PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

If You Want to Learn About Learning, Read These Books and Blogs

Here is a list of great books and blogs on the process of learning that apply to corporate learning and development, all of which are well-researched and evidenced.

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Why learn about learning?

I have long had a passion for professional learning and have been involved in the professional education of project, programme and product professionals for some years.

My argument for learning about learning is that it takes a lot of our time, and will take up more in future. My own company recommends 10 days per year, which if taken at face value is over 400 days over your career, or 80 working weeks.

I think this is too little, but even if you go with 80 weeks, then spending some time learning how to learn will make that time better spent, more effective and better able to support your career ambitions.

In 2020, I took some time out to bring myself back up to date with the myriad ‘neuromyths’ and false assumptions about learning that we see in the corporate learning world — such as ‘70–20–10’, ‘what neuroscience knows’ and ‘learning styles’ and a lot surprised me, forcing me to challenge some of my assumptions about what to learn, how to learn and more importantly…