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
Seth Godin’s blog post yesterday got me thinking about the placebo effect of training courses. We’re asked to run courses because ‘they work’. Is it the course which is really working or the effect of making the attention of someone, bringing them outside of their work environment, to discuss, reflect and ideate amongst themselves?
The business knows it probably won’t work. The learning function knows it probably won’t work. The person attending knows it probably won’t work. The supplier delivering knows it probably won’t work. What it does is offer everyone an excuse for their own failures, and absolves them of the responsibility for their own behaviour. Why do… Read More Why is a training course so popular?
The fish trap exists because of the fish. Once you’ve gotten the fish you can forget the trap. The rabbit snare exists because of the rabbit. Once you’ve gotten the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words exist because of meaning. Once you’ve gotten the meaning, you can forget the words. Where can I find… Read More Fishing
The cinema is little more than a fad. It’s canned drama. What audiences really want to see is flesh and blood on the stage. Charlie Chaplin Do you have a similar opinion about training courses?
Lost and Desperate 