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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.

Doing it

I’ve had the opportunity in the last couple of weeks to do what I thought I’d be doing when I set up as an independent consultant, namely delivering ‘stuff’. I’d forgotten the fun of sharing, connecting and seeing people make sense of ideas in their own context. When we do these things well we have… Read More Doing it

May 18, 2023May 17, 2023 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Not just compliance training courses

It’s Learning at Work week this week. If you work in learning, chances are you know and will be doing something to highlight it. If you don’t work in learning you’ll know because you’re likely to see lots of webinars, posters, events and activities happening by the people who run the compliance training. Do the… Read More Not just compliance training courses

May 17, 2023May 15, 2023 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

It’s the little things

I was watching a video the other day where someone was talking about standards, minimum expectations, and what was needed to develop a successful culture. The person was filmed with some windows in the background and all I remember was how dirty the windows were and how many dirty hand and finger marks were all… Read More It’s the little things

May 16, 2023May 14, 2023 andrewjacobslnd1 Comment

Just a reminder

People are going through things you never know about. This week it is Mental Health Awareness week in the UK and the focus is on anxiety., my particular flavour of mental health challenge. It’s difficult to describe anxiety to people who don’t have it. We all get anxious at times – it’d be unhealthy if… Read More Just a reminder

May 15, 2023May 12, 2023 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Regularly wrong, sometimes right

I saw the WEF The Future of Jobs Report 2023 has been released. In it, they identify a range of skills which they cite as the most important to have in 2023. I noted the top two are analytical thinking and creative thinking. When I put together the Charity Learning Consortium little book of performance… Read More Regularly wrong, sometimes right

May 12, 2023May 11, 2023 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

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