Almost 10 years ago I wrote about using 52 minutes as a measure of support and investment in learning teams. The concept is that a proportion of people’s worktime, equivalent to the cash value invested in learning activity, is made available to people to use as they want to learn. This idea is both a… Read More More than 52 minutes?
One of the things I’m asked about is what ‘good’ learning looks like. That’s a tough question – it’s context driven and open to many factors including cost, digital literacy, tech stack, etc. Having the opportunity to both see what people have done, and what works is something we should treasure. If you want to… Read More What does good look like?
Another #IWD2023 post, this time by Natalie Ann Holborow from Thinqi. I recently read a news article which told women they weren’t exercising enough. You can tell women that exercise is good for their mental and physical health all you want. But as a female runner, this is my reality: If your wellbeing advice tells… Read More Running
I love how language evolves and changes, and learning of the gaps between the words we know and the words we learn. I learnt a new word last week – hiraeth. It’s a Welsh word and has no direct English translation but has been described as a blend of homesickness, nostalgia and longing. It was… Read More Hiraeth
In the film Marathon Man, Dustin Hoffman is continuously asked by Laurence Olivier ‘is it safe’? Hoffman’s character, not knowing the context and fearful of some especially painful torture is panicked, and responds with a range of answers from it being very safe, to extremely dangerous. Asking the question without any context makes any answer… Read More Are you useful?
Lost and Desperate 