Homepage
Open in app
Sign in
Get started
test > learn > adapt
Observations and thoughts on the world of work, learning and performance.
Follow
Following
Micro-learning and five-a-day
Micro-learning and five-a-day
If L&D is to be a bona fide profession, then what we discuss amongst ourselves and messages for a lay audience should differ in depth, if…
Owen Ferguson
Feb 9, 2017
Healthy scepticism
Healthy scepticism
The human condition can rarely be reduced to a binary system and we should be wary of any theories or models that suggest it can. But not…
Owen Ferguson
Jan 24, 2017
Evidence matters
Evidence matters
The recent CIPD report on performance management is exactly the sort of thing it should be publishing regularly.
Owen Ferguson
Jan 20, 2017
Accepting fallibility
Accepting fallibility
Kahneman and Tversky upended our understanding of how we think. Their findings still haven’t been heeded, however.
Owen Ferguson
Dec 9, 2016
Complexity isn’t a dirty word
Complexity isn’t a dirty word
What the NASA space pen story tells us about our tendency to avoid complexity.
Owen Ferguson
Nov 28, 2016
Them and us
Them and us
The extent to which we try and understand the motivations of people we don’t agree with is a crucial part of our critical thinking ability.
Owen Ferguson
Nov 3, 2016
Peddling nonsense
Peddling nonsense
Reviewing your practice and determining what’s been superseded by something better or just found to be wrong is an essential part of…
Owen Ferguson
Oct 27, 2016
Talkin’ ‘bout my generation
Talkin’ ‘bout my generation
According to some definitions, I’m a Millennial which led me to wonder (again) how useful these definitions are.
Owen Ferguson
Oct 21, 2016
50 answers to 50 questions: part two
50 answers to 50 questions: part two
David D’Souza posed 50 questions about the future of work. Here are my responses to the second 25.
Owen Ferguson
Oct 17, 2016
50 answers to 50 questions: part one
50 answers to 50 questions: part one
David D’Souza posed 50 questions about the future of work. Here are my answers to half of them.
Owen Ferguson
Oct 16, 2016
About test > learn > adapt
Latest Stories
Archive
About Medium
Terms
Privacy
Teams