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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.

Scarcity

Within the 6 principles of Persuasion by Dr Robert Cialdini, one is scarcity. In the past we’d have limited access to training courses and led people into thinking they need us in LnD to help develop them. If learning content is available to everyone, there is no scarcity. You’ll have to find another way to… Read More Scarcity

June 22, 2020June 21, 2020 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Show Ponies

I’ve a few; you probably do too. They’re the resources in a stable of content that are groomed, and make us look AMAZING when asked to be presented. They’re the images polished to within an inch of their life that look fabulous. They’re the slides that have been sourced, with complete provenance, to demonstrate their… Read More Show Ponies

June 19, 2020June 19, 2020 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Read the small print

Often you are limited to getting your career history and relevance for a job onto 2 sides of A4. Knowing what to leave out can be tough and it’s easy to go onto 3 or 4 sides. Easier to do if you make the text size 8.

June 18, 2020June 16, 2020 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Join our community

Please stop sending me requests describing your new disruptive innovation with these 4 statements: We’ve got this technology you’ll be interested in. We’ve got these members who you might know. We talk about this stuff that we know you know. We’re different to every other community you’re a member of. I usually ask the following… Read More Join our community

June 17, 2020June 16, 2020 andrewjacobslnd1 Comment

The Ultimate Awkward Question

I saw the TUAQ for digital services in government. The TUAQ that Learning and Development need to ask is ‘How much do you really want your business to change?’ It’s not just about people, skills, behaviours or attitudes. Pull one of those levers you’re going to impact strategy, aims, culture, processes, systems, relationships and performance.… Read More The Ultimate Awkward Question

June 16, 2020June 13, 2020 andrewjacobslnd1 Comment

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