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Lost and Desperate

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

Category: Innovation

One man’s magic…

is another man’s engineering said the American sci fi author Robert A Heinlein. I was reminded of this last week when I sat in on a webinar with Harold Jarche and Carrie Basham Young about Making Enterprise Social Networks (ESN) a success. I was looking at it through the L&D lens (obviously) and there was some… Read More One man’s magic…

April 8, 2014April 8, 2014 andrewjacobslnd9 Comments

Take my hand don’t be afraid

Firstly, thanks to all for tolerating my self indulgent previous post; your taking the time to read, rate, RT and comment means more than you may be aware. Lots of reasons – one being it forced me to reflect on what I have been doing. “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived… Read More Take my hand don’t be afraid

March 13, 2014March 13, 2014 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Status Quo Sucks

Originally posted on Learning Rebels:
Status Quo Sucks.  So sayeth George Carlin.  And you know, he’s on to something.  I have yet to read about business success where the mission/value statement said something like “Keep Calm, Keep the Status Quo” or “Status Quo is the Backbone of Innovation”.  Nope.  Can you be successful and maintain…

January 27, 2014January 28, 2014 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Just another bricolage in the wall

I like to tinker.  It comes from when I was a kid; I’ve used to take toys apart and tried to put them back together, or more likely, integrate them somehow. Think Toy Story’s Sid Phillips but much less violent. As I’ve got older I’ve updated laptops, built PCs, and played with settings on things… Read More Just another bricolage in the wall

January 25, 2014January 25, 2014 andrewjacobslnd6 Comments

Turn and face the strain

Listening to Bowie’s prompted the title of this post. On Changes, he says: I watch the ripples change their size But never leave the stream of warm impermanence Changes happen but they fail to grow and develop as they’re developed in an environment which doesn’t last. This lack of durable change was the point I intimated… Read More Turn and face the strain

January 6, 2014January 6, 2014 andrewjacobslnd8 Comments

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