I generally try to offer people three choices by default. If their choice is limited to two options, that will represent a dilemma. A forced choice between two options will create the space for the people to resent you for having a limited offer. If you can create three options, there will be freedom to… Read More Choices, choices, choices
I’ve been working with a few organisations recently where an interesting situation is coming up more and more. My approach to development has, for some time now, been about self-determined learning with individuals finding the skills they need to improve their work and perform better. This approach, enabling people the space to learn is a… Read More Professional bodies
We’re going to try something out on Friday this week. It’s a dummy run of the new chat we want to run from January and you’re all invited. Details are available here and it would be good to see who turns up, how it works and what we need to do to improve and finesse… Read More More chat, more nonsense
I must have been asked this question a dozen times last week across events, awards, and conferences. It used to be easier to answer but is now more complicated; it’s not a simple list of tasks any more. I looked back in my calendar to 2021 and there was a week which had 6 activities… Read More What are you working on right now?
I read an insightful paper in July. The Christensen Institute had been looking at the relationships between students and their successes. In the report – Lessons in how to build students’ social capital through career-connected learning – they come up with interesting research which supports the idea that students in networks will benefit from engagement… Read More Social capital of learning
Lost and Desperate 