link to the resource to David Kelly along with a few sentences describing why you think the resource is valuable.