I wrote yesterday about how I’d declined an event because of speaker balance and re-engaged when the organisation added female participants. Some clarification is necessary. I like short blog posts and edited out some information which is needed for context. When the organisation first approached me they had asked two women to speak before contacting… Read More Be better
I’ve mentioned before that integrity doesn’t have an off button. I was tested on this recently when I was offered a paid opportunity to speak. However, I would have been facilitating another man in a conversation and my requirement to break the bias for male speakers meant I had to decline. Will that damage my… Read More Test your values
I see a lot in learning about moving people from good to great. Should moving from bad to average, and average to good, be more of a priority?
Seth Godin wrote last week about how the gap between amateur and professional has shrunk with the development of new tools. The same applies to learning technologies. Replace marketers with learning providers in Godin’s penultimate paragraph: And yet, more than a decade into this dramatic compression of the gap, big-time learning providers and industry players… Read More The funding gap
Most questions are smart but some are smarter than others. I saw the following question on Twitter the other day courtesy of Dr Matthew Sweet. How do you know that? Dr Matthew Sweet When I’m listening to people like you telling me why your approach is best, be aware, I will be asking this question.
Lost and Desperate 