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“I feel the need… the need for speed!” In 1986, Tom Cruise’s swaggering fighter jet pilot spoke those lines in ‘Top Gun’. But beyond becoming a memorable quip, what pre-internet audiences didn’t realize then was those lines would come to prophesy our modern era. In the context of the agile workplace, we talk about sprints. …

Make it quick: why micro-learning is an engagement game-changer Read More »

If you’ve been reading our posts for a while, you’ll know Talent Hacks takes a maximalist approach to corporate edutainment. Our aim is to go big.  (What is edutainment? Short answer: it’s learning that educates and entertains, typically in the form of multimedia-enriched, gamified lessons, popularized in schools, but more and more relevant in terms …

Corporate Edutainment: e-learning with high production value Read More »

From breakthrough digestive meds to Hail Mary celery juice, there’s a growing concern about over-consumption. And not just when it comes to food. Information overload is off the charts, thanks to a 24/7 firehose of social media and news, exponentially multiplying online data, and search options that today include artificial intelligence bots like ChatGPT. This …

Drip-fed edutainment: managing the cognitive load in corporate e-learning Read More »

So… as a learning and development provider, were we nuts to have poured a year’s worth of scripting, shooting, editing and gamifying into a Smart Course teaching you to manage your workplace interactions? Nuts, as in ‘unconventional’? Guilty as charged. Nuts, as in misguided? We beg to differ. A workforce that prefers tech-driven learning Consider …

Learning & Development in the new era of ‘edutainment’ Read More »

When Deano, our resident psychologist (and lead guitarist) said he was thinking of writing a ‘script’ for our new Smart Course, we shrugged and said ‘sure’. After all, a course needs instructional design, e-learning should be structured, instructors shouldn’t ad-lib (unless, like our team member Taz, they’re also comedians), and so on. Turns out, when …

Tech, lines & rock ’n’ roll: making e-learning an engagement extravaganza Read More »

Before educational technology… The Smart Course that’s been our 24/7 obsession for over a year, has an origin story. Just like superhero tales, it begins in the depths of defeat. Scratch that… the depths of frustration. If you’ve ever observed a stale, stagnant way of doing things, while feeling helpless to bring about change… well, …

Frustration innovation: how we made tech the key to reinvented L&D Read More »