I spent years learning the ‘craft’ of designing learning support. I’ve worked through acetates, whiteboards, flipcharts, into slide design, elearning and pretty much everything in-between and since. There are now tools available where users can plug in reams of stuff and get out quizzes, abridged text, audio, cartoons, and a range of different media. The… Read More Barriers to entry
I had cataract surgery and a replacement lens inserted in one of my eyes yesterday. The team who carried it out from admin, nursing, clinical, and aftercare were quietly competent. Each person in the process knew EXACTLY what they had to do and went about it with complete confidence. Checklists were everywhere but managed with… Read More Aye eye
When I started working in an office, I had a very small and tightly controlled network. The people who were able to inform me about my work were in the office, or at the end of the phone. Information was slow and almost exclusively binary. It would be unreasonable to expect people who work with… Read More Binary
I was really lucky to hear Michelle Parry-Slater speak this week on the subject of culture and learning. I was reminded of this quote: The culture of any organization is shaped by the worst behavior the leader is willing to tolerate. School Culture Rewired by Steve Gruenert and Todd Whitaker What’s the worst behaviour you… Read More Uncultured
I’m very lucky right now to be doing some work with a group of very new employees. They’re all relatively young and recent graduates. They’re not embedded in workplace practices and have both the youth, and the luck, to be able to ask frighteningly difficult yet obvious questions. Questions like: The way you respond to… Read More Young and luck
Lost and Desperate 