A new US podcast study has been published, and hosts matter. Of people with a favourite podcast, 82% said the host is a big part of why they listen, or the only reason they do. More than half said they’d stop or seriously think about it if that host left for good. Naturally I read… Read More Host with the most
I’ve listened to John Helmer’s conversation with Erica Farmer on The Learning Hack and am lucky to say I know them both, so declare an interest, but it’s a VERY good episode. Erica makes a point that we’re rolling out AI much as we’ve rolled out HR systems before it: project plan, town hall, launch… Read More Treating people like people
A ‘most-read’ story from an HR publication last week reported that people completed a programme and that performance improved, as though one explained the other. Roles, policies, management, working conditions or a myriad of other factors might also have changed but weren’t reported. Yes, valid programmes contribute, but putting participation numbers next to an improved… Read More Real difference?
I heard a really interesting piece recently about how we perceive time. For a 2-year-old, a year is half their life. When you’re 20, a year is roughly 5% of your lifetime. Over 50, a year accounts for less than 2% of your life. It’s one reason we perceive time moving faster as we get… Read More Relative vs Absolute
I’ve written before about em dashes and how I would add them to my writing. I use Quillbot to spell-check, paraphrase documents, an AI detector, live translator, grammar checker and a range of other activities. It loves em dashes – it reminds me when I use hyphens and adds em dashes instead. It did it… Read More The em dash