Looking back to 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 I enjoyed creating, writing, publishing, etc.

The first one immediately on my list was the $7 haircut. A short and sweet post about a barber who sells cheap haircuts and one who fixes them. Which are you, and what do your sponsors think you are?

The next one was related to AI but was an iteration of my Mexican food analogy – all L&D is like Mexican food; the same ingredients are just folded differently. It warned about using AI to do everything for you and finding you were inauthentic and – if unlucky – maybe harming someone.

I have added “structural exclusion” to the list. In early December, I posted a comment about how the BST concert organisers managed to book 6 gigs with 5 bands/artists while excluding any women artists. Discovering the term ‘structural exclusion’ was new to me, and the post, again, seemed to strike a few chords (deliberate music reference) with women who are excluded. I saw an article last week that highlighted this:

“Women aren’t quitting podcasting more than men—they’re just not starting. That’s an entry problem, not a commitment problem.”

Be better.

I thoroughly enjoyed my perfect tea post in March. The British obsession with making tea the ‘right way’ is a persistent and powerful preoccupation that takes more time than it really ought. However, the disappointment of an underwhelming cup of tea—not strong enough, too much milk, made with hot, not boiling water, etc.—can really shape the day. A reminder to L&D – what are the non-negotiables which you or your sponsors are insisting on which will create less than effective outcomes?

My final favourite post was on 1st April when I wrote how I was fed up with writing daily. It did catch a few people, and my apologies to them. It was real fun to write and a great example of using LLM tools to make it more appealing and relevant to my voice and my style, as I trained them to understand ‘Andrew mode’.

So that’s the most commented on, viewed, and my favourites. Have I written anything else this year which has stood out to you? Please do let me know.