I’ve had a few conversations recently with learning people about their strategies and approaches. What I’ve been reminded of is how learning so wants to be a strategic function. My problem with this thinking is that we can’t do this without working tactically in the business. As a caveat, this is still a work… Read More You’re not strategic
I keep hearing how curation is a skill for the modern learning professional. I rarely see effective guidance as to how to go about it. It’s a new skill; borne in the digital age, we now have the ability to access more information than we ever have before. This creates new disciplines, like curation, and… Read More Curation station
I want it now. I want it to be taken seriously. I want it perfect for me. I want to be able to track everyone using it. I want to access it when I want it. I want to measure how useful it’s been. I want it cheap. I want it fun. I want it… Read More Personalisation
Hi there, I wrote a memo to you a few years ago and thought it would be sensible to catch up again. Doesn’t time fly? 4 years ago I was worried that you wanted me to personalise my learning; I now have the freedom to do what I want but now if it’s not… Read More Email to Learning and Development
I wrote a while back about culture and heavy metal. On the morning it was published I got the usual surge in views on the blog but something else happened. This day was a bit different. One of the blog subscribers read it and decided to seek me out. It’s someone I’ve known professionally for a… Read More Rock or bust
Lost and Desperate 