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.
A post about a post
The post in question was the telegraph pole up my road. One Friday a couple of weeks ago our internet connection just died. A quick check outside and the fibre cable to our house was hanging from the house as engineers had cut the cable at the post to remove and replace the telegraph pole.… Read More A post about a post
Silver anniversary
This is the 25th blog post I’ve written where I mention creativity and the first where I feel able to describe it as more than imagination or originality. The reason is that I like short lists. I like to be able to take concepts and distil them down to three, four, or five discrete words… Read More Silver anniversary
Look back and save time
I did something really strange in the week – I made a phone call. I was talking about the Women Talking About Learning podcast and we weren’t on Zoom, Teams or video conferencing but on a phone. It wasn’t a WhatsApp or Slack call – it was a proper call with numbers and everything. It… Read More Look back and save time
The first 5 minutes
A year ago I wrote about how movies had changed their first 20 minutes to take into account the different viewing channels people use. I was on a few webinars last week and the shift to online means you’re lucky to have 5 minutes now to make sure people have a reason to be there.… Read More The first 5 minutes
Lost and Desperate 