This year’s Learning at Work Week (LAWW) in the UK runs from 18 to 24 May, and the theme is ‘Many ways to learn’. It feels like some organisations still behave as if learning mainly happens through provision. Courses, sessions, content, classes, workshops, e-learning modules, lunch and learn… The list is, in some cases, endless.… Read More Many ways to learn
If you know that a training and learning intervention won’t help, isn’t going to make a difference, and will just be a cost to the organisation, where do you stand ethically if you say yes to the request? Professional ethics in L&D have been about delivery for too long; they need to be about relevance,… Read More Ethically sound
I saw Don Taylor’s post last week about the fears people are expressing about AI and its impact on L&D. I’m keen to see the next Global Sentiment Survey results when they’re published, but I think we still don’t understand the underlying strategic problem we are failing to address. AI skill acquisition is not a… Read More Category Error
I loved this quote recently: “At an event, if you just stand near me long enough, eventually I’m going to turn around and talk to you, too.” Morgan Burns, founder of the brand agency Purple Unicorn Networking, connecting, and extroversion don’t have to be difficult; just be present with people around you.
Two posts on my LinkedIn feed last week got me thinking. First, Sir Cary Cooper arguing that AI won’t replace you, but someone who knows how to use it might. Fair point. Leadership matters; capability building matters. All true. Then Sharon O’Dea asking the uncomfortable question nobody wants to touch: what if we’re promoting tools… Read More Deeper thinking
Lost and Desperate 