Seth Godin recently asked: why open a bookshop when people already have libraries, Amazon, and booksellers they trust? We build infrastructure because it feels like progress. Because we can point to it. Because it proves we’re serious. But the infrastructure itself isn’t the asset. The trust and attention you earn is the asset. In L&D,… Read More The Bookshop Problem
One day last week I spent fourteen hours working. In front of screens for pretty much the entire day, I was researching, writing, calculating and completing spreadsheets, reports and producing charts and analysis. I was in a happy place and didn’t realise the time that passed. When you’re in that Csíkszentmihályi flow state, you miss… Read More Doing nothing
I did not write this myself. It was suggested by an assistant trained on high-performing content patterns, optimised for reach, emotional pacing, and safe vulnerability, using short lines to signal depth without requiring an idea. We begin with a setting that sounds important, usually a meeting, a studio, or a locker room, then introduce silence,… Read More AI Broetry
The problem with curating content for people is that they always want something extra and something different. So we find three versions of a video, four handouts, and six links. Soon your audience will have so much choice they won’t know what to use. Recommendations are worthless because things can’t be found. Make sure you… Read More Too much choice
One of the reasons we’ve enjoyed curating the Podcast Learning Festival is the range of questions people are bringing into the room. On Friday, Jonathan shared why he’s closing the day. Today, Christina Moore is raising a different kind of question. Not how to make a podcast.How you make one work inside an organisation. This… Read More Not how to make a podcast. How you make one work.
Lost and Desperate 