I ask people this a lot and hear regularly about the intention to do so but less of the actions which make it happen. I’ve said before many times that the way we work has changed and workplace learning needs to reflect these changes. That means adopting modern learning practices and recognising we need to… Read More Are you proving impact?
I was at an event this week and was lucky enough to spend some time in a really useful session with a great woman speaker. It was well managed, well delivered, and kept my interest. Near the end the speaker was open to questions. I had a few things to ask, but, we didn’t need… Read More Hey men, don’t do this
Easy question:On a scale from 0 to 10, how good is your learning and development function right now? Tougher question:What do you need to move up that scale by one point? Toughest question:Why don’t you?
When I worked in local government, we were faced with some really tough financial decisions and these fed through to the learning function. We decided to withdraw refreshments from face to face courses and the money saved was the equivalent of 0.6 FTE. What was the value we created by taking refreshments away? The downside… Read More True value
More than half of all staff at core departments and 40% of civil servants across government took part in the four-month One Big Thing data-skills drive, the Cabinet Office has said. Civil Service World 26th Jan 2024 I saw this reported last week and the article details the content accessed by departments, the time spent,… Read More And…?
Lost and Desperate 