Free from Business

I was looking at Gartner’s new HR Strategy on a Page template. It is tidy; it separates the current state, future state, assumptions and initiatives. It asks HR leaders to identify business scenarios before developing the strategy. Then the business largely disappears. The final page asks for four to seven metrics describing the current and… Read More Free from Business

Ten years later…

Ten years ago, I wrote a post about things I had overheard, read or been prompted to think about. I asked: Wouldn’t it be a ‘good’ idea if we stopped worrying about seats at tables?I still hear this conversation ten years later. L&D still talks about getting a seat at the table as though influence… Read More Ten years later…

Have your say

As I tell guests when we record, Women Talking About Learning is probably my favourite thing to do in L&D. Hearing smart women say smart things is always an opportunity worth seizing, more so when the guests are new. Twice a year we open the podcast up for new guests. This is one of those… Read More Have your say

Catching up?

Every month I send a newsletter called Llarn Lens. It isn’t a digest of LinkedIn posts or a sales email. It’s where I step back and connect the ideas emerging from consultancy, public sector work, research, podcast conversations and the questions organisations are wrestling with. The July edition landed in subscribers’ inboxes this morning. This… Read More Catching up?

Your priorities

I’ll not be watching the England World Cup semi-final on Wednesday. Not because I don’t want to but because I’ll be watching System of a Down live for the first time. I’ll be with my eldest son, and we could have swerved the gig to watch the game, but he’s not really a football fan;… Read More Your priorities