People, Power, & Performance Blog
What is a Course, Really?
A course isn’t about content, tech, or fancy models—it’s about people. Lou Holtz’s railroad story nails it: the Pennsylvania Railroad obsessed over trains, missing their real job—serving humans. Instructional design...
What is a Course, Really?
A course isn’t about content, tech, or fancy models—it’s about people. Lou Holtz’s railroad story nails it: the Pennsylvania Railroad obsessed over trains, missing their real job—serving humans. Instructional design...
Executive Buy-In Doesn't Have to Be Complicated
Instructional designers often overcomplicate securing executive buy-in, treating it like a high-stakes performance with polished presentations and rehearsed scripts. But executives are just people—driven by goals, pressures, and worries like...
Executive Buy-In Doesn't Have to Be Complicated
Instructional designers often overcomplicate securing executive buy-in, treating it like a high-stakes performance with polished presentations and rehearsed scripts. But executives are just people—driven by goals, pressures, and worries like...
Simplify Your Learning Design
Instructional design often overwhelms learners and collaborators by prioritizing exhaustive "content delivery" over human needs. We flood materials with dense text, visuals, and complexity, exhausting learners instead of enlightening them....
Simplify Your Learning Design
Instructional design often overwhelms learners and collaborators by prioritizing exhaustive "content delivery" over human needs. We flood materials with dense text, visuals, and complexity, exhausting learners instead of enlightening them....
Evaluating Training Effectiveness: It's More Co...
Evaluating training effectiveness goes beyond simple metrics like test scores or completion rates. These traditional measures offer neat numbers but often fail to capture real-world impact—whether learners apply skills, adapt...
Evaluating Training Effectiveness: It's More Co...
Evaluating training effectiveness goes beyond simple metrics like test scores or completion rates. These traditional measures offer neat numbers but often fail to capture real-world impact—whether learners apply skills, adapt...
The Myth of Uniformity in Instructional Design
Traditional instructional design clings to a flawed myth: learners are uniform. Research proves otherwise—outcomes vary widely across demographics and experiences—yet we churn out one-size-fits-all training for efficiency’s sake. This approach...
The Myth of Uniformity in Instructional Design
Traditional instructional design clings to a flawed myth: learners are uniform. Research proves otherwise—outcomes vary widely across demographics and experiences—yet we churn out one-size-fits-all training for efficiency’s sake. This approach...
AI in Instructional Design: Powerful Tools, but...
AI is transforming instructional design, offering faster workflows, personalized learning, and automated content creation. But it’s not flawless—far from it. AI can churn out biased, inaccurate, or misleading outputs, reflecting...
AI in Instructional Design: Powerful Tools, but...
AI is transforming instructional design, offering faster workflows, personalized learning, and automated content creation. But it’s not flawless—far from it. AI can churn out biased, inaccurate, or misleading outputs, reflecting...