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Lost and Desperate

Random ramblings that might, or might not, relate to training, learning, development, and management

Category: Management

But that’s simple…

Seth Godin wrote a cracker of a post today. If you don’t want to click the link, it’s in its entirety below: All good ideas are terrible Until people realize they are obvious. If you’re not willing to live through the terrible stage, you’ll never get to the obvious part. It’s especially timely as I… Read More But that’s simple…

August 21, 2013August 22, 2013 andrewjacobslnd5 Comments

Easy like Sunday morning

I like Faith No More.  They’re a great band and their version of the Commodores classic is a masterclass in how to create a cover version.  It’s close enough to the original to sound familiar but different enough to distinguish itself. My excuse for shoehorning my favourite band into yet another post is purely because… Read More Easy like Sunday morning

August 4, 2013August 3, 2013 andrewjacobslnd2 Comments

Roll out a barrel…

Strange isn’t it…I wrote last month about why I won’t join the CIPD and the blog had its busiest day since I took the mickey out of formal training sessions last year. To save you reading the post again, my concern is that the CIPD isn’t relevant to learning and development professionals. It seems that… Read More Roll out a barrel…

June 17, 2013June 17, 2013 andrewjacobslnd10 Comments

Buy, buy, buy!

I receive somewhere in the region of 400 emails a week trying to get me to buy training. I received one this week that somehow slipped through my junk filter and I was going to delete it but it promised me a very different learning experience so I read through it to find out what… Read More Buy, buy, buy!

May 3, 2013May 3, 2013 andrewjacobslnd2 Comments

Learning by numbers

I was never much good at painting when I was younger. I can always describe the idea of what I wanted to create but couldn’t make the pen, pencil, brush, charcoal etc do what I wanted it to do.  In my minds eye at least, it was the next Mona Lisa. In reality it was… Read More Learning by numbers

March 13, 2013March 13, 2013 andrewjacobslnd12 Comments

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