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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.

Time to pause

It’s the end of the year for me now. After working on 290+ days this year I’m taking a couple of weeks out to relax and recharge. I’ll still be doing bits and pieces – my nature struggles to let me completely stop working – but there won’t be any more posts until the New… Read More Time to pause

December 21, 2023December 20, 2023 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

All the words

I surprised myself last night when I did a check back on the number of books I’d read this year – apparently it was 23. I truly didn’t remember reading that many and was surprised by the breadth of topics. There was more fiction than I usually read but also very little from the Learning… Read More All the words

December 20, 2023December 19, 2023 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Not quite the plan

I should have had a second cataract surgery yesterday morning. Fully prepped, they did a final check and found the lens they needed wasn’t in stock. They had one lens but, if for any reason it couldn’t be used – it was damaged when they inserted it, it didn’t unroll properly, etc. – they didn’t… Read More Not quite the plan

December 19, 2023December 18, 2023 andrewjacobslnd2 Comments

L&D Global Sentiment Survey 2024

Donald H. Taylor has run the annual L&D Global Sentiment Survey since 2014 and is, as always, one simple question: “What will be hot in workplace L&D in 2024?” You can choose up to 3 of the 15 options, selecting what YOU think will be hot in L&D in 2024, rather than what should be… Read More L&D Global Sentiment Survey 2024

December 18, 2023December 18, 2023 andrewjacobslnd1 Comment

Your personalised reading list

As well as our music and podcast apps tell us what we listen* to, I’m here to tell you what you’ve been reading. The fifth most popular post this year from me was about how you shouldn’t be reading learning and development blogs. That worked didn’t it? The fourth most popular was where I spotted… Read More Your personalised reading list

December 15, 2023December 14, 2023 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

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