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Brain Health: 15 Cognitive Activities to Help Improve Workplace Skills

Brain Health: 15 Cognitive Activities to Help Improve Workplace Skills

Leadership Development, Employee Learning & Development, Company Culture, Employee Well-being   — 8 MIN

Blue Ocean Brain Wins 2022 Brandon Hall Group Excellence Award for DEI

Company Culture, Diversity Equity & Inclusion, Blue Ocean Brain News  

2 MIN

Blue Ocean Brain, a leading provider of workplace microlearning and professional development content, has won a coveted Brandon Hall Group award in their Fall 2022 Excellence in Technology Program: a...

Becoming a Mindful Leader

Leadership Development, Company Culture, Employee Well-being  

4 MIN

Though mindfulness in the workplace may seem like a new buzzword, it has influenced business practices for decades. You may have heard of scenario planning or scenario and contingency planning—a mode...

The Power of Cognitively Diverse Teams

Emotional Intelligence, Leadership Development, Company Culture, Diversity Equity & Inclusion  

3 MIN

Cognitive diversity is the inclusion of people who have different problem-solving styles and perspectives than our own. Studies have shown that cognitively diverse teams achieve better results and...

Starting Fresh to Push Beyond DEI Fatigue

Leadership Development, Company Culture, Diversity Equity & Inclusion, Employee Well-being  

3 MIN

When you consider the fatiguing experience people who have lived a lifetime of inequity and exclusion must feel, the idea of talking about diversity fatigue might seem illogical to some. And yet, as...

Create Immersive and Engaging Learning Through Pop Culture

Employee Learning & Development, Company Culture, Employee Well-being  

3 MIN

Learning is never-ending, just as Netflix always has new shows to watch. We learn how to walk, read, and eventually learn skills that allow us to work and lead fulfilling lives. But traditional...

Becoming an Empathetic Leader

Emotional Intelligence, Leadership Development  

3 MIN

We have all heard of the soft skill “works well with others.” But what does that mean? And what role does empathy play in it? In today’s world, being a successful leader is more than simply focusing...

How to Build Learning Buy-in from Leaders

Leadership Development, Employee Learning & Development, Company Culture  

4 MIN

HR and L&D professionals are tasked with executing and monitoring learning programs to ensure employees engage and implement the training. For some topics, the “why” behind them is easier for the...

Navigating the 7 C's of Modern-Day Diversity Programs

Emotional Intelligence, Company Culture, Diversity Equity & Inclusion  

4 MIN

Gone are the days of companies having diversity training programs just for the sake of having diversity training. Corporate leaders who have been reading the room know that doing any kind of DEI...

How to Disagree Respectfully in the Workplace

Leadership Development, Company Culture, Employee Well-being  

3 MIN

Wouldn’t it be nice to live in a world where we agree on everything that matters? Or to work in a conflict-free environment where everyone feels heard and every idea is good? Unfortunately, that’s...

Traditional DEI Training Doesn’t Work Post-2020—But What Does?

Emotional Intelligence, Leadership Development, Diversity Equity & Inclusion  

5 MIN

The verdict is in: Diverse teams come up with better, more innovative ideas, with a growing body of research showing that these groups produce measurably better output by drawing on the expertise of...

Navigating VUCA in the Workplace

Leadership Development, Hybrid Workforce, Company Culture, Employee Well-being  

4 MIN

You may not be familiar with the acronym VUCA, although you likely have experienced this up-in-the-air feeling when faced with volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. We are living and...

How Hobbies Can Boost Workplace Productivity

Employee Learning & Development, Hybrid Workforce, Company Culture, Diversity Equity & Inclusion, Employee Well-being  

3 MIN

Sometimes, it can feel like work becomes your whole world. Long meetings, looming deadlines, and endless responsibilities pile up. On top of that, remote schedules are making it harder to...

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