Did you know that, according to research about the brain and about learning, that the biggest benefactors of lectures are lecturers themselves, with very few benefits to learners. Lectures actually work against the brain's ability to learn.
This should be no surprise. On January 24, 2000 at UCLA … surveys of more than 260,000 full-time college freshmen, reported boredom, drudgery, and disengagement in class. 
The human brain is not wired to sit and listen to people talk at us. So what alternatives are out there? Problem Based Learning, better known as PBL, is increasingly applied in business training sessions, to overcomes passivity. Learners and leaders work together to solve complex problems that can improve a firm’s bottom line. Think of all the technology related skills that young workers can teach to their seniors, and all the company policies that seniors could teach upstarts.
To use problem solving that stirs up curiosity and avoids conflict … check out these problem solving skills to get your team started in a less boring.
Comment Preview