I hear a lot of people keep learning material on their LMS. In a many cases it’s because it has a connection of value to something in the past. It doesn’t mean it has that same value any more. I got rid of a dozen folders with OHP slides in them recently. Hoarding and collecting… Read More Collect
I had a day off from the blog last week and I had a few messages and replacement posts. This was one… After a Learning Tech conversation yesterday, I’m thinking about assumptions. What have people assumed so far today? Ours was that all of our tech learners know all the tools needed for X activity.… Read More Postbag
Fewer people read this blog on a Monday than any other day. It feels like it’s the day when my most creative blog posts appear; I’ve had a week-end of down time and my brain is firing. I’ll prepare 3 or 4 drafts that I end up ditching and going with one idea. Inevitably, Tuesday… Read More Monday’s child
If your learning offer was compared to the children’s menu in a restaurant what would your reaction be? Would your senior managers and stakeholders be happy that you’re feeding your people’s cravings with easily scalable but nutritionally poor content? Taking a parent position doesn’t help anyone – be the adult in the relationship. #ItStartsWithMe
Today is my last day with my current employer in central government. I am gutted to be leaving a team of committed and diligent people who want to make learning better. They ‘get’ how things need to be and are trying, within a culture and context that is extremely challenging, to make a real difference.… Read More Thank you and goodbye
Lost and Desperate 