I am incredibly lucky sometimes. Jo Cook asked me to lead a session at the TJ60 event in London last week and gave me the chance to turn it into a podcast episode. Laura Overton, Kirsty Lewis and I spent an hour talking about what’s changed in L&D over the decades and what hasn’t. I… Read More Behind the Mic
Nick Davies at Thinqi has written a thoughtful piece on why L&D feels broken heading into 2026. His central argument: HR and L&D operate as separate functions when they should be one unified capability aligned to organisational outcomes. He’s right that this fragmentation isn’t new. What’s changed is that AI has made the conversation urgent… Read More Beyond Integration
I get frustrated hearing about learning as if it’s something you can buy. A course, a platform, a set of resources that arrives on time and solves the problem. But the parts that matter most never appear on a purchase order. You can buy content. You cannot buy attention.You can fund a programme. You cannot… Read More Unbuyable parts
Fosway’s latest findings came out last week. These are the 11th iteration of their research and this year includes responses from 333 HR, L&D and talent professionals, 75% of whom are based in European organisations. I found them especially useful because they surface the real signals beneath the noise. The headlines about skills, AI and… Read More Performance First Thinking
A few years back I wrote about comedians and the instant feedback they get. They tell a joke and the room reacts – there’s no delay and no guessing. In learning we rarely get that with many signals, and those that do arrive, are often long after the work is done and the moment that… Read More Comedy gold
Lost and Desperate 