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Shonette Laffy

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Coffee Briefing: Digital detox, resilience training and learning how to programme your colleagues

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We hope you're sitting comfortably with your favourite beverage, because it's time for us to walk you through our picks of the week's L&D news and opinion.

Let us know what you think, and feel free to tell us what you've also enjoyed reading this week.

Tech

- How technology benefits learning (eLearning Industry)

- 6 misconceptions about blended learning (Getting Smart)

- A digital detox sounds great, but using the internet mindfully is better (The Guardian)

Talent

- Why managers need to start producing talent (JM Consulting)

- When it comes to evaluation, stop being an ostrich (Kineo)

- The fastest-growing job categories for flexible working may surprise you (Fast Company)

Skills

- Why cognitive empathy matters, and how it works in tandem with reason (Conversation Agent)

- Programming your colleagues (Fever Bee)

- How to speak to senior management about change (Jasmine Gartner blog)

- About skills shortages (T Recs)

Development

- How to help team members celebrate differences in the workplace (BusinessZone)

- Wellbeing, resilience and coaching (Challenging Frontiers)

- Why bother training and educating employees if they're just going to leave? (Forbes)

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