Megan
@meganstrant.com
#Learning & #productivity specialist. I focus on learning & change strategy. #neuroscience #executivefunctions #habits #learning #changemanagement. Blogger. Mindful human. Dog servant. She/ her.
There's a real difference between AI that writes things, and AI that does things. I'm still hesitant to 'hand over the keys' to cowork. I don't feel ready. Explored further in my blog this week: www.linkedin.com/safety/go/?u...
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AI isn't something we implement. We don't roll it out and run training like we used to with new software. We have to think differently. www.meganstrant.com/bake-180-don...
Bake, 180, Done: Why Rolling Out AI Isn’t Rolling Out Software
We had to replace our oven a few months ago. Not a choice, really, the old one gave up, and I am a mad baker so cannot live without an oven. The new oven is a marvel. We didn’t spend top dol…
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Sometimes he gets goop in his eye. Today it looks particularly dramatic.
Ever considered building learning for people who don't have time, energy or care? Omg I'm cynical, or realistic? www.meganstrant.com/designing-le...
Designing learning for fluctuating capacity
I have a very particular way of gardening.The weather has to be good. I need to have a good chunk of time, not a scrap of it, a proper block. And I need the energy. All three need to line up. Then …
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I hate it when a session is sold as being interactive when really it's just access to watch a preso. www.meganstrant.com/access-is-no...
Access is not interaction: why so much “engaging” learning leaves us flat
I went to a webinar last week with my glasses on and coffee ready. That detail matters, because it tells you exactly where my head was.I’d read the post advertising it. The facilitator was ta…
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90% of detail from training is forgotten within a week! Learning if definitely more than training and is an ongoing journey not a video or guide! www.meganstrant.com/what-hope-do...
What Hope Do We Have? Some Thinking on Learning, Technology Adoption, and the Science of Forgetting
I wear bifocals all day, every day. They are, quite literally, the thing that lets me see clearly. And yet at least once a day, I take them off for some perfectly sensible reason – cooking so…
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Chatting with AI about weight and exercise proved more insightful than planned.. and became about habit stacking more than my step count. www.meganstrant.com/it-was-never...
It Was Never About Willpower: The Executive Function Cost of Getting Started
A few months after a significant cardiac event, I found myself thinking about weight loss…well the exercise physiologist delicately suggested it. My heart event was related to a virus and a c…
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Further exploring of #cognitiveload with #workplacelearning, this time the experience of online or #selfpaced modules and leaning www.meganstrant.com/self-paced-d...
Self-paced doesn’t mean lower effort: the cognitive load of online learning
There’s a particular kind of optimism that comes with assigning someone a self-paced online course. From an organisational perspective it feels considerate. People can do it in their own time…
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I'm diving deep as I consider innovations and improvements to how we deliver learning at work. Loving time to explore and think about the attendee experience www.meganstrant.com/the-cognitiv...
The cognitive load of showing up to live training
I’ve dived down a rabbit hole about cognitive load.. and I’m in here with neurons firing exploring ideas and concepts. I’ll move on soon, but for now there are a few more things I…
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Not rocket science. Not new. But we still need to think about cognitive load at work. www.meganstrant.com/its-not-just...
It’s Not Just the Tech: The Hidden Cognitive Load of the Physical Workplace
A few days ago I was at a specialist appointment with one of my kids. At some point the conversation turned to teen fatigue across the school week – the kind of bone-tired-by-Thursday feeling…
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Much AI training teaches prompting as a technical skill, teaching frameworks and steps. What can be missed is a way of thinking required and how people can struggle. www.meganstrant.com/prompting-as...
Prompting as a cognitive skill, not a technical one
There’s a conversation happening in many AI training sessions that I think is missing something important. It usually goes like this: here’s a framework, here are the parts, here’…
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Is all the outsourcing to AI rotting my brain? I'm seeing amazing things.. but what is the cost to our Executive Functions? www.meganstrant.com/ai-and-execu...
