Not all innovation is about fancy technology or new ways of learning, sometimes it’s just about approaching a problem in a different way.

Learners were arriving late back from the break in some workshops I was running.  Common enough problem. Instead of playing the boring “let’s try and get back from the break on time” teacher card, I adopted the Karaoke rule.

Whenever someone is late back from a break get them up to sing part of their favourite song to the whole group.  Sometimes you get singers, sometimes not, but you always get people coming back on time.  It also creates a bit of fun and even a buzz around training and learning.  The word got around the company that people were being made to sing in workshops!

Problem solved + some added benefits.

Any weird and wacky ideas that you’ve used to great effect?