I re-read the WEF paper Accelerating Workforce Reskilling for the Fourth Industrial Revolution over the weekend (yes, I know how to have a good time). Published in 2017, I wanted to see how accurate its projections had been in its pathways for change. Written before the pandemic and global lockdowns, it appeared, at first view,… Read More Looking back
I’ve seen this phrase coming up more in L&D recently. I have an idea of what is suggested by it but I’d be keen for people who have more expertise to explain it to me in simple terms please? The context of my request is this; there appears to be a continuous cycling of the… Read More Knowledge transfer
I was presenting the other day and one of the early slides I put up asks the following: What’s wrong with measurement in Learning and Development right now? It’s deliberate in its language – I want to know what the issues, concerns and challenges are which practitioners, managers and leaders face. Yesterday I posted about… Read More Positive Negative
I’ve had quite a few conversations recently where I’ve used the phrase ‘help me understand’ to establish what’s happening. It’s a really useful three words since it is non-threatening and more focused than ‘tell me’. Help is a plea for support, acknowledging the expertise of the responder is required. Me identifies it is not the… Read More Help me understand
A slack tide is the short period in a body of tidal water when the water is completely unstressed, and there is no movement either way in the tidal stream. It usually occurs when there is about to be a change in the direction of tidal stream – up or down river. I mentioned to someone recently… Read More Slack tide
Lost and Desperate 