AI and Executive Functions: Is It Helping or Harming You?
I’ve been thinking about this for a while. I use AI regularly and benefit from doing faster work, help thinking more clearly on hard days, and getting through content I’d otherwise stru…
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I wish more people created really good quality learning experiences, rather than a list of tasks or features. A grumble.. www.meganstrant.com/why-i-care-a...
Why I care about learning theory when designing M365 adoption
I’ve been doing a lot of work lately reviewing Microsoft 365 learning programmes at work, and experiencing learning Claude for my own curiosity. Videos, activities, the whole journey from …
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The word 'skills' in AI had me muddled, so I went down a rabbit hole and gathered some insights www.meganstrant.com/same-word-tw...
Same word. Two very different things. My confusion with ‘Skills’ in AI
I was at the Digital Workplace Conference in Melbourne last week and kept hearing people talk about Skills in Copilot Cowork. It stopped me in my tracks. Not because the concept was unfamiliar, but…
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Just because Claude can generate lots of stuff.. should it? And what about my brain doing the work? www.meganstrant.com/ai-overwhelm...
AI overwhelm: when the pace feels… off
Last week was a big one.I moved through analysis, content, ideation… the kind of work that would normally take me days of circling, drafting, second guessing. By Friday I realised I’d pushed …
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I built a professional AI coach as a Skill in Claude.. then decided to see if I could replicate it as a Copilot Agent. Apples don't equal apples! www.meganstrant.com/month-two-wi...
Month two with Claude (and Copilot): the day I built a coach as a Copilot Agent
Last month I wrote about my first experiences with Claude. I ended that post promising month two would get more interesting. Oh, it did. This month I set myself a comparison activity. I’d alr…
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Being in a Claude early adopter group has also extended my copilot use. Interesting how Microsoft terms like Agent were a turn off but Skills and Projects in Claude has inspired me. #ai #aiadoption #claude #copilot
Engagement is failing, at a very crucial time. We've carried a digital skills gap for years, and now employee engagement is the lowest since 2020. I feel it, no doubt we all do. www.meganstrant.com/why-employee...
Why Employee Engagement Is the Missing Link in Technology Adoption
Organisations aren’t short on technology. We have collaboration platforms, analytics tools, automation, AI copilots, and more “productivity” features than most people know what to do with. Yet desp…
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Lovely day for lots of exploring Sydney and checking out the sites. #bluesky #Sydney #minibreak #artgallery
Well hello focus and deep work. Getting the teens back to school creates space for my thoughts. I love them, but this certainly is delightful 😊 #deepwork #focustime #executivefunctions
AI, instant answers and the ADHD brain. Support tool or slippery slope? Some thoughts in my latest blog as I ponder this...https://www.meganstrant.com/ai-instant-answers-and-the-adhd-brain/
After a year of independent consulting. A pause. Grief, reflection, rest, study.. I am moving into a new role and excited! ASI Solutions here I come. Day 1.. cake. Oh and a new team, device and role.
Further exploring the Technology Adoption Model www.meganstrant.com/putting-tam-...
Putting TAM Into Action: Practical Strategies for Driving Technology Adoption
The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) can help to figure out why people say “yes” or “no” to new tech at work. It all comes down to two big questions:“Will this actually help me do my job better?” …
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Rolling out new technology in the workplace? That’s the easy part. Getting people to actually use it? That’s where the real work begins. I’ve shared a breakdown of TAM, common pitfalls, and practical detail to boost engagement in my latest blog. www.meganstrant.com/what-is-the-...
What is the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and how could it help you?
The Technology Acceptance Model, or TAM, is basically a way to figure out why people decide to use (or not use) new technology at work. It was created back in 1989 by Davis, and it boils down to tw…
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I used copilot for a project at home with my tween today. We asked it for a plan, materials, and steps to reupholster our dining chairs. It was easier than watching YouTube. We reviewed steps and tweaked. Structured, very helpful, and happy with the outcome #copilot #aiadoption
