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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.

Supplement your learning

I wrote about transforming learning last time; we’re moving round our model next to the supplement box. In the past this supplementary activity has been the elearning module, the crib sheet, the performance support documents that L&D have created.  Think about the Mexican food analogy – they’re the side dish.  Within supplementary now we’re looking… Read More Supplement your learning

November 29, 2012November 29, 2012 andrewjacobslnd1 Comment

#mydayin10pics

I was bullied cajoled into this post by Janet Davis and the weekly blog club team.  Following the rather brilliant post by Janet Harkin it was suggested that it might make an interesting topic for a blog.  So here’s my awful attempt.  Be warned, I know everyone can take pictures; I just can’t take good ones.  Similarly,… Read More #mydayin10pics

November 28, 2012November 28, 2012 andrewjacobslnd5 Comments

Transform your learning experiences

I posted last time about the need to identify the parts of your L&D offer that were sustaining.  This is important so the L&D -professional can strike out the activity that doesn’t need to be managed by the team. In the last post on this subject I also posted a copy of the model we… Read More Transform your learning experiences

November 25, 2012November 27, 2012 andrewjacobslnd3 Comments

Easy as ABC

I read a brilliant piece the other day from Leo Babauta.  I put it on Twitter and it was soundly retweeted.  The author quite succinctly made the suggestion that the measurements we take and make are focused on parts of what we are doing and don’t necessarily relate to context. More importantly, he suggests relaxing… Read More Easy as ABC

November 23, 2012November 23, 2012 andrewjacobslnd18 Comments

Train the what?

I was reading a discussion on a forum the other day about what content you’d include on a train the trainer face to face session. It says much about how my thinking has changed about workplace learning that my immediate thought was to wonder what you’d include in a classroom setting that you couldn’t help the attendee… Read More Train the what?

November 19, 2012November 19, 2012 andrewjacobslnd1 Comment

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