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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.

There are more questions than answers…

Apart from being a great tune by Johnny Nash I thought I’d to post up a few of the questions that have been making me think this week. Each question is probably worth a blog piece in its own right, but I’ll set each up here and see what answers I get back from the online community.… Read More There are more questions than answers…

October 23, 2011October 23, 2011 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Training is like Mexican Food

I’ve been asked to write this post for a while now as I’ve mentioned this idea a few times in the past and people have wanted to know more about it. Quite simply, I believe that traditional training is like Mexican food.  It contains the same core ingredients that are added in differing quantities and… Read More Training is like Mexican Food

October 15, 2011October 18, 2011 andrewjacobslnd28 Comments

Education, Education, Education – 2

As promised, part 2 of my sweep of secondary schools. Heads Firstly, headteachers.  You’re proud of your school, we know that.  We don’t, however, need a 45 minute presentation telling us the same information that is in your prospectus.   We can read the results, we can see that your 5 A*-C is a certain percentage.  Better… Read More Education, Education, Education – 2

October 9, 2011October 9, 2011 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Education, education, education – 1

Something a little different this week as I’ve been going around secondary schools finding out about their offerings for my youngest son who moves up next year. To suggest I’ve been disappointed is an understatement. Technology Firstly, the schools seem to want to use this as an opportunity to show off what they do.  Classroom… Read More Education, education, education – 1

October 2, 2011October 9, 2011 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Need SoMe help…

I was on the #tzchat this week tweeting about social learning.  It seems to have been successful, with 4 interesting questions posed and a breadth of opinions expressed in people’s responses. Someone asked me this morning what I did and I spent 2 minutes explaining (badly) the work I do.  That prompted me to think… Read More Need SoMe help…

September 24, 2011October 9, 2011 andrewjacobslnd1 Comment

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