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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.

Overengineering

It’s a big step to move from being a shopkeeper to an engineer in L&D; you have to shift mindsets (including your own) and commit to a different offer, approach and product. This change is uncomfortable for some people; being unable to control everything someone learns means additional processes are created – terms of reference,… Read More Overengineering

February 23, 2024February 21, 2024 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

The people who aren’t there

I heard a story the other day about a senior manager and how they were ‘encouraging’ people to work from the office. They had been expected to bring BOS (bums on seats) up to 70%+ in the office every day. What they started to do was throttle down the information available online and through co-working… Read More The people who aren’t there

February 22, 2024February 22, 2024 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

More stuff but different

I’ve been looking at resources which organisations provide as part of their induction and onboarding processes. Thank you to the people who sent them to me – very much appreciated. Everything seems to come in the following forms: The topics are also any permutation of the fourteen or so below: If you’ve taken time to… Read More More stuff but different

February 21, 2024February 20, 2024 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Building relationships to learn

Someone commented to me recently how they didn’t feel they had networks or communities to learn with. In a relatively large organisation, they were part of many teams and groups but they didn’t feel they were learning. We talked this through and reframed the question to find out the networks and communities they learnt from.… Read More Building relationships to learn

February 20, 2024February 19, 2024 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

8th March

It’s International Women’s Day on 8th March and the theme this year is Inspire Inclusion. Over the last few weeks I’ve seen people asking what their plans are and what they want to put in place to support it. One of the calls to action is to get more men involved in #IWD, and, with… Read More 8th March

February 19, 2024February 15, 2024 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

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