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Lost and Desperate

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

Category: Innovation

Deeper than content

I read an interesting post last week from Scott McLeod about deeper learning in schools. The useful part for workplace learning isn’t in the education terminology but as a warning. Schools often absorb new practice without changing much – the old model stays intact and low-level work gets called high-level work. Workplace learning does this… Read More Deeper than content

May 11, 2026May 11, 2026 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Standards 0 Convenience 1

Standards will lose to convenience unless L&D is tied to something more operationally important. When L&D standards compete with operational pressure, operational pressure wins almost every time. Not because people don’t care about quality, but because the consequence of cutting a corner on learning is diffuse, delayed, and rarely attributed back to the decision. The… Read More Standards 0 Convenience 1

April 27, 2026April 25, 2026 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Buying badly

I published a post on personalisation this week, and the same day, I received a pre-market questionnaire for a procurement process. I found myself writing the same thing in a different register. Procuring a platform is not the same as building capability. Sharon Green made the point well in the comments: the skill of navigating… Read More Buying badly

April 17, 2026April 17, 2026 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Push a button

The effort doesn’t disappear. – it moves. We’ve spent years pressing a button and expecting a result. AI tools have changed that deal; many of them get it wrong the first time, so you prompt again, refine again, check again. That’s still work but it’s just different. Before you adopt a tool because someone told… Read More Push a button

April 13, 2026April 13, 2026 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Sound on

You need your sound on for this post. That was me last week. suffering with a basic cold. I had narration to record and online sessions to run. I know I could have used an AI tool to clone my voice and generate the narration for me, but it would not have sounded as good.… Read More Sound on

March 18, 2026March 12, 2026 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

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