Looking back at 2025, I am highlighting the posts that have garnered the most comments and views on LinkedIn as well as my personal favourites. Today it’s the posts which people have viewed the most.

The fifth is the angry post I mentioned last week. It wasn’t about anger, though – it was about switching expectations so a small, targeted piece of work quietly stretches into a full programme build. The budget never moves, and the responsibility sits with the vendor to make it all make sense. The response to that post told me something important: this issue isn’t a one-off but a structural problem in how parts of our sector commission learning. That’s why the post landed. It wasn’t about rage but recognition.

The fourth most read post was about me not being an ally. I dislike the word because it creates tensions that I don’t want; I actively discourage labels for this reason. More importantly, I hope it drove people to look at what Ruth Wood does and enjoy her podcast. I’m really impressed by how Ruth works, and she is a speaker at the Podcast Learning Festival next year.

My third most read post discussed how we often spend too much time debating low-risk decisions while allowing high-impact ones to pass by due to habit or convenience. Framing choices, such as hats, haircuts, or tattoos, helps people judge reversibility and consequences quickly. It gives permission to experiment, but at the same time, it sharpens attention to the decisions that really matter. Structural choices like compliance-driven strategy, platform lock-in, or outsourcing essential functions shape behaviour for years. Those are the tattoos. The post resonates because it helps leaders stop overthinking the small stuff and take more care with what truly sticks.

My second most read post was in March and – I think- struck because it was a combination of a reflection of Fosway’s great work and a carousel post. Taking the Fosway content and distilling it into 8 simple priorities that L&D organisations and vendors both want – and need – was an interesting exercise. More interesting is how the themes I pulled out from the report are still as relevant at the end of the year.

My most popular post this year was also on the most commented list – learning happens outside courses. This post struck a nerve because it put evidence behind what many people experience daily at work. Skills do not mainly come from courses but develop through doing the job, solving problems with others, being stretched, and having the freedom to learn in context. The research reinforced three uncomfortable truths for L&D:

• Informal learning builds the skills that transfer.
• Competition and stretch accelerate learning.
• Agency matters more than access to content.

It resonated because it challenges the L&D default – it doesn’t fit neatly into a catalogue or platform model. Buying more content feels like action, but it avoids the harder work of shaping the conditions where learning actually happens.

Which posts stood out to you? Please do let me know in the comments.