I heard a comment recently about assurance and how the best professionals are often unseen. It’s an interesting premise. If you’re great at what you do, people probably don’t need to know you’re there. Your work just…works. Problems are solved before they’re visible. Things flow. The challenge for L&D is that invisibility comes with a… Read More The Invisible Professional
Most L&D strategies fail before they start.Not because they’re bad.Because they were never yours in the first place. You can’t outsource the thinking that makes your organisation work. Yet in L&D, that’s often exactly what happens. A consultant delivers a slide deck, some borrowed language, and you’re left wondering if it was worth it. I’ve… Read More Building Strategy That Works in Your Context
Post 144 of 2025 and the last before I take a few days’ break. I know some will dismiss this as too personal for LinkedIn. Tough. 😁 As I mentioned on my blog the other day, taking time out to pause, relax, and reset is essential. Having clinical anxiety means I know both the indicators… Read More My Business Case for Taking Time Off for Me
I’m publishing fewer posts on LinkedIn and this is one of the ‘exclusive’ posts which isn’t going to be tossed about on their algorithmic storm. I mentioned yesterday it’s tougher writing posts to appeal to the LI model; these posts aren’t. They feel more authentic, honest and ‘my’ voice. As someone rather beautifully said the… Read More One of the gang
It’s been a week since I changed how I write my daily posts. A small shift, but worth reflecting on. I’ve kept to alternate days – Monday, Wednesday, Friday – and deliberately shortened the paragraphs. Not just short. Really short. Mobile-readable. Algorithm-friendly. And really uncomfortable to write! They take longer to prepare now; the editing,… Read More What Happened When I Started Writing for the Algorithm
Lost and Desperate 