Is coaching better than training? Is online eLearning better than mentoring? The answer is, of course, it depends but there seems to be a few hierarchies in L&D which we unconsciously engage with. Here are a few more: Leadership learning is more expensive than management training. By using the word leadership we seem to assume… Read More Learning hierarchies
I saw a rather fabulous question the other day by Bruno Winck and I’m going to paraphrase it to gauge the opinion of the people who read my wittering: When was the last time you read an interesting text, saw an interesting image, heard some fabulous audio, found it especially good and then learned it… Read More When did you last see original content?
I showed this gif yesterday at the Learning Technologies Autumn Forum. It’s a representation of how your learning function is operating within your organisation. The L&D manager is the guy on the stairs on the right. He follows the rules and is bringing your new employee up the stairs to go the ‘right’ way to… Read More This is your learning function
Learning is something people do. Training is something done to people. Assuming they’re the same is why we get so much about workplace performance, development and support so very very wrong.
In the recent past you couldn’t get music anywhere at anytime. If you wanted to hear a specific artist you went and bought their music in record, tape or CD and took it home to play it. You could share it with people in a smaller circle and there was a sense of effort in… Read More Turn off the tap
Lost and Desperate 