Ask an L&D team what a training programme costs, and you will get an answer. Room hire, facilitator day rates, licence fees, and content development time. Some teams will go further: hours away from desks, travel, and internal coordination. That is useful. It is also incomplete in ways that matter. The costs L&D can see… Read More Cost of learning
I have written about this before; I have clinical anxiety that is managed with medication and CBT, but it’s still there. It doesn’t go away, and it’s part of who I am. I had a conversation recently that reminded me why I post about this. Because people look at me and don’t see it. They… Read More Fine Is Complicated
Job titles will often tell you what the organisation thinks the work is. I came across a role titled Learning and Development Consultant. That signals something specific: Diagnosis, advisory work, shaping demand, and owning outcomes beyond activity. The job description told a different story. Build content, run the LMS, translate briefs into modules, fix user… Read More Doing what?
You can prepare for everything: the slides, the mic, the sound, the room, the speakers, the notes, and the images. And then, midway through the session, you lose power for a fraction of a second, and you disappear. You can always prepare, but some things will always trip you up. The response isn’t to prepare… Read More Preparation
Have you ever thought about being a podcast guest? If the answer is ‘yes, but…’ this is for you. Women Talking About Learning is recording new episodes, and we’re looking for women in L&D who want to join the conversation. You don’t need to be a big name and you don’t need a polished media… Read More Speaking up
Lost and Desperate 