There are two kinds of webinars you end up attending. The first is a broadcast.Someone talks. You listen. The chat might get read, or it might not. The second is a participatory session.The chat is active and the learning comes from the discussion, not just the slides. Most people show up the same way to… Read More Two Very Different Webinars
We talk a lot about trust, empathy and psychological safety in leadership.All useful. They make it easier to have honest conversations. But performance shifts when managers know how to work out what’s actually getting in the way of the work. Start with clarity.Does everyone know what ‘good’ looks like?Not a value. Not a slogan. The… Read More See clearly
I’ve been thinking about the conversations at the Learning Technologies Autumn Forum from the last couple of weeks and how different the tone felt this year. Less “AI will transform everything”More “so what does this actually change in how we work?” I’ve tried to capture the core of that here ↓Take a look and tell… Read More AI, L&D, and What Actually Needs to Change
I was reading about a film writer and director recently. He was talking about the breakdown of his relationship with his producer. In the last two months of pre-production, he had received only five emails from her. She rarely turned up on set. She failed to secure the music rights they needed and did not… Read More Are we still making this together?
I called out an all-male panel – a manel – last week and one of the panellists responded with the reply: “Merit trumps all.” I checked yesterday and he has apparently now deleted that comment. No acknowledgement, apology, or comment that it might have been wrong. I wrote about this three years ago. I’ve been… Read More Merit isn’t neutral
Lost and Desperate 