The Times of Talent
Younger People Multitask Better
Young colleagues look like natural multitaskers. The brain charges everyone the same small fee for each switch.
Myths About LearningTen Thousand Hours Makes an Expert
Practice matters a lot. How we practice, and who gives us feedback, matters just as much.
Latest ScienceCoaching Works Best Where Colleagues Pull Together
Good relationships lead managers to coach more, and coaching lifts performance. The lift is largest where people feel little pressure to compete with each other.
Myths About LearningDigital Natives Learn Differently
Growing up with smartphones makes people at ease with devices. Judging information is a skill we can all learn, at any age.
Latest ScienceThe AI Boost Went to the Rookies
An AI assistant helped new support agents most, by passing on what the best colleagues already knew.
Latest ScienceCoaching Makes Work More Meaningful
Employees coached by their manager found more meaning in their work and helped colleagues more often.
Latest ScienceSame Feedback, New Messenger, Better Results
Who gives the feedback can matter as much as what it says. And feedback on development pays off, given time.
Latest ScienceAI Made Consultants 40% Better, With One Catch
On tasks AI handles well, quality jumped. The trick is knowing where that zone ends.
37 Countries, One Fear
Pew surveyed 37 countries. In 34, people expect AI to cost more jobs than it creates. Those expectations walk into every training room.
Let the Junior Go First
McKinsey has a simple answer to the question of how juniors learn when AI does the grunt work: attempt first, compare second, talk third.
From around the worldFour Quechua Words for Developing People
Know, care, work, give back. A university in Cusco builds its idea of education on four Andean values.
Same Bonus, Different Inventions
Cash rewards made specialists invent less but better, and generalists invent more. The same bonus buys different things.