Make it real. Dream it real. Design it real. Deliver it real. But. Your reality isn’t consistent with my expectations. My expectations aren’t consistent with your perceptions. Your perceptions are based on your reality, not mine. We’re told to keep it real. Really? Whose reality?
I was thinking about how we market learning the other day and had a conversation where the LnD profession was compared to a submarine. As well as running silent and deep the LnD function is, for the most part, just going about its job undetected by the rest of the business. It deals with compliance… Read More Submarines
Everyone is an expert on something. Few are an expert on many things. Even fewer are experts on football. I was at a game on Saturday and there was a man (obviously) who was yelling out opinions on how one team should play which were demonstrably wrong. I know this because my son is a… Read More Expertise
I’ve written before about shifting attitudes in learning and how we need to address the challenge of helping people learn by engaging differently with stakeholders. I’ve also written about 4 essential elements of modern learning practice – skill, will, authority and resource. Donald Taylor posted this on LinkedIn the other day: “Can you help? There’s… Read More Technology and shifting mindsets
We’re told time machines don’t exist. I’m not sure; there are loads of machines that can accelerate you through the world. Books, the internet, library services, conversations, writing and reflecting can help you move at a different pace to others around you. Time might be absolute, but the pace you move within is relative. You… Read More Time machines
Lost and Desperate 