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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.

LCD design

I had a brilliant time at the Charity Learning Consortium conference last week. I was lucky enough to have read this great blog post by Donald Taylor which was published the day before the event. It made me think about the presentation I’d prepared and realised that it wasn’t up to scratch.  Although I wasn’t a keynote… Read More LCD design

October 31, 2014October 30, 2014 andrewjacobslnd8 Comments

Everyone needs a coach

So says Bill Gates.  Organisations need a coaching culture. Managers need to be able to coach. The best teams have effective coaches. All sensible advice. All relevant to our organisations. All best practice. All right? What Bill Gates says next is more telling: We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we… Read More Everyone needs a coach

October 28, 2014October 27, 2014 andrewjacobslnd9 Comments

Resources not courses

I’m speaking at the Charity Learning Consortium Conference right now about how to be innovative on a minimal budget. A core part of how I suggest we develop L&D is about peer to peer sharing. In that vein, please find below links to the resources, people and concepts which have influenced my thinking and practise.… Read More Resources not courses

October 23, 2014October 24, 2014 andrewjacobslnd3 Comments

Have people design their own quality criteria

So, here we are with blog post 5 from my session at Learning Live. This is focused on the last of the 5 big ideas in the session. As I’ve written previously, I’m looking at the content for the first time as I prepare this blog post. This is big idea number 3 of the… Read More Have people design their own quality criteria

October 17, 2014October 16, 2014 andrewjacobslnd1 Comment

Performance support and the right question

This is post 4 of 5 from my session at Learning Live last month. As I’ve written previously, I’m creating blog posts on each of the topics from the 10 small ideas that each group came up with. This week, it’s the turn of big idea number 33: Make performance support and the ability to… Read More Performance support and the right question

October 13, 2014October 13, 2014 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

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