Inspire-ation #1

As creative people we are constantly finding new sources of inspiration. We believe there are always new ways of illustrating a concept, telling a story, making something more engaging, presenting ideas, encouraging people to interact, standing out and selling a new process.

We follow proven adult learning principles. We also take things one step further for our clients. In other words we 'turn up the heat' on learning and development. How do we do this? Instead of only looking to learning and development practices we draw inspiration from a variety of sources, especially ones that aren't designed specifically for workplace learning.

For example, this week we went out and bought a set of childrens' craft and activity books. Next we found the really interesting ones like the 'Superhero toolkit' and asked the questions, "what is it about the Superhero toolkit that makes it fun and engaging?" and "how can we take those elements and apply them to adult learning to create something awesome?"

Want to know what we came up with? Well when you talk to us about your new induction you'll see :)

We thought it would be a cool to share some examples of things that inspire us. Every Friday look out for links, pictures, videos, sites, books, adverts, TV shows, products, movies, t-shirts - what ever sources of inspire-ation we have to share.

Let's kick things off with a way to add elements of play to things other than games.

“One of the best ways to engage any audience is to give them something to play. From multi-million dollar action games for dedicated hardware to bedroom coded Flash games, there is a world of digital play out there. So how can you apply it to your application or service's design?” Or as we'd say, "how can we apply this to online learning?"

What inspires you? Post a comment below.