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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.

Tidying up

I was tidying up my Evernote folders the other day. It’s part of the sifting process I use in curation and is good to do every few months to make sure things are in the right place to be found. I don’t really need to do it since I can find everything I ever need… Read More Tidying up

January 18, 2022January 13, 2022 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

101 free learning resources

Can you list 101 free learning resources anyone in your organisation can access whenever they want? If you can, do you know how many of them have been used and how effective they are? I’m looking at evaluating as part of a Learning Clinic on Thursday this week and a few free places are still… Read More 101 free learning resources

January 17, 2022January 12, 2022 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Cool topic

AN Other talks about a cool topic with general advice. Pandemic, remote, hybrid, gamification, LRS, LMS, data. Your problems are: C-suite Generation Blah AI Your solution is AN Other’s product. I get it. We’re all trying to grab attention and market what we’re doing. What matters isn’t the one-off piece that’ll make this product work… Read More Cool topic

January 14, 2022January 12, 2022 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Doing the thing

Speaking recently with someone who works in learning, they told me they were so far removed from ‘doing’ learning, all they did was manage people and sign off spreadsheets. Seth Godin talks about how shipping creative work isn’t creative. Finding the sweet spot – the flow – where you can do enough of the latter… Read More Doing the thing

January 13, 2022January 13, 2022 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Rights and responsibilities

If you have rights it confers that you also have responsibilities. For example, if you have the right to explain how people can do their work better, you also have a responsibility to be ethical, fair, honest, etc. Having responsibilities doesn’t necessarily mean you have the same rights. Like trust and respect, they operate on… Read More Rights and responsibilities

January 12, 2022January 12, 2022 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

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