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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.

Joining instructions

You WILL be at THIS place at THIS time for THIS duration with THESE people. You WILL START at this time and FINISH at this time. The term instruction feels very order-like. Are LnD also expecting people to be followers?

October 18, 2019October 18, 2019 andrewjacobslnd2 Comments

Top Trumps

Top Trumps is a card game I played in the 70s. I had different sets – sports cars, warships, etc – and remember playing for hours at a time, trying to work out the strategies to beat the deck. I think we spend a bit of time in LnD trying to equalise our Top Trumps… Read More Top Trumps

October 17, 2019October 16, 2019 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Learning costs

You’ve factored in the cost of design and product. The delivery, publishing, printing, and communication costs. Hosting costs, both physical and digital are included. That 30-minute e-learning module has a direct cost of several thousand pounds. Budget approved. That 30-minute module deployed to an employee group of 25k people will be 12,500 hours. Using the… Read More Learning costs

October 16, 2019October 15, 2019 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Boggabri Library

Boggabri Library is part of Central Northern Regional Library in Boggabri, a small town in north-western New South Wales, Australia. It is open every Tuesday, Friday and Saturday and offers a range of services and resources for all ages including books, magazines, DVD’s,CD’s and newspapers. E-books, e-audio, e-magazines and legal music downloads are also all… Read More Boggabri Library

October 15, 2019October 14, 2019 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Developing leadership capability

I was thinking about the time, energy and effort we put into making people more effective leaders. People have made careers out of it although it seems – to me at least – like Mexican food. Helen Amery called it out the other day as a volume issue. Wouldn’t it be simpler to just make… Read More Developing leadership capability

October 14, 2019October 11, 2019 andrewjacobslnd3 Comments

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