Move the needle
Easy question:On a scale from 0 to 10, how good is your learning and development function right now? Tougher question:What do you need to move up that scale by one point? Toughest question:Why don’t you?
True value
When I worked in local government, we were faced with some really tough financial decisions and these fed through to the learning function. We decided to withdraw refreshments from face to face courses and the money saved was the equivalent of 0.6 FTE. What was the value we created by taking refreshments away? The downside… Read More True value
And…?
More than half of all staff at core departments and 40% of civil servants across government took part in the four-month One Big Thing data-skills drive, the Cabinet Office has said. Civil Service World 26th Jan 2024 I saw this reported last week and the article details the content accessed by departments, the time spent,… Read More And…?
Little mistakes
I’ve noticed I’m making lots of little mistakes in my writing recently. They’re not major – an in for an on, a misspelt term here or there, a capiTal letter where it shouldn’t be, etc – but they’re annoying me. Firstly, the fact I’m making these errors. I can pin it down to one thing… Read More Little mistakes
Chat, AI, and informed opinion
It feels like EVERYONE is talking about AI right now. It’s in pretty much every conference, magazine article, webinar, and ‘thought piece’. This is entirely valid; since ChatGPT dropped just over a year ago like a pebble in a pond, the ripples have been going back and forth. I hear lots of questions and fewer… Read More Chat, AI, and informed opinion
Lost and Desperate 