I was fortunate to be speaking with Sally Rhodes last week and we were discussing evaluation and data. In the conversation I was bemoaning the lack of tactical and strategic data embraced by Learning and Development functions as part of their reporting and evaluation. Sally described the problem quite succinctly: If all you’re doing is… Read More Transactional analysis
Learning often wants to demonstrate its effectiveness through learning data – the numbers, amounts, times, completions, reflections, assessments and scores. The business wants to understand learning’s effectiveness through performance data – the speed to competence, error rates, compliance, controls, customer satisfaction, business success. If you want to be taken seriously, you MUST be able to… Read More Evaluation gaps
On Monday this week, there was a noticeable uplift in the number of downloads of the Women Talking About Learning podcast. It stood out because it was unusual; new episodes are published on a Tuesday. A quick investigation of the podcast statistics and it became clear it wasn’t lots of listens of the most recently… Read More Lies, damned lies and data
Lost and Desperate 