Where to from here

A review article last year by Ross et al. (2025) examined the themes of the 2023 International Association of Forensic Sciences conference i...

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The high cost of not training staff

There is an old training conundrum, where the CEO asks from the cost perspective "What if we [...] train our staff and they leave?...

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Two ways to digitally upskill

It is expected today by employers that all workers are digitally competent. There has been an "accelerated technological development in...

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Search and AI brain rot

A recent post was about some research on the lack of brain activity when using AI tools ( here ; Kosmyna et al., 2025; McBain, 2025). What I...

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Academic publishing, open access, and profit

Having research papers hidden behind a paywall offends my sense of social justice, particularly in a place as small as Aotearoa New Zealand....

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Senge's learning organisation characteristics

In a previous post ( here ), I mentioned Senge’s five elements of learning organisations: those of systems thinking, personal mastery, menta...

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The Learning Organisation

I cannot believe that I have not previously compared two nearly 20 year old organisational models: those of efficient performance and the le...

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Front-loading keyboarding practice

I stumbled across a piece of research recently where the aim was to see if different timings of practice might affect participant keyboardin...

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Phased learning and practice

So what happens if we attend a training course, but never have the need - or have the ability - to practice the skills that we learned? I su...

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A written reflection example

I think most of us in the social sciences are conversant with Borton's model of reflection (1970): the three stage reflection model: ...

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Reflection for career practitioners

Reflection is a core skill practiced by many in social service roles, including career development. It "is conscious, experientially in...

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Risks and rewards of L&D

The Academies Framework (Brassey et al., 2019, p. 4) To achieve job satisfaction, employees are looking for balance in their work. This...

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