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
Learning at Work Week is a good moment to celebrate what works. It is also a chance to ask what commissioners could do better, starting with a question that rarely appears in procurement: who is actually doing the delivery? Much public sector learning is delivered through a chain of primes, specialist partners and associates. That… Read More The associate question nobody is asking
In 2014 I wrote my most read blog post. It was a response to a post on TeachThought that set out 50 radical ideas to change education. Back then, the tone was disruption, and the point was to challenge the factory model of L&D and call time on the assumptions that held it in place.… Read More 50 More Big Ideas
Laura Overton has been doing serious L&D research for 20 years. so when she says a study matters, I pay attention. The CIPD is repeating its L&D research. and this time they’ve done something different. Instead of asking one part of the system what it thinks, they’re asking everyone with a stake in how learning… Read More Do This Today
Lost and Desperate 