Taruna Goel 🇨🇦
@tarunagoel.bsky.social
Workplace Learning | RPL/PLAR Strategy & Systems | Competencies & Credentialing | 25+ yrs in L&D | Strategist, Advisor, Facilitator, Professor
Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Vancouver, BC, Canada
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarunagoel/
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Taruna Goel 🇨🇦
@tarunagoel.bsky.social
· Sep 25
I am not in the business of 'learning' or 'training'; I am in the business of maximizing 'performance'.
From Choice to Judgment: Redefining Self-Directed Learning for the AI Era tarunagoel.blogspot.com/2025/11/from...
From Choice to Judgment: Redefining Self-Directed Learning for the AI Era
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November 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
From Choice to Judgment: Redefining Self-Directed Learning for the AI Era tarunagoel.blogspot.com/2025/11/from...
Attending the CLO Symposium with Ryan Decoste kicking things off with "What it Means to Stay Human in an AI-Driven World"
October 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Attending the CLO Symposium with Ryan Decoste kicking things off with "What it Means to Stay Human in an AI-Driven World"
Thursday thoughts:
Communication and Understanding are completely different things.
What you communicate may not ever be understood.
What you understand might have never been communicated.
Communication and Understanding are completely different things.
What you communicate may not ever be understood.
What you understand might have never been communicated.
October 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Thursday thoughts:
Communication and Understanding are completely different things.
What you communicate may not ever be understood.
What you understand might have never been communicated.
Communication and Understanding are completely different things.
What you communicate may not ever be understood.
What you understand might have never been communicated.
The Real Work of Training Lies Beyond Knowing and Telling tarunagoel.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
October 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The Real Work of Training Lies Beyond Knowing and Telling tarunagoel.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
How to integrate Indigenous epistemologies and pedagogies meaningfully (rather than superficially).
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Cover | Taruna Goel
I want to spotlight a powerful resource for anyone in learning and development, curriculum development, or institutional change:
"Pulling Together: A Guide for Curriculum Developers."
This is an op...
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September 29, 2025 at 9:58 PM
How to integrate Indigenous epistemologies and pedagogies meaningfully (rather than superficially).
www.linkedin.com/posts/taruna...
www.linkedin.com/posts/taruna...
I am not in the business of 'learning' or 'training'; I am in the business of maximizing 'performance'.
September 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I am not in the business of 'learning' or 'training'; I am in the business of maximizing 'performance'.
Workslop - low-quality output that looks AI-generated and needs to be cleaned up. Via Adam Grant www.linkedin.com/posts/adammg...
If a colleague has sent you low-quality output that looks AI-generated, you may be the victim of workslop.
40% of people report receiving workslop in the past month—and spending nearly 2 hours per… | ...
If a colleague has sent you low-quality output that looks AI-generated, you may be the victim of workslop.
40% of people report receiving workslop in the past month—and spending nearly 2 hours per cle...
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September 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Workslop - low-quality output that looks AI-generated and needs to be cleaned up. Via Adam Grant www.linkedin.com/posts/adammg...
How might we use Cathedral Thinking to design not just for today, but for future generations?https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tarunagoel_cathedral-thinking-designing-for-the-next-activity-7375955413994971136-DjyW?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAABJjUEBW9TnTx4DmBoCLa-rznBR-qzeh08
Cathedral Thinking - Designing for the Next Century | Taruna Goel
When we think about designing learning, work, or recognition systems, we often focus on what we need today, or at most, for the next few years.
"Cathedral thinking" asks us to stretch that horizon. I...
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September 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
How might we use Cathedral Thinking to design not just for today, but for future generations?https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tarunagoel_cathedral-thinking-designing-for-the-next-activity-7375955413994971136-DjyW?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAABJjUEBW9TnTx4DmBoCLa-rznBR-qzeh08
Until the myth exists, us myth busters need to keep working!
Busting The Myth of Learning Styles www.techlearning.com/news/busting...
Busting The Myth of Learning Styles www.techlearning.com/news/busting...
Busting The Myth of Learning Styles
The idea that different students have different learning styles pervades education, but cognitive scientists say there is no evidence learning styles exist.
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September 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Until the myth exists, us myth busters need to keep working!
