Every so often, a single idea changes everything. Not the kind you scroll past on social media and forget ten seconds later — but the kind that sticks, unsettles, and quietly rearranges how you see yourself and the world. Over three decades of teaching, training, and learning, I’ve collected what I call fragments of knowing….
Instructional Design
How to Reclaim Your Confidence: A Guide for the Modern Man
The Confidence Crisis Confidence used to be simple.Or at least, that’s how it seemed. A firm handshake, a steady voice, a man who knew his place in the world — that was the old archetype. But times have changed. Modern men are expected to balance strength with empathy, ambition with balance, and decisiveness with emotional…
Parallel Intelligence: How Humans and AI Can Work in Tandem
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has moved far beyond science fiction. From decision-support dashboards to autonomous agents, AI is no longer a future concept; it’s here, shaping daily business decisions. Yet a striking truth is emerging: AI is most powerful not as a replacement for human intelligence, but as a partner. This partnership is increasingly being referred to…
The Great Flattening: What It Means for Managers, Teams, and the Future of Work
Over the past few years, a quiet revolution has been reshaping the corporate landscape. Once, organisations were built like pyramids, with solid bases of frontline employees, multiple layers of middle management, and a handful of executives at the top. Today, that pyramid is shrinking. Companies are stripping out layers of management in what has been…
What is Constructivism?
Constructivism is a theory of learning and knowledge that posits that individuals construct their understanding and knowledge of the world through experiences and reflecting on those experiences. This theory has profound implications in various fields, including education, psychology, and epistemology. Let’s delve into the key aspects of constructivism, its historical development, and its application in…
Carrot and Stick
The Carrot and Stick feature image for this post is “Europe 1916” by Boardman Robinson. Anti-war cartoon depicting Death enticing an emaciated donkey towards a precipice with a carrot labelled “Victory.” The whole “carrot and stick” narrative is intergenerational and will never end. We have all heard our grandparents talk about “the youth of today”…
Operant Conditioning
Reinforcement in Modern Adult Education for Offshore working environments and why B.F. Skinners’ Reinforcement Theory and Foucault’s Panopticon effect are essential but challenging. Introduction Learning is a multifaceted process that has been and continues to be studied and interpreted from various perspectives across different disciplines. From psychological theories to educational philosophies, the epistemology of how…
Imposter Syndrome
Previous articles I have written can come back to Imposter syndrome. My article on mental health looked at men’s stubbornness when it comes to admission of needing help. Then later we looked at a modern trend of “fake it till you make it”, which is covered again later in this article. So, as I have…
Using Instructional Design to Improve Learning Environments
Using Instructional design to improve learning environments is a concept slowly becoming a requirement in education and industry. Although instructional design only recently becoming a phrase more widely used it has been a subject of discussion and study for many years. Visionaries? In 1964, Gene Roddenberry created Star Trek based on a society that had…