Prompted from a great call with Emily Mason at Thinqi earlier this week I got to thinking; if what you’re doing is irrelevant, silence will tell you faster than any survey. We talk about engagement like it’s always a win. People are engaging – great. People aren’t engaging – bad. But what if engagement is… Read More Better to be hated than ignored?
If a course happens and nothing changes, did the course run? This approach – we did something and you didn’t change so it’s YOUR fault – is performative learning. I’ve mentioned learning theatre before; that’s building the structures, platforms, LMS, and courses. Performative learnign is insisting that it a) has to happen, and b) if… Read More Performative learning
Just as I took a break I saw a great post from Martin Couzins. As he says: …vendors have built, or are building, AI tools focused on content predominantly. The other areas of the learning process – arguably the ones that could be most transformed by AI, just aren’t a priority. It needs to change… Read More AI is fixing the wrong problem in L&D
I heard a comment recently about assurance and how the best professionals are often unseen. It’s an interesting premise. If you’re great at what you do, people probably don’t need to know you’re there. Your work just…works. Problems are solved before they’re visible. Things flow. The challenge for L&D is that invisibility comes with a… Read More The Invisible Professional
Most L&D strategies fail before they start.Not because they’re bad.Because they were never yours in the first place. You can’t outsource the thinking that makes your organisation work. Yet in L&D, that’s often exactly what happens. A consultant delivers a slide deck, some borrowed language, and you’re left wondering if it was worth it. I’ve… Read More Building Strategy That Works in Your Context
Lost and Desperate 