I had a simply superb conversation this week with a group of people talking about demand and need. I won’t go into details, but the idea that demand and need from the top aren’t what is identified through the organisation creates tensions between strategies. This is endemic within the learning space too. We’re learning professionals… Read More What you want or what you need?
I mentioned Notebook LM recently. It’s a new tool from Google which can summarise documents and content and create FAQs, briefings, and study guides. These are incredibly useful for L&D and a brilliant way to create supportive elements to frame new interventions. However, the tool which most people focused on was the ability to create… Read More Why we can’t have nice things
I’ve mentioned before the Power of 10 approach we use to evaluation and measurement – 10 day, 10 week, 10 month intervals where we seek out the outputs, outcomes and impacts from your learning activity. I was playing with some thinking on a train the other day and wondered what this would look like from… Read More 10 years
Depending on who you ask, the current trends in learning can be any, some, or all of the following: For people at the sharp end, in organisations delivering support to people, is it any wonder L&D is confusing – and some might say – confused?
I am regularly asked about proving impact – hence why I wrote the book. The most common challenge is that it’s too hard to try and link what L&D do to business performance. Once again, repeat after me… If. You. Can’t. Prove. What. You. Do. Affects. The. Performance. Of. The. Organisation. You’re. A. Cost. Centre.… Read More Difficult smifficult
Lost and Desperate 