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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.

Flexible Learning Innovation Space

Flexible Learning Innovation Space is a clumsy name but this approach by the University of Manchester seems quite elegant in terms of learning solution. One of the key limits to innovation is physical – space, resource, fixed material – which is inflexible and (in many ways) a sunk cost. Getting round the assumption that fixed… Read More Flexible Learning Innovation Space

October 24, 2022October 21, 2022 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Overt/Covert

Knowing when to be honest to people overtly is an under appreciated skill of the consultant. Often brought in to ‘fix’ things, often we’re just saying out loud what other people are saying quietly.

October 21, 2022October 20, 2022 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Real life case studies

I saw a series of tweets by Arash Rezaei-Mazinani the other day which I’ve copied here: Scrolling through LinkedIn can be exhausting at times. Especially when every post is how you’re doing L&D ‘wrong’. With that and the regular news it can feel a bit doom-scrolly rather than inspiring. Throw in the mix that not… Read More Real life case studies

October 20, 2022October 18, 2022 andrewjacobslnd1 Comment

Being agile

I had the great pleasure to chair a couple of sessions at the Learning Technologies Autumn Forum last week. In one session with Jodie Pritchard, she talked through agile and designed the session to be agile. This meant not being able to complete all the content but to work with the audience on what they… Read More Being agile

October 19, 2022October 18, 2022 andrewjacobslnd1 Comment

How and why

Reading what’s going on in learning, it’s easy to be dragged into the how of what we do. More focus on the why would help sometimes.

October 18, 2022October 17, 2022 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

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