
We want Learning and Work
to be Innovative,
Collaborative and Fun.

We want Learning and Work
to be Innovative,
Collaborative and Fun.
When we launched our first “Show & Share,” our work version of show-and-tell, I was the first to admit that it covered the bases but wasn’t the home run I’d planned. We met our goal of creating a meaningful demo of our new Who’s First Buzzer. but came away with a long list of things to “do differently next time.” Some of you might be wonderfully experienced at Zoom facilitation and training. Others might be new at it. While I’m not a novice and prepared carefully–considering room lighting, silencing phones, etc.–my “I wish” list was substantial. You may have heard the quote, “A goal without a plan is just a wish.” Perhaps. You might also consider that wishes help us identify goals and make plans. My wishes and reflections included:
I know how to do these things, but I didn’t. Why not?
As trainers, when we present a new topic for the first time, we always have some nerves to manage because, well, we’ve never done it before. We’re embarking on a new experience, just as our learners do when we train them in a new skill or approach. Giving advice to myself, I’d say:
Trainers Warehouse has accumulated many tools for debriefs, including What? So What? Now What? and Start-Stop-Continue-Change. I’d like to add to the list, an “I wish” activity. Asking participants about wishes and reflections requires them to think about what they’d like to change in the future. Wishes help us consider our dreams, goals, the challenges we’ll have to contend with, and the support we might need to bring those wishes to fruition.