I heard an incredibly sad story on the news the other day about a woman whose home had been destroyed in the LA fires. She described at in a way which really struck a chord – she now has a set of keys to locks which no longer exist. It forced me to reflect on… Read More Keys for locks
I really dislike the word ally; it creates labels which I feel uncomfortable with and feels it elevates me in a way which it shouldn’t. The work I do to support women and amplify their voices isn’t about being an ally – it’s just (to me at least) common sense. I did, however, happily agree… Read More I am not an ally
I wrote last week about how I’d used a LLM to prepare a post and how I’d used it to work on the content which I then edited. I received quite a few comments which I thought were worth looking at. Firstly, using these tools to produce whole posts and comments feels very wrong. Another… Read More More cheese
I’m so pleased Michelle Parry-Slater is revisiting her #NoPlasters series on BlueSky. For those of you who don’t know, Michelle ran a hashtag#NoPlasters campaign on Twitter ten years ago. The campaign was about sharing a tweet a day to encourage L&D professionals to try something new. I saw Michelle post this last week: What immediately… Read More Vintage networking
I’ve been running learning clinics for about 4 years and they’re getting less and less popular. The last one we put together had one person join and that was just to catch up, rather than work on anything. As a result, we had made the decision to pull them. However, I have had a ton… Read More Last chance
Lost and Desperate 