When you work for yourself you have to do everything for yourself – there’s no safety net behind you. This was starkly put back into focus earlier this week when my laptop crashed while I was in the middle of a design piece. Yes I’ve found out what the problem was. Yes I’ve mitigated for… Read More Save me
I’ve been working this week but completely differently to the week before. In the previous week I had some 40+ calls and meetings, numerous recordings and edits for podcasts, a ton of writing and creative activity which led to a few 12+ hour days. All this work led to me sleeping over 24 hours over… Read More Working
I describe myself as a learning strategist although I have doubts learning strategy is a valuable approach to take. I often get asked to help people translate strategy into action so I’ve decided to make the next Learning Clinic all about strategy. The next clinic is on Tuesday 15th February at 14:00 GMT and is… Read More Learning Clinic – Strategy
It’s hard to believe but one year ago I launched my company to an unsuspecting world. One year on, here are some of the things I’ve learnt: People will have your back You’ll find out who REALLY has got your back Connection matters more than content You’ll never know who doesn’t know about what you… Read More Happy birthday
I ‘know’ what good learning looks like. My customers ‘know’ what they ‘think’ good learning looks like. Their employees ‘know’ what they ‘need’ to ‘learn’ to do their jobs ‘better’. I doesn’t matter what my standards are if they aren’t consistent with what people think they need. Perceptions trump expectations and both are undermined because… Read More My standards vs the universe