This week has been interesting. Delivery and design, coupled with an urgent tender activity. We often forget to build space into our calendars for urgency; this came up in a conversation when I realised that being busy is meaningless if it’s just making more stuff which doesn’t move you commercially. I’m not sure what this… Read More Building space
I was chairing a Learning Technologies webinar last week (please come along – they’re good fun) and a question was asked by the presenters: How much of your current learning catalogue do you think gets used? Answers ranged from 10% to 80%. One person didn’t know; someone else said 80%. Others landed at 40% and… Read More Catalogue or Capability
Public sector buyers are starting to ask a different question in tenders. Not just what will you deliver, but how was this bid produced? Specifically, was AI used, how was it used, and what checks were applied? That brings the process behind the submission into scope. The issue is not whether suppliers use AI –… Read More You and AI
One of the useful things about conversation is not just the chance to share ideas but also the space to shape them. A conversation this week helped me refine something I’ve been noticing for a while. When people tell me they want to start a podcast, a bit of discussion usually reveals they have three… Read More Product or Business
I posted 50 more big ideas for L&D on Wednesday morning. By the afternoon, the latest research from Stanford and the Hoover Institution landed in my inbox. I wasn’t expecting vindication. But here we are. The Survey of Working Arrangements and Attitudes has been running monthly since 2020. With over 200,000 observations, the May 2026… Read More Data catch up
Lost and Desperate 