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Lost and Desperate

Random ramblings that might, or might not, relate to training, learning, development, and management

Author: andrewjacobslnd

An L&D Manager, determined that Learning and Development should be an integral part of business activity. Too often managers ask for training as an afterthought, and, since L&D haven't been involved in the design, it fails. Let's get L&D included as an intrinsic part of business practice; we need to demonstrate its value, successes, and how it adds to the business performance.

What grinds my gears – experts

As the conference season starts warming up, here’s another gentle poke at some of the things which irk me about learning and development and work in general. Full disclosure – I KNOW all these can apply to me and am happy to be challenged over all of them 🤓. The sage. All knowing, their slides… Read More What grinds my gears – experts

March 8, 2024March 8, 2024 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Voice and noise

I was really interested in a post from Martin Couzins last week. Talking about L&D’s voice and how it’s heard, he pointed out the following: The learning profession has traditionally suffered with voice – a lack of it. There have been so many reports over the years (a repeated theme in the Towards Maturity reports,… Read More Voice and noise

March 7, 2024March 6, 2024 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Zooming out

Learning is often asked to focus on on a thing which isn’t working. Stop and zoom out. How is this thing connected? What are the relationships it has with other parts of the business, processes, and activity. Zoom out again. How will a lever moved here, create a change elsewhere? What effects are you going… Read More Zooming out

March 6, 2024March 4, 2024 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Noise signal noise

I get it. 🤔 There is SO MUCH NOISE 📢out there, it’s tough to find the good stuff. 🏆I ‘know’ I add to this by posting daily 🗓️so want to change up a little. Finding the good stuff takes time you haven’t got ⏰ so we’re going to put out a monthly email series full… Read More Noise signal noise

March 5, 2024March 4, 2024 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

A little bit overwhelmed

We put a note out last week saying we were looking for more speakers for Women Talking About Learning and hoped we might get a bit of interest. Some 8k+ post views later and hundreds of messages, connections and emails, we’re overwhelmed with the response. I always thought the podcast was ‘a good thing’ and… Read More A little bit overwhelmed

March 4, 2024March 4, 2024 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

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