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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.

It’s a thing

I see that Spotify are discontinuing their Car Thing from December this year. If you didn’t know, Car Thing is a $90 device that allows users to control Spotify through their car speakers and is EVERYTHING which is wrong with tech right now. It’s tied into one provider; most people want the freedom to pick… Read More It’s a thing

June 3, 2024May 29, 2024 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

More sounds

Does anyone remember Clubhouse? It was a real popular thing for a few weeks some years ago. Since then, it’s pivoted to being a social messaging app and now has another competitor in AirChat. AirChat is like a combination of Twitter and Clubhouse. Instead of typing a post, you speak it. and the app transcribes… Read More More sounds

May 31, 2024May 30, 2024 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Unusual questions

I used to get questions in learning sessions which were about how things worked. As the world has moved on, and intrinsic process knowledge is demanded less, I’m hearing different questions. There are questions about learning and technologies. We’re in 2024 and we have to consider how AI is going to shape the workplace. You… Read More Unusual questions

May 30, 2024May 28, 2024 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Popular v effective

I was chatting with Helen Bailey last week and we were talking about mandated learning. Notwithstanding the fact you can’t command a process of learning at an individual level, it does no favours to anyone involved: Helen and I were talking about what we call this work as a facilitator and her suggestion of craft… Read More Popular v effective

May 29, 2024May 24, 2024 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Learning tastes

Two blog posts last week from Seth Godin resonated with me. The first explains how there are facts and they underpin everything; you have preference and tastes but they need to be in conjunction with basic facts. The second highlights how people like to watch to learn. As Godin rightly points out: …there are two… Read More Learning tastes

May 28, 2024May 24, 2024 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

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