How to encourage learning and development, lessons from parenthood!
Originally published 20 Apr 2015 As a parent I wanted my children to make ‘best use’ of their potential. I had over 30 more years of experience in this world...
All postsTeam-buildingLean GamesLeadershipLatest OpinionsExperiential LearningCase StudiesBringing Theories to Life with MTaActivities
St Johns Deaf School Deaf Awareness Day
Originally published 20th April 2015 St John’s Deaf School is one of only two oral deaf schools in the UK. Pupils are taught by specialist teachers of hearing...
Pinpoint Facilitation's Technique Development Course
Originally published 20 Apr 2015 We have developed some fantastic friendships with other businesses including Oxfordshire based Pinpoint Facilitation, experts...
How to become a better facilitator
Originally published 17 Apr 2015 Read on to find out, as Martin shares his thoughts on the best way of developing facilitation skills…If you’d like to improve...
Shearing sheep and facilitating experiential learning are similar. Why?
Originally published 17 Apr 2015 I spent a couple of days working in a shearing shed recently, as a helper not a shearer I hasten to add. At first sight, the...
Planning: the key to effective facilitation or a recipe for disaster?
Originally published 17th April 2015 The lesson of the 5 P’s, ‘Poor Planning Provides Poor Performance’ often resounds around training rooms. It’s not...
Experiential Learning Case Study – Team and Leadership Activities
Originally published 15 Apr 2015 5P’s are one of Portugal’s leading providers of team building activities and events for group sizes of 10 to 300+. They...
Developing others' soft skills can be hard: why?
Originally published 12th April 2015 By Martin Thompson, MTa Founder For over 30 years I’ve been working in Organisational Development working with 1000s of...
How to engage people in learning
Originally published 12 Apr 2015 Performance improvement involves people thinking critically about the topic in hand, and through this thought and discussion,...
Global Roll out of a Bespoke Experiential Activity
Originally published 13 Mar 2015 an experiential activity, delivered within just 3 weeks that would help Emirates Airline Customer Service Agents;+ Understand...
Transformation of In-House Training at Ooredoo, Oman
Originally published 13 Mar 2015 Ooredoo (formerly Nawras) is a tier one telecom company. They wanted to transform their in-house training and build in-house...