A small thing happened last week but not a trivial one. Over the last few days I was invited to the same vendor drinks event at Learning Technologies UK three times. First on LinkedIn via DM that I replied and declined. Then by email from one person at the company. Then by email from another.… Read More Invite. Invite. Invite
I know some brilliant writers, people whose prose stops me mid-sentence. Ask them to write for audio and something breaks. The sentences stay too long, the ideas arrive in the wrong order, the logic is built for eyes, not ears. A reader can pause, reread, skip back, a listener can’t. Writing for readers and writing… Read More Different crafts
In a session I was running last week one of the participants, Amy Clayton, said something really insightful. We were working through the issues with ATS, ERP, LMS, and LXP systems (alphabet soup? – Ed.) in digital HR and the conversation turned to personalisation. How vendors sell it, how organisations buy it, and how it… Read More Branding isn’t personalisation
The Training Journal L&D Influence Report 2026 has been published, and it is directionally spot on. The key elements it finds are that L&D needs to be None of that is controversial anymore; it is where the field is already heading. The problem, however, is not direction, but translation. Many organisations are not struggling because… Read More Direction to design
The latest Fosway reports have come out, and if you work in L&D you need to be over them. There are three: They are, as always, comprehensive and way more intriguing below the headlines. David Perring from Fosway posted something worth considering last week. “Efficiency doesn’t matter and innovation is useless without delivering value.” He’s… Read More The wrong questions
Lost and Desperate 