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Lost and Desperate

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

Category: Innovation

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

How do I?

Build a learning culture.You can’t – it exists already in your organisation. You can create nudges to move towards the culture you want but you can’t build/create/design it. Make people learn.You can’t. Learning is voluntary and contextual. You can create conditions and relevance, but you can’t force the process or people into the process; this… Read More How do I?

February 25, 2026February 23, 2026 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Category Error

I saw Don Taylor’s post last week about the fears people are expressing about AI and its impact on L&D. I’m keen to see the next Global Sentiment Survey results when they’re published, but I think we still don’t understand the underlying strategic problem we are failing to address. AI skill acquisition is not a… Read More Category Error

February 9, 2026February 7, 2026 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

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