For some reason myths pervade the Instructional Design business – and the Performance Improvement business – and the Business Management business – each known by a variety of names. Each overlapped and gapped perhaps. But each bring value – or they wouldn’t be done but more than a few times. The marketplace decides that.

But, it’s all good. It’s all good to see innovation in improvement via these disciplines as they evolve. As they are forced to work together. Ah. Continuous Improvement.

To be expected.

It’s all good.

Except when it isn’t.

Here are links to Pages on this site with links to research findings off this site – on each of the various types of Foo Foo found often in Instructional Design and Performance Improvement, including:

• Analysis with Subject Matter Experts
• Blooms Taxonomy
• Collaboration Myths
• Designing Learning/ Training for Generational Differences Myths
• Designing Learning/ Training for Learning Styles Myths
• Employee Engagement
• Evaluation – Level 1 Evaluations/Smiles Sheets
• Fun and Games in Learning/ Training Myths
• Incentives and Motivation

• MOOCs – Massive Open Online Course
• MBTI – Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Myths – and DiSC
• Multi-Tasking Myths
• NLP – Neuro-Linguistic Programming
• Right Brain – Left Brain – and Learning
• Transfer – Only 10% of Training transfers to the Job
• Wisdom of the Crowd
• 70-20-10

Hmm. My Suggestion?

Follow more people in your PLN who post and otherwise share on what “the research shows” – versus – those who share what “they think” based on their years of experience or lack thereof and therefore offering a fresh perspective. Maybe not exclusively. Be open. But be wary.

Be selective. You owe yourself that.

As I say, it’s all good. It’s all good.

Except when it isn’t.