Why I'm interested in the employee side of workplace learning.

I've been thinking about something as I continue working with U-Music.

We spend a lot of time talking about what organizations need employees to learn.

But how often do we ask employees how they actually want to learn?

Think about starting a new job.

You're motivated. You want to make a good impression. You want to understand what you're doing.

And then you're handed hours of training materials.

Slides. Videos. Quizzes. More slides.

You complete…

What music, creative leadership, and instructional design are teaching me about how we learn.

I've spent more than two decades working in music.

Writing it. Producing it. Engineering it. Developing artists. Building strategies around it.

And one thing I've learned is that music has a remarkable ability to stay with us.

Think about it.

You might forget what someone said in a meeting last Tuesday, but somehow remember every word to a song you haven't heard in fifteen years. 😂

A melody can bring back a memory. A…