Chad Lowry

Missouri or Northwestern?

In his defense, snow is delicious.

Happened to a friend just this past weekend at a hotel. They comped his stay.

Sending a carefully written email and then immediately going to the Sent folder to read it "from their perspective"

Slim Shady but that's not the point, I mope about, I "publish" a "book list" mimismartypants.com/2025/12/09/m...

Congratulations! Also, sorry you had to go through that.

Administrators at Indiana University baselessly fired the student media director and ordered the student paper to cease its print edition, so it'd sure be a shame if this excellent digital front page were to be widely shared today

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this is how i spent my friday evening

Great "seeing" everyone tonight. Thank you for the insights and the laughs. Being instrumental instead of incidental to informal learning will only raise L&D's profile and value within an organization. It will happen with or without us. #LearnChat

Yes, it's definitely not part-time work for one or two people! An entire team should be dedicated to its use, maintenance, and reporting. #LearnChat

As I meet with my audience, I want to ask them about the last time they learned something at work without attending a formal event: How did they learn that, and what did they think of the experience? Hopefully I can build on that to make it even better for them. #LearnChat

As useful as I find the AI tool at work, I would still prefer a DAP. Using the AI requires me to shift foucs to that window, then perhaps to a window with a resource, then to the window where I'm working. A DAP meets me where I am. #LearnChat

At least you're bringing the gold with the gifs! #LearnChat

An easy-to-follow interface with a limited feature set. #LearnChat

An excellent point. Ironically, if you aren't trained on what the "Connect" button does, you could just as easily overlook it and never use it! #LearnChat

I mentioned earlier the AI tool we have at work. One of the smart things they did is build in a Connect button to allow people to reach specific help desks when the AI can't answer their question. Keeps people from giving up. #LearnChat

If you have a Teams channel, you can add a page with a link to a OneNote file with FAQs. #LearnChat

Tying the learning to a strategic company goal, not what might seem like a random topic. Learners will see you're there to assist them in promoting them as they achieve outcomes w/ real business impact. Focus on "What can I do with this thing," as @usablelearning.bsky.social would say. #LearnChat

It can be that, yes. Or it can prompt a reminder of a procedure you learned but haven't used in a while. Maybe you just forgot where to go to get started and can proceed from there. #LearnChat

I think the feedback part is what's most often missing from learning in the flow of work. You may succeed in accomplishing a task, but not entirely understand why. Makes it less likely for the behavior to stick. #LearnChat

I hope it's changed to being able to rely on AI or a DAP (e.g., Walkme, WhatFix) to receive real-time assistance without having to stop your work to also stop someone else from working and ask them, "How do I do this again?" #LearnChat

Hello! You following the 'Canes in the NHL? #LearnChat

I forget every month! Then this month I remembered that last time I finally added it to my bookmarks. #LearnChat

Chad from Chicago. We have an in-house AI tool at work that can answer how-to questions with about 90% accuracy in my experience. Makes it pretty easy to go from novice to semi-useful in minutes. #LearnChat

Remember, too, you can use deck.blue to more easily follow the conversation and replies. #LearnChat

Tonight's #LearnChat is at 8pm ET. Join us to discuss "Learning in the Flow of Work 2.0 — From Distraction to Design".

With AI, notifications, and hybrid life reshaping our focus, how can we design learning that blends into the workday rather than pulling people away from it? Let’s explore.

Mostly LinkedIn, I think. And I'd love for my whole team to take that course! #LearnChat

But do you cover the chime notification? #LearnChat

I appreciate hearing from everyone tonight! Thanks for an insightful and fun chat; I'm already looking forward to next month. #LearnChat

Ah, that tracks. My sympathies on Workday; I suspect your struggles are due to the platform being relatively new to the LMS world, and this is not a core focus of the company. #LearnChat