![]() ![]() ![]() And much of the $359 million spent on corporate learning is wasted. ![]() Worse still, we associate those experiences with arbitrary pass/fail cut-offs and sinister, official consequences. Schools, workplaces, and their associated compliance drills make a series of mandatory demands from near the start of our lives to near the end. Much of the joy has been snuffed out of learning. While the joy is a worthwhile end in its own right, joyful learning can also be used to ignite individual careers and collective productivity. As adults and professionals we make too little use of it. Joyful learning is a precious gift in times of boom or bust. Keep track of past and future learning with a to-learn list. Think more widely still, drawing your learning experiences from the rich tapestry of life: films, conversations, museums, advertising campaigns, speeches, even Twitter handles. This is true of TED talks too: just one of the 25 most popular TED talks is business related. MOOCs aren’t just about work skills they also cover life skills. Have an open mind about what useful learning content even is. So how can we bring more of it into our professional lives? Start by taking back control of what you read. The spark of learning joy is real and useful. We all know the thrill that learning can bring: teaching yourself a new skill via a YouTube video enjoying your first joke in a foreign language hearing a child read her first full sentence out loud. ![]()
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