The paradox of success is that the better you become at something the more you move away from it. You start as a supervisor and team leader, then a manager and lead, and then a director. You’re becoming more and more detached from the essence of the work over this time; it’s less about the… Read More Detached from the reality
I’ve mentioned before about how I’m detached from many of the songs, films, and TV which we consider to be popular culture. With this in mind, I listened to some Taylor Swift songs while I was working the other day. I’m not a Taylor Swift fan and, indeed, could only name one of her songs… Read More Alienated from the popular
I was lucky to catch up with Kim Edwards last week. Always insightful, we talked about the time we spend producing content. There is a pervasive theme in the way we design learning support and that is we design to time. A 30 minute module, a micro audio, a two day event, etc. But this… Read More A 30 minute module
As part of the work I have done looking at evaluation over the years, I’ve spoken with dozens of people about learning data and collection. However, I’d like to find out even and have pulled together some key questions in a short survey. Taking no more than 7 minutes or so, the survey has been… Read More L&D Attitudes to Evaluation
You have a choice. You can keep looking for the ‘one big thing’ which is going to change your learning and development practice or can start on the 100 little things which will, over time, change things. If it takes you 3 months to find the one big thing, you’d better hope it is as… Read More 1 or 100
Lost and Desperate 