The labour market in the European Union continues to surprise. Employment continues to rise and the unemployment rate (6.5% in January 2019) is the lowest rate recorded since January 2000, according to Eurostat. The Czech Republic boosts the lowest unemployment rate in the European Union: 2.1%. Under 3% is generally considered a risk for an […] Read more
In April 2016, knitknot — an international collective of architects, urban planners, artists, and thinkers — unveiled plans for a low-cost school. The design team were crowdfunding the project, and were seeking $24,000 to complete the scheme. More than two years later, having secured the required funds, the architects behind the ambitious project have shared […] Read more
Virtual Reality, when done right, is a complete immersion that leads to mental transportation to another place. Your brain should feel like it is somewhere else, despite where your body is. I experienced this at the Dutch company ASML, who provide products and services to mass produce chips on silicon. Their operators train on the […] Read more
According to architects BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group), the design for WeGrow — the first school of office-sharing brand WeWork — seeks to ‘undo the compartmentalisation often found in traditional school environments and reinforces the significance of engaging kids in an interactive environment.’ Modular classrooms, tree houses, and a vertical farm have been designed by BIG […] Read more
Masahiko Fujimori Architects have designed a creative learning space with colourful façade for the Morinoie Nursery School in Sendai, Japan. ‘We designed an “urban-style” nursery school building that can efficiently accommodate increased numbers of children, while also encouraging their curiosity, creativity, and connection with the local community,‘ the architects describe. Source
You can ask the question: “Do we prepare Millennials and Gen Z to lead?” in different ways. Are Millennials/Gen Z ready to lead? Is your organisation prepared for Millennial/Gen Z leadership? In case you are not clear on what a Millennial or a Gen Z is, this overview might help: By 2025, millennials and Gen […] Read more
“As far as the course is concerned, you are the class”. We came across this quote in an interesting article written by Melinda Gates. Melinda explains: “In a traditional classroom, if you encounter a concept you don’t understand, the class simply moves on without you. Over time, you fall further and further behind. But with […] Read more
Working from home is rapidly becoming mainstream. In The Netherlands, the number of people working from home, usually or occasionally, has increased by 300,000 in five years’ time. Among women, the increase was the highest. Three million people are now working from home in The Netherlands. This is 37% of all workers. In 2013 this […] Read more
We regularly see online discussions about personalised learning, and what it exactly means. At DuoTrainin, we do not see much added value in discussing its meaning, because the nature of ‘personalised’ is that it means something else to each person. However, via one of these discussions we came across an interesting research study by international […] Read more
Any idea what the average training spend per co-worker per year is? It will be different per country, per sector, per organisation and per department, surely. Recent figures of Statistics Netherlands (CBS) show that the average training spend in The Netherlands is 1,000 euro per co-worker per year. In the sector mineral extraction, the training spend […] Read more
