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Lost and Desperate

Random ramblings that might, or might not, relate to training, learning, development, and management

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Mandatory training

I received a speeding notice a while ago and rather than take the points I chose to do a speed awareness course. We hear about mandatory training a lot and this is probably the toughest gig going. A group of 10 people brought together, who would have preferred not to be there, being told what… Read More Mandatory training

February 24, 2022February 24, 2022 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

What grind my gears – experts

Another in the series where I have a moan and rant about things that annoy me. This time, expert advice. (Yes, I do understand the irony that people call me an expert and yes, I probably do/have done this in the past.) The ‘simple ways to…’ articles. If you’re writing these, you’re not an expert.… Read More What grind my gears – experts

February 23, 2022February 16, 2022 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

999

999 is the emergency number for the UK. It’s also the number of this blog posts on my blog – some 999 blog posts have, over a dozen years or so, been written, edited, and published. It feels like it’s important somehow. I don’t quite know why though. Tomorrow we enter a new millennium of… Read More 999

February 16, 2022February 16, 2022 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Sound and vision

I got a couple of things wrong over the last few days. These included scheduling blog posts at the wrong time and recording audio with the wrong microphone. They’re not fatal errors, and easily fixed. What I don’t do is pretend they haven’t happened. Showing my working matters to me for a few reasons. Firstly,… Read More Sound and vision

February 11, 2022February 7, 2022 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Pictures

Pictures paint a thousand words which is why I choose images to go on my blog posts on my website. When I copy those posts to LinkedIn I never bother with the images yet the posts on LinkedIn get read many more times. Do images really matter if it’s a short piece of content?

February 10, 2022February 4, 2022 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

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