BAU
What ‘is’ BAU in a learning function? We love C words in L&D – collaborate, create, compare, compete, cooperate, cooperate, critical, etc. What are the B words you’d use to reflect ‘As Usual’? Let me know in the comments?
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.
Cost of business
I was chatting with someone recently and asked them just how much it cost them to attract new buyers for their products. They weren’t completely sure because it is, for them, a sunk cost. Employees have been engaged, products developed, marketing designed and enabled, and advertising bought and paid for. The cost is there and… Read More Cost of business
Covering up
I was on a bus last week in central London; top deck, front seat, driver’s side, i.e. the BEST seat. We passed a building which was having work done on it. I didn’t recognise it at first since the netting and covering used to protect the public from the four or five storeys of work… Read More Covering up
Dimension Learning
I see a lot of people in L&D talk about pathways and journeys. It’s a useful analogy since it suggests a starting point, end point, and milestones. Regretfully, it is often represented as a literal path or road. This simplifies the progress into a two dimensional experience. A learning pathway isn’t linear in plan, but… Read More Dimension Learning
Music: Learning
I like learning. I like music. There is a symmetry between them which I’ve looked at before but was brought home to me the other day. I was listening to some jazz influenced Danish instrumental psych/stoner rock and realised how many people would not think of listening to this kind of music. It’s very away… Read More Music: Learning
Lost and Desperate 