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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.

Talent and Learning

It feels like these is a disconnect between talent and learning. Not so much that they aren’t in the same place and playing the same game, but more the lack of explicit connection, and implicit overlap between the two. I was speaking with someone recently about the shopkeeper to engineer analogy – learning needs to… Read More Talent and Learning

May 1, 2025May 1, 2025 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Training need?

I made an error with yesterday’s post – it didn’t schedule properly and although it appeared on LinkedIn, wasn’t pushed to inboxes or my blog site. This is an ongoing list of errors I’ve made which includes misspellings, image issues, and formatting problems. They haven’t met my high standards and could, arguably, be called performance… Read More Training need?

April 30, 2025April 29, 2025 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Storytellers

There were a few stories from presenters at LT UK last week. They all had impact – they’re relational and people can look at them and place themselves into the situation. The ones which resonated with me created a space, and filled it with detail. This means numbers, data, and quantitative information. There were a few… Read More Storytellers

April 29, 2025April 29, 2025 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Cut your hair

I was chatting with my barber the other day about technology and the way we use it now. This was as he was changing his Spotify playlist o his Bluetooth speaker. He then said: Technology won’t change what a barber does I thought long and hard about this and he is, in many ways, correct.… Read More Cut your hair

April 28, 2025April 28, 2025 andrewjacobslnd1 Comment

Exhibition things

As promised, a few thoughts about Day 2 at the Learning Technologies Exhibition and Conference. I spent a lot more of the day at the exhibition yesterday and here are some key standout thoughts, comments and reactions: AI is here but more subtly described. I saw lots of people talking about AI powered, and AI… Read More Exhibition things

April 25, 2025April 25, 2025 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

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