Busting The Myth of Learning Styles www.techlearning.com/news/busting...
Busting The Myth of Learning Styles www.techlearning.com/news/busting...
"The real challenge isn't managing different generations – it's letting go of age-based assumptions that may be limiting leadership potential." trainingzone.co.uk/is-generatio...
Is generational stereotyping limiting your leadership potential?
Are you falling into the generational stereotyping trap? The challenge isn't managing different generations – it's letting go of age-based assumptions
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September 17, 2025 at 6:08 PM
"The real challenge isn't managing different generations – it's letting go of age-based assumptions that may be limiting leadership potential." trainingzone.co.uk/is-generatio...
“Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.”
― H. Jackson Brown Jr.
― H. Jackson Brown Jr.
September 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
“Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.”
― H. Jackson Brown Jr.
― H. Jackson Brown Jr.
Throwing it back to 2015! #Blimage #Learning #ReflectivePractice #Throwback #Lrnchat www.linkedin.com/posts/taruna...
My take on the #Blimage Challenge: Learning is A-Mazing! | Taruna Goel
Throwing it back to 2015!
Seven years ago, I participated in the #Blimage challenge. It was a creative exercise that combined visual inspiration with reflective writing on learning. The concept was s...
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September 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Throwing it back to 2015! #Blimage #Learning #ReflectivePractice #Throwback #Lrnchat www.linkedin.com/posts/taruna...
Was at a concert yesterday and the Artist (Kailash Kher) shared that instead of dishing out knowledge (‘gyan’), we should focus on paying attention (‘dhyaan’).
What people often need isn’t more information, it is someone who truly listens and connects.
What people often need isn’t more information, it is someone who truly listens and connects.
August 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Was at a concert yesterday and the Artist (Kailash Kher) shared that instead of dishing out knowledge (‘gyan’), we should focus on paying attention (‘dhyaan’).
What people often need isn’t more information, it is someone who truly listens and connects.
What people often need isn’t more information, it is someone who truly listens and connects.
The challenge ahead is not about making AI think better, but to make it care better.
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Beyond Artificial Intelligence: Making AI Care Better? | Taruna Goel
Beyond Artificial Intelligence: Making AI Care Better?
Throwback Thursday: A year ago, I wrote about “work fingerprints”, the unique blend of skills, experiences, and insights that define us as human...
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August 14, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The challenge ahead is not about making AI think better, but to make it care better.
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The idea of authentic assessments has been around for over 30 years now. Here are some good resources worth exploring. www.learningscientists.org/blog/2024/7/...
Digest #175: Authentic Assessments — The Learning Scientists
The idea of authentic assessments has been around for over 30 years now. In 1990, Grant Wiggins coined the term ‘authentic assessment’ (1) and in recent years this assessment approach has received a...
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July 31, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The idea of authentic assessments has been around for over 30 years now. Here are some good resources worth exploring. www.learningscientists.org/blog/2024/7/...
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We need to teach people the difference between being uncomfortable and being unsafe. Because the discomfort of the safest people is endangering the most vulnerable, all day every day.
July 29, 2025 at 4:09 AM
We need to teach people the difference between being uncomfortable and being unsafe. Because the discomfort of the safest people is endangering the most vulnerable, all day every day.
In my experience designing workplace learning & recognition systems, I have yet to see true learning culture emerge from an LMS or a curriculum :) It’s about the right conditions: culture of relevance, trust, recognition where people feel seen, valued, & ready to grow is where the magic happens.
July 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
In my experience designing workplace learning & recognition systems, I have yet to see true learning culture emerge from an LMS or a curriculum :) It’s about the right conditions: culture of relevance, trust, recognition where people feel seen, valued, & ready to grow is where the magic happens.
I believe that silence is required for participation and if participation is about engaging fully and authentically then sometimes being silent is one way to do it. Our comfort with silence says a lot about our maturity as facilitators/trainers/coaches/leaders. www.linkedin.com/pulse/partic...
Participation and Silence
Participation is critical to learning especially as a way to challenge our ideas and beliefs, share our thoughts and discover new ways of thinking. But what does ‘participation' typically look like? D...
