Andrew Barry

After working in corporate training for just over a decade, I started Curious Lion in the belief that we could do a better job creating custom digital training. Too often I had seen online training consist of hastily thrown together eLearning versions of slide decks. I knew there was a better way.

The Most Valuable Asset of a 21st-Century Institution

June 10, 2019 / By Andrew Barry

I have this book of excerpts from the renowned management consultant, educator, and author, Peter Drucker, that I picked up from one of those community libraries. I love the serendipity of book swaps. As I was paging through this one, I came across an entry in which he describes his view of knowledge workers as …

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This Blockchain Explainer Gets so Many Things Right

January 9, 2018 / By Andrew Barry

Thie explainer video on blockchain demonstrates five principles of effective learning design superbly well.

Learning Like Netflix

November 20, 2017 / By Andrew Barry

Narcos does an excellent job of learning design in its explainer videos

Is your learning content binge-watchable?

Learning Providers and L&D Professionals

November 13, 2017 / By Andrew Barry

Diversity and inclusion results in better ideas

Recently, Andrew was interviewed by Catalyst Media. In part two of the interview he discusses how corporate learning and development is looking for training partners and not training vendors.

A Look into the Future of Learning

November 8, 2017 / By Andrew Barry

This October, Andrew was interviewed by Catalyst Media. He shared some insights on the future landscape for training vendors.

How Training Can Make Company Values a Daily Habit

May 12, 2017 / By Andrew Barry

Embed culture in your training for better teamwork

Company values should be used as the basis for a decision framework that all employees use to respond to ethics and compliance risks they may face on a daily basis. Corporate training on ethics and compliance is the best medium to embed these values, engage with employees, and measure how effectively values are becoming behaviors.