Maintaining quality

I have really struggled to put together a post for today. Not because I didn’t have anything to write about, but because I had content that was too good for subscribers only. Posts that could easily have appeared here have been revised and added for next week instead. People do sometimes ask how I manage… Read More Maintaining quality

An experiment

LinkedIn keeps changing how posts travel. Every few months I think we have a rough sense of the system, and then something shifts. Posts that should reach people stall, and the posts I almost didn’t publish travel much further. The latest theory doing the rounds is about timing. The old Monday, Wednesday, Friday rhythm may… Read More An experiment

Brillance

Remember you’re brilliant. Not all the time – that’s impossible – but you might be brilliant in short bursts. And in those short bursts you might come up with a brilliant idea, teach a skill, or do some exceptional work. Do you know when you’re brilliant?

Point of View

Taste is what other people notice when your work has a spine. In L&D, we mistake activity for perspective. We curate playlists, facilitate workshops, and design experiences and then wonder why our work feels forgettable. Here’s what’s missing: conviction about how people actually get better at work. A point of view isn’t “people learn differently”… Read More Point of View

Recorded delivery

Yesterday’s post was late; I’d not written it, and it was sitting in my head as I got on with other, non-work things over the weekend. Waking up and thinking I HAD to write a post didn’t even cross my mind; it was about WANTING to write a post. That’s a much better mindset to… Read More Recorded delivery