Another in the occasional series where I have a little moan. This one was prompted by looking at a presentation and it hit pretty much every one of these tropes. The smiles. Big beaming, white teeth. Everyone smiling at everyone. Someone help me please. 4 people sitting round a laptop, one of them pointing. It.… Read More What grinds my gears – stock photos
Training used to have to happen on our terms. It was designed to happen at a location we chose and at a time that suited us. Training was pretty much our content, in our way, in the format we were happiest with. Learning happens all the time and, for knowledge workers, happens on their terms.… Read More Scheduling
A couple of years ago, Seth Godin said: Repainting your house the same color it already was feels like a waste. It’s a lot of effort merely to keep things as they are. But if you don’t do it, time and entropy kick in and the house starts to fade. https://seths.blog/2017/04/the-unfairness-and-wisdom-of-paint/ If you’re rolling out he… Read More Keep painting
Will the slides be available at the end? When you answer yes, you can hear the sigh of contentment that excuses any further effort. It’s as if you’ve given people permission to kick their shoes off, lean back and relax into a period of passive listening. A yes means you remove the need to take… Read More Slides
Blogging regularly has moved from being a discipline to a habit. The personal expectation I have has moved, over the last 14 months or so, from it being a task into a daily routine. We could do the same around compliance ‘training’. If we shift it from being about corporate responsibility to being about personal… Read More Discipline becomes habit
Lost and Desperate 