Josh Kaufman is the author of the #1 international bestseller, 'The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business', as well as the upcoming book 'The First 20 Hours: Mastering the Toughest Part of Learning Anything.' Josh specializes in teaching people from all walks of life how to master practical knowledge and skills. In his talk, he shares how having his first child inspired him to approach learning in a whole new way.  Ukelele

How do we make sense of the huge barrage of information that we encounter on a daily basis? We need to let go of  the need to know everything. We need to train our learners and leaders to resist the tendency to dump content. We need to help learners focus on usefulness and context of the content. We need to design and deliver training and elearning programs to reflect this principle. Keywords: Story-based Design Story Storytelling Microlearning Micro-learning Micro learning Small bites

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