1,2,3 – Problem Solved
Physicist Richard Feynman used a simple method for solving problems per scientist Murray Gell-Mann: 1. Write down the problem. 2. Think very hard. 3. Write down the answer. In the cleaning context, the problem is unhealthy living, learning and working [...]
How is Your Retrieval Training (RT)?
"The best way to put information into long-term memory is to try to retrieve it from your own memory instead of just looking at the answer," says the book, Learn Like a Pro, by Dr. Barbara Oakley, and Olav [...]
Why Clean?
"Informing others about how something can be done does not ensure they will be persuaded to do it. In fact, we are convinced that one of the most common mistakes [instructors] make in the implementation of improvement initiatives is to [...]
Professional Learning Communities (PLCs), and What It Means
One of our goals at Indoor Health Council (IHC) is to create Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) in which we engage everyone as both learners and teachers, with a strong emphasis on learning by doing. While learning will be a [...]
Proctoring Motor Skills – The Slow Fast Way
IHC Proctors take note! When you review the process video of field workers, research shows it is important to go slow with correction. Per the book, Make It Stick, Harvard University Press: "In motor learning, trial and error with delayed [...]
The Burden of Musculoskeletal Injuries
According to the 2018 study, Occupational Injury Among Janitors—Injury Incidence, Severity, and Associated Risk Factors: Injury and work-related pain is an ongoing problem for janitors and cleaning professionals, as earlier noted by Woods and Buckle in 2000, [...]
Why You Need SMEs
Tapping subject matter experts (SMEs) can help raise awareness, add authority to sales messages, reinforce the value of product training, and lower the cost of customer acquisition and retention. This can include: 1. Classroom training: Onsite or virtual to [...]
Can You Explain It to a Fifth Grader?
Richard Feynman, the late physicist who received a Nobel Prize for his work in quantum physics, made a contribution to learning by asking fellow scientists to explain concepts in simple words to test their own grasp of [...]
Adding “Desirable Difficulty”
We are adding “Desirable Difficulty” to IHC lessons and blog posts to increase retention. Psychologists Elizabeth and Robert Bjork – scientists that research human memory – coined the term “Desirable difficulty” to note the value of retrieval effort, struggle [...]