It's time for another of our weekly updates on the news, opinion and blogs from across the world of L&D, so make sure you're sitting comfortably...

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Skills

- Why EI can be more important than IQ (Irish Times)

- Us versus them: Reframing resistance to change (Strategy + Business)

- Mindfulness is all the rage - but does it work (Edutopia)

- Facilitation: the key skill for L&D (Noddlepod)

Learning

- What's the difference between learning and training? (Chief Learning Officer)

- 10 things you can do on Google Classroom (SimpleK12)

- Quiz: Makeovers in e-learning (E-learning Heroes)

- Is live online learning dead? (Lorna Matty, LinkedIn)

Culture

- Can the gig economy survive the British worker? (BusinessZone)

- Workers' feelings of powerlessness fuelling anger, says jobs tsar (The Guardian)

- How a good working culture will allow diversity to thrive naturally (Farida Gibbs, LinkedIn)

- Why smarter CEOs are focused to build a better work culture (Medium)