I must have been asked this question a dozen times last week across events, awards, and conferences. It used to be easier to answer but is now more complicated; it’s not a simple list of tasks any more. I looked back in my calendar to 2021 and there was a week which had 6 activities… Read More What are you working on right now?
I read an insightful paper in July. The Christensen Institute had been looking at the relationships between students and their successes. In the report – Lessons in how to build students’ social capital through career-connected learning – they come up with interesting research which supports the idea that students in networks will benefit from engagement… Read More Social capital of learning
I was at the Learning Technologies Awards last night and it was great to catch up with old friends and make some new ones. When we’re working in our siloed organisations, away from people in the industry, we forget how much of a community there is in learning and development. This shows itself in the… Read More We forget
I heard a suggestion on a recent podcast there is no more need for content since we’ve already covered all the topics under the sun. If that’s the case, the learning profession should be the greenest industry going. Recycling and reusing content should be second nature. We’re not reskilling people, we’re upcycling them; taking their… Read More The greenest industry
Learning is a gamble. It shouldn’t be, but people make a choice about whether the time, money, effort, etc. which they invest will be worth it in terms of return. Part of the problem learning providers (both internal and suppliers) have is the fact they don’t know the odds or how much people have staked… Read More What’s your stake?
Lost and Desperate 