Jonathan Marshall

Latest mini-podcast with @ThembiWatt looks at the ridiculousness of thinking we can "download" skills without practice and repetition. So if it's that ridiculous, why do we keep designing formal training that way? With bonus references to The Matrix: m.soundcloud.com/user-916735848…

How do we enable behaviour change? These authors synthesised findings from 147 meta-analyses to identify which determinants of behaviour are most impactful & which should be targeted for change interventions. Many of the studies focus on large-scale, health-related, environmental or consumer behaviours but the conclusions are also worth reflecting on for organisational change. What leaders of change should do: 1) Remove barriers & make desired behaviour easy: Focus on changing the environment & systems so that the desirable behaviour is simple, convenient, & supported; e.g, provide direct access to resources, streamline processes & foster social support. 2) Build social structure: Facilitate a culture where positive behaviours are the norm. Engage peers & create opportunities for team encouragement & collective participation. 3) Enable habits & provide ongoing support: Support repeated practice & help people make the new behaviour part of their routine. Reinforce changes with reminders, prompts, & positive reinforcement. 4) Prioritise practical changes over persuasion: Rather than trying to shift attitudes or beliefs, invest in changes that directly enable & reinforce the desired actions. What leaders of change should NOT do: 1) Don’t rely solely on information or education: Simply telling people what to do, increasing knowledge or launching awareness campaigns has limited impact on actual behaviour. 2) Avoid focusing mainly on changing attitudes or beliefs: Programmes that target broad mindset change, general skills or even trustworthiness are less effective than those that address practical barriers. 3) Don’t overlook structural support: Failing to provide the physical, social, or material support needed for people to act makes adoption less likely, even if people know it’s important. The article reinforces the importance of creating the conditions for change: making the “right thing to do” the easy, supported, default option, across multiple dimensions: nature.com/articles/s4415… Original manuscript version: marketing.wharton.upenn.edu/wp-content/upl…. By Dolores Albarracin (@socialactionlab) & colleagues. I accessed this article via @ReubenRusk who also created the graphic.

@LemmyG10 Bloke got taken out- horizontally- in handcuffs

Any idea what happened in the East? #BHAFC

@Gilesyb Hades, you're about to cross the Styx. But if it's Venice, try the gelato at Gelateria il Doge, it's fantastic

Guess where we are...

@Samfr @michaelsavage Cloud cuckoo land. Ugh

@michaelsavage The ones that bug me the most are "frit" and "I will take no lectures from..."

@HeylKatme Is Sir John Curtice on TV???

If The Shining were made today, what would he say instead of “Here’s Johnny!”

New mini-podcast with @ThembiWatt on books 📚 procrastination and learning: howtolearn.org.uk/e/the-book-at-…

@wearebrighton Exactly 👍 eg counter-attacking goal very much against run of play (78'), flukey deflection (33'), Brighton 75% possession both matches

Are you even a Brighton fan if you see #BHAFC third in the Premier League going into the international break, unbeaten after three tough games, £200m worth of new signings to unleash and don't think "Yep, we're getting turned over at home by Ipswich & Forest" #BHAFC

@TraceyGrennan It was screwed up on Saturday

@callummay Parry, but Rutter for the assist

I was glad, glad when they said unto me

@zoe_grunewald Vienna: buy luxury groceries at Julius Meinl (Am Graben), sort of the local Fortnum and Mason 😊 At the Belvedere, ignore all the people taking selfies in front of The Kiss, and gaze at Judith and Holofernes instead

@Sam_Dumitriu @robfordmancs The area's 'historic heritage' (which I can see from our back window) includes an open-air bus garage, an electricity substation, a light industrial estate and an ugly link road with concrete walls.

Here's a test for the Housing Secretary. Why not use your call-in powers to overrule Brighton's Labour council's decision to block a 500 home development on the site of a disused gasworks? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

@FinnBaker3 It was the National School of Government (for avoidance of doubt)

Baroness Armstrong describes working with Baroness Amos and the Civil Service College to provide training programmes for all ministers during the last Labour govt

Really looking forward to this event - will be tweeting some of the highlights 🧵

@FootballCliches What IS a 'reverse angle' anyway? Do they just mean 'different'?

Fresh from accidentally staging the nation's biggest live football pub quiz, we're recording the 𝗙𝗢𝗢𝗧𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗦 #EURO2024 Adjudication Panel today... What have you spotted? What have you heard? What niche football-linguistic questions do you need answering?

@barneyronay alternatively: He Hated Being Subbed

My suggested headline for this was: CR7 by BR73

Ronaldo versus football. The player who was too famous to play theguardian.com/football/artic…

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A four-minute podcast on mentoring, mini-mentoring and how not to set the bar too high - from How To Learn, a new series from Thembi Watt and myself on.soundcloud.com/vRWdxgFNkBqhRx…

@AndyLancasterUK @KoganPageHR @DavidInLearning @Cathy_Hoy @SharonGChiara Congrats Andy!!

It’s a wrap! For my new book “Organizational Learning Communities” I’ve created 4 podcasts. They’ll be available on the @KoganPageHR book website and downloadable from the book. Thanks @DavidInLearning @Cathy_Hoy @LearningJNM @SharonGChiara and Helen Marshall for contributing.

@AndrewPRLevi Attlee won the popular vote in 1951

The purpose is to transform the country (more on that in a moment). “Doing an Attlee”. But succeeding. (Before you raise both eyebrows, consider this: what might Attlee & his colleagues have achieved if Labour had been in power a lot longer?). /3.

While understanding the surprise (it was unexpected!) at Natalie Elphicke’s defection, I’m bemused by the shock, in some quarters, that Keir Starmer welcomed her. No, not because Sir Keir is a “Red Tory” or a “short-term opportunist”. His grand strategy explains it. A 🧵/1.

@KathChapman I'm there today, see you around hopefully!

Who else is out horizon scanning today at #LT24UK Hope to see a few familiar faces. It's been a while 😀