Listening to Bowie’s prompted the title of this post. On Changes, he says: I watch the ripples change their size But never leave the stream of warm impermanence Changes happen but they fail to grow and develop as they’re developed in an environment which doesn’t last. This lack of durable change was the point I intimated… Read More Turn and face the strain
One of the benefits of being part of a wider L&D community is the opportunity to talk through different aspects of our profession with so many different people. I had a great conversation with David Goddin yesterday and we chewed the fat about a lot of different topics, including L&D as shopkeepers. I mentioned the… Read More Wipe Out
A quick trawl through my junk mail filter in the last few months and I can find emails selling me ‘spooktacular’ deals (Hellowe’en) and ‘explosive deals’ (Guy Fawkes). I can’t stand those emails. They feel contrived and unoriginal; I can almost sense the copywriter, charged with a ‘quick’ solution going to their big book of… Read More An easy way out post
I’ve had a few conversations about management culture recently, the most recent was in #chat2lrn on Thursday. The theme of the chat was happiness in the workplace. This is a complex question which is difficult to answer in a Twitter chat. However, Henry Stewart ably addressed the issue of happiness with his Happy Manifesto which I… Read More Manage like a pirate
I had a new experience the other week, I went to the Nando’s restaurant chain for the first time. I checked their website to see how to order in their restaurants. I read their menu which had details of different order combinations. I spoke to one of their staff about ordering. Until I spoke to… Read More What comes first…chicken or egg?
Lost and Desperate 