Nadine! Welcome, welcome to The LX! As it turns out, Canada’s maritime provinces been top of mind on my end over the last week or so, after having read an article about the new 435-mile “Island Walk” on Prince Edward Island. Have you been?
Minna! Welcome to The LX! We are aligned with similar approaches to life and business, per your 3 guiding principles - collaboration, creativity, commitment. And I think that “sisu” is an absolutely beautiful (and understandably treasured) Finnish word. Thank you for sharing it! Looking forward to our continued dialogue - on the forum and beyond!
Hi Alex. I’ve visited the island many times… definitely a treasure and that new walking path looks amazing.
Hi Alex:
I am very interested in the community we both serve. Keep up the good work.
Joe
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Good afternoon,
My name is Vidal Gonzales and I am a Trainer at Tesla focusing mainly on Leadership Development and Professional Development for People Leaders. I have been in the L&D / Adult Education space for around 10 years. I love/live the mission of Tesla and really enjoy helping Leaders here improve. I am always up for a new book or podcast recommendation. Cheers
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Hi @minna ,
What a fabulous position you hold! Your approach is using the 3C’s especially intrigues me, in particular, the creativity exercises! The exercises provide, as you mention, ways to connect introspectively- feel inspired, calm, energetic and reflective. How is it we often neglect these areas of our humanity in the academic and business worlds? Most days hold for us mainly busyness and not reflection. We do intentionally need to build in pause times to provide our nervous system to take a break. Breathing types of practices additionally provide for the body and mind to gain some time for thinking, for more responsive moments rather than mindless reactions. I’m grateful for learning the meaning of Sisu! Than you!
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Hi All:
I am Donald. I have been working in the learning and development space for over 14 years. I lead a team of instructional designers and learning and development specialists. I reside in the greater Chicagoland area. I am happy to be a part of this learning and development community, and I look forward to collaborating with this group.
Best wishes to all as we experience this journey!
DonaLd
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Welcome to The LX, Vidal! How exciting to work at Tesla! We are delighted that you are here. A favorite book that I’ve devoured in the last few weeks: “The Silo Effect” by Dr. Gillian Tett. From the anthropological framing with Bourdieu and Levi-Strass, through to the case studies on Sony and Facebook, the book was absolutely fascinating and I cannot recommend it more highly.
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Hi Alex from NYC - thanks for the message. I’ve never been to the Shaw Festival, but we go to the Niagara region every other year - partially to get the best butter-tarts ever, in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Yes, Canadians will drive 2 hours for dessert!
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Malcolm - oh please share the name of the butter-tarts spot! If it’s worth a 2 hour drive, I’ll be sure to make that a must-visit on my next trip to the Festival! I’ve a soft spot for Nina Gelateria’s crepes on Queen Street. Also, and of course, all of the ice wineries in the area…but particularly Inniskillin (beyond the fact that I love their product, it also happens to be where my wife and I got engaged!
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Hello,
My name is Bibi and I work in the Toronto area as a Senior Learning Consultant at Franklin Templeton. For the past few years I have been passionate about how pre-conceived biases and snap judgements impact our thinking and decision-making.
www.linkedin.com/in/bibi-alli-55a5342b
I am really looking forward to this course!
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Hi Elnara! Where are you located and what do you do to create flexible and accessible online learning experiences?
Glad to be connected.
Rebecca
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Hi Folks,
My name is Satyam and I am an educator with 4 years of experience. I want to learn about LXD and transition into a corporate role.
Happy to connect on LinkedIn
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Hi, I’m Micole. I’m transitioning careers and I have done some Instructional Design work for a nonprofit organization. I feel like a beginner who has a lot to learn, but learning is never perfect and will never be complete.
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Hi Everyone ! I am Sudeep and I am a trainer, facilitator as well as a content creator from Gurgaon, India. After setting up the VILT offering at Harappa Education I am currently handling content creation in the soft skills space for our Institution clients.
My current focus is on
- Creating impactful virtual instructor led LIVE sessions
- Exploring strategies and techniques around Learning Design
- Microlearning (content as well as formats)
Happy to connect on LinkedIn and look forward to exchange notes and learn from this community ! 
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Hey LX Community!
I am Calynn Ihnat, NovoEd. I am new to L&D and actually came from the IT Software space so L&D is pretty new to me. In my personal life I am all about learning and developing myself so it made a lot of sense to get into the L&D space.
I am located in the the SF Bay Area (I am a foodie so food recommendations area always welcome)
I am very excited to learn from everyone here!
Let’s connect on LinkedIn!
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Hello from beautiful Missouri from a Marylander/Floridian/Texan. I’m Kathleen Ouellette, a curiosity builder who is currently a (dare I say this) “Transitioning Teacher.” That means, I am not attached to any organization or company at this time, but I desperately want to be a part of company that would value my experience, talents and skills, and offer an opportunity for my voice to matter.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathleenkouellette/
My main love is working with people and teams to help identify areas that need improvement and then collaborate to implement improvements as efficiently as possible. I want to bring my love for education into my current training in UXDesign and LXD. Post these classes, I hope to pursue my PMP certification.
I love my family, photography, singing, sewing, and baking. Fun fact - I have six beautiful children!
It’s nice to meet you!
Kathleen
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Hi Everyone. My name is Charlie Anderson. I’m a Training Coordinator for Wellways Australia. I am based in Tasmania and work across most of Australia.
I design, evaluate, iterate, curate and deliver learning experiences primarily with a workforce development focus.
We are a NGO community services organisation.
Current foci
- Inclusive and accessible training design
- Micro learning
- Learning ecosystem approach
- Articulate 360
I’m passionate about Spiritual development and run a few groups to share and grow alongside likeminded people. These groups are a great way outside of work to apply my leaning design, training development and delivery experience.
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Wow Roxann. It is very nice to meet you and so grateful we have you to learn with and from. Here we dive into week 2!
As a newbie to this, I need prayers and luck!
Kathleen
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Charlie, welcome to this community. We look forward to hearing more about your NGO work in Australia.
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