Redwood Performance Group

The myth of learning styles

  • May 21, 2019
  • Lydia Sani
This one might be a wee bit controversial for people in the learning industry. After all, learning styles (how learners prefer to get their learning) has been conventional wisdom...

Build a better assessment

  • May 21, 2019
  • Lydia Sani
Mary Burns writes about computer-based assessments in eLearning Industry’s online blog. She says poor design is one of the main reasons any assessment will fail. We agree, but we...

Helvetica got a makeover

  • May 21, 2019
  • Lee.Downs
Being in the design business, we’re font fanatics. That’s why we were very happy when Monotype announced they had revamped the decades-old Helvetica. And what a revamp it was!...

Toxic positivity

  • May 21, 2019
  • Lydia Sani
The Urban Dictionary describes toxic positivity as “the belief that, if you stay positive, you will overcome any obstacle,” to such a degree that you invalidate natural emotional responses...

Brené Brown knows things

  • May 21, 2019
  • Lydia Sani
Sarah Schuster writes about toxic positivity, including her take for how Brené Brown describes empathy. Sarah concludes: “If sympathy is shouting down at someone while they’re stuck in a...

Dear Abby for the workplace

  • April 3, 2019
  • Lydia Sani
There’s very good advice found in Alison Green’s ASK A MANAGER website and in her books. Alison’s been answering people’s work-related questions since 2007. She gets questions on topics like how...

Alison Green has biases

  • April 3, 2019
  • Lydia Sani
Yes, we already posted about advice columnist, Alison Green; however, the biases she lists in her Ask a Manager website are worth their own post: “I believe the whole point...