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July 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I believe that silence is required for participation and if participation is about engaging fully and authentically then sometimes being silent is one way to do it. Our comfort with silence says a lot about our maturity as facilitators/trainers/coaches/leaders. www.linkedin.com/pulse/partic...
A skills‐matching perspective on talent management: Developing strategic agility - Jooss - 2024 - Human Resource Management - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
A skills‐matching perspective on talent management: Developing strategic agility
Despite two decades of evolution as an area of research and practice, talent management faces ongoing criticism for being overly static in its approach, offering little in terms of enabling strategic...
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July 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
A skills‐matching perspective on talent management: Developing strategic agility - Jooss - 2024 - Human Resource Management - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Was researching Train-the-Trainer models/conceptual frameworks and came across a beautiful line:
"Though individuals can be taught teaching techniques, not everyone is able to teach."
"Though individuals can be taught teaching techniques, not everyone is able to teach."
July 15, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Was researching Train-the-Trainer models/conceptual frameworks and came across a beautiful line:
"Though individuals can be taught teaching techniques, not everyone is able to teach."
"Though individuals can be taught teaching techniques, not everyone is able to teach."
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL/PLAR) is Opening Doors for Many: www.linkedin.com/posts/taruna...
In the world of learning, recognition and credentialing, some believe that RPL/PLAR lowers the bar. | Taruna Goel
In the world of learning, recognition and credentialing, some believe that RPL/PLAR lowers the bar.
But it doesn’t.
Because RPL/PLAR is not a shortcut; it's another door.
The RPL door recogni...
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July 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL/PLAR) is Opening Doors for Many: www.linkedin.com/posts/taruna...
We assume that experience = learning but is it always true? Tomorrow, I am reclaiming the “Learning” in RPL/PLAR because experience alone isn't enough. CAPLA community of learning (CoL) is a FREE monthly meet-up for RPL/PLAR enthusiasts. Join us! Wednesday, 18 June
12.00 (EST) lnkd.in/gBSSUNYN
12.00 (EST) lnkd.in/gBSSUNYN
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June 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
We assume that experience = learning but is it always true? Tomorrow, I am reclaiming the “Learning” in RPL/PLAR because experience alone isn't enough. CAPLA community of learning (CoL) is a FREE monthly meet-up for RPL/PLAR enthusiasts. Join us! Wednesday, 18 June
12.00 (EST) lnkd.in/gBSSUNYN
12.00 (EST) lnkd.in/gBSSUNYN
Curated and designed by Robyn Grebliunas and Connie Strayer, the Indigenous Digital Literacies course from BCcampus explores eight Indigenous digital literacy competencies, grounded in the B.C. Post-Secondary Digital Literacy Framework. digitalliteracy.bccampus.ca/resources/106
June 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Curated and designed by Robyn Grebliunas and Connie Strayer, the Indigenous Digital Literacies course from BCcampus explores eight Indigenous digital literacy competencies, grounded in the B.C. Post-Secondary Digital Literacy Framework. digitalliteracy.bccampus.ca/resources/106
"Recognition before reskilling."
I hope that's the message you will get from listening to the latest episode of the TIDES Podcast. I am so grateful to Shveta Malhan for inviting me as a guest, for asking such thoughtful and pragmatic questions. www.linkedin.com/posts/taruna...
I hope that's the message you will get from listening to the latest episode of the TIDES Podcast. I am so grateful to Shveta Malhan for inviting me as a guest, for asking such thoughtful and pragmatic questions. www.linkedin.com/posts/taruna...
#recognitionofpriorlearning #rpl #plar #pla #apl #rcc… | Taruna Goel
"Recognition before reskilling."
I hope that's the message you will get from listening to the latest episode of the TIDES Podcast. I am so grateful to Shveta Malhan for inviting me as a...
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June 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
"Recognition before reskilling."
I hope that's the message you will get from listening to the latest episode of the TIDES Podcast. I am so grateful to Shveta Malhan for inviting me as a guest, for asking such thoughtful and pragmatic questions. www.linkedin.com/posts/taruna...
I hope that's the message you will get from listening to the latest episode of the TIDES Podcast. I am so grateful to Shveta Malhan for inviting me as a guest, for asking such thoughtful and pragmatic questions. www.linkedin.com/posts/taruna...