I had to do something this week called a ‘commute’. Having spent the last 6 years or so working pretty much remotely with travel problems caused by cats in the way or a trailing dressing gown robe, finding the need to head into a workplace for a set time for a day was unusual. Firstly,… Read More Would not recommend
Most learning fails quietly. It is designed for attendance instead of decision, and it ‘works’ when people attend. If nothing at work becomes easier, faster, or safer within weeks, the learning didn’t land. Impact leaves fingerprints on real work.
I’ve been sitting with a pattern I’m seeing more clearly recently, and it’s in the ‘leadership’ space. Organisations aren’t saying leadership development is pointless; they’re saying something more uncomfortable. Their previous attempts haven’t really landed. Not because the programmes were badly designed. Not because people didn’t try.But because leadership development quietly drifted into something fragmented,… Read More Leadership as Practice
Yesterday’s post was late; I’d not written it, and it was sitting in my head as I got on with other, non-work things over the weekend. Waking up and thinking I HAD to write a post didn’t even cross my mind; it was about WANTING to write a post. That’s a much better mindset to… Read More Recorded delivery
It’s not until you work for yourself that you realise how much you need to do. You are IT support, facilities management, company secretary, accountant, caterer, finance, HR, L&D, and OD. And that’s before you’ve done any of the work you actually set up the business to do. None of this is particularly hard in… Read More Hidden Work
Lost and Desperate 