Broken promises
L&D vendor webinars promise outcome-led learning, then subject us to hour-long platform demos nobody asked for. We’d never design learning like that for our people, so why do we accept being sold to that way?
Top 5 views
Looking back at 2025, I am highlighting the posts that have garnered the most comments and views on LinkedIn as well as my personal favourites. Today it’s the posts which people have viewed the most. The fifth is the angry post I mentioned last week. It wasn’t about anger, though – it was about switching… Read More Top 5 views
Top 5 comments
Looking back at 2025, I am highlighting the posts that have garnered the most comments and views on LinkedIn as well as my personal favourites. Today it’s the posts which people have commented on and shared the most. At number five was the callout to the Third Sector for guests on the Women Talking About… Read More Top 5 comments
Deep conversation
Occasionally you have a conversation and think nothing of it. For the person you’re speaking with, though, it’s a deep and meaningful interaction for them which they’ll remember for days, weeks, or even years later. Don’t diminish your impact and the effects that you can – and do – create.
Performance first
Reading a survey from Personio and HR Grapevine last week, this result confirms what many suspect: This single line exposes the L&D profession’s measurement crisis. When leadership rarely asks about learning effectiveness, and HR finds it among the hardest metrics to report on, we’ve created a perfect storm of irrelevance. Nobody’s asking because nobody expects… Read More Performance first
Lost and Desperate 