We were talking about expectations, standards, and aims with a group I was working with the other day. A comment came out about making sure there is a focus on ‘good’ service. My immediate question was ‘what does good look like’? One person’s good might be another’s excellence. Similarly, it might be another’s unsatisfactory. Before… Read More Good for nothing
Apparently, organisations conduct evaluations for specific L&D programmes only half the time. This is one of the interesting things we’ve found out from our survey of L&D professionals’ attitudes to evaluation. There’s still time to add your thoughts – please click on the link and let us know what you think about the ways we… Read More What do you think?
I had a really disheartening encounter last week at the CIPD Festival of Work. I was mooching about and chatting with people there about what the event was like (interesting), people they’d met (diverse), and the topics they’d seen which interested them (loads and little about AI). I happened on one vendor and was talking… Read More A Leading Provider
I was driving the other day and needed to use the directions function within the maps app. I rarely drive and even more rarely have to use a GPS so was a bit put out when my phone started making noises. All was going fine until I heard a strange beep. I thought it was… Read More Warning sounds
The paradox of success is that the better you become at something the more you move away from it. You start as a supervisor and team leader, then a manager and lead, and then a director. You’re becoming more and more detached from the essence of the work over this time; it’s less about the… Read More Detached from the reality
Lost and Desperate 