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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.

Having an opinion

We often use the word ignorance when we talk about people who choose to ignore advice and guidance. A better word is amathia. Its meaning is disputed but is more about wilful blindness, and has been defined as the opposite of wisdom. Ignorance is not knowing; Amathia is not learning. It’s OK to be ignorant… Read More Having an opinion

February 1, 2022January 26, 2022 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Your best work

Your best work won’t be recognised by how it’s written, by its visual design or its brevity. It’ll be by how people engage and share it. People don’t listen to the anonymous company – they listen to the people within it. The power of a single voice explaining how something worked to half a dozen… Read More Your best work

January 31, 2022January 31, 2022 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Event mania

I was at football earlier in the week. A dull 0-0 draw with few chances of note and particularly unexciting football. After a few positive results we’d hyped ourselves up into expecting a win and, when it didn’t come, felt disappointed. I did, however, get to spend time with my son there and back, eating… Read More Event mania

January 28, 2022January 28, 2022 andrewjacobslnd1 Comment

Binge watching

Someone went through my blog the other day and read 60+ posts back to back. I guess it was a bit like binge watching – they got engaged and wanted to ‘complete the series’. Is it possible to binge learn, and would you even want to?

January 27, 2022January 26, 2022 andrewjacobslnd1 Comment

Buy, bye

I was reading about the Decoy Effect the other day and how it is used to market goods and services. I got onto the topic because I was keen to understand how to frame options to senior leaders when you’re asking for support for new ways of learning measurement. E.g. You can have the free… Read More Buy, bye

January 26, 2022January 24, 2022 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

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