I called out an all-male panel – a manel – last week and one of the panellists responded with the reply: “Merit trumps all.” I checked yesterday and he has apparently now deleted that comment. No acknowledgement, apology, or comment that it might have been wrong. I wrote about this three years ago. I’ve been… Read More Merit isn’t neutral
I was really interested in the findings from a report which was looking at the uses of AI by different age groups across the APAC (Asia-Pacific) area. The report was first mentioned in an article in a HR magazine in Feedly with a few links. I followed them all but none took me to the… Read More Hiding resources
Lori Niles-Hoffman asked a question during her session at the Learning Technologies Autumn Forum that really interested me. “Which song best describes your emotion about the state of the L&D industry right now?” I sat there cycling through my mental music library, and realised every song that came to mind was either a plea for… Read More Soundtrack to Learning
We’re recording an episode of Women Talking About Learning and we’re looking for someone working in or with the third sector – charity, voluntary, community or social enterprise – who can share what learning looks like in that world. We’ll record on Thursday 21 November at 2pm (GMT). If you’ve listened to any episodes before,… Read More Third sector stories
I’m working on the structure of a new book and have been using some Large Language Models to help with building the outline and scaffolding. I say some – I’m taking content from one LLM, reviewing and editing it, putting it to another LLM, reviewing and editing it, putting it into another LLM. It’s helped… Read More New wine, new bottles, new tools
Lost and Desperate 