I’m at #Learning22 in Orlando this week and there was a moment yesterday which reminded me of why we do what we do. I met a guest from the Women Talking About Learning podcast for the first time. There was a sense of recognition, and engagement which I haven’t had for a while. There was… Read More Why we do what we do
Elon Musk bought Twitter the other day and then received an email saying he had to do a mandatory management course. The man who now owns the company received an automated email telling him he had to complete training within 30 days. I have no opinion on Musk or his purchase. I do, however, think… Read More New Manager Induction
It was Halloween yesterday. I know because my inbox has filled up in the last week with a series of cheesy puns, orange cartoons, and noise. If you send me email like this, I WILL ignore it, and likely unsubscribe. Send this stuff on Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube and you’re using more diverse media on… Read More Late
A few days a go I featured a series of tweets from Arash Mazinani about the lack of ‘real life’ and usable help for people in blog posts, articles, etc. and I asked him to follow it up: Andrew’s last post shared a series of tweets I’d recently posted. In those tweets I’d expressed a… Read More Don’t just talk about it
I was reviewing a new Glassdoor report on employer branding yesterday. Although the sample is relatively small – 475 employers and 850 professionals – there is some interesting data about what people want and what employers offer. Frustratingly the words ‘learning’ or ‘development’ don’t appear in the report. The word ‘training’ appears once in a… Read More Branding
Lost and Desperate 