In one of the chapters in Proving Impact I focus on how people enter ‘learning’. If they’re mandated, what will their perspective be, as opposed to the person who went there voluntarily. The regularly excellent Seth Godin said this last week: The people most likely to sign up for coaching or additional learning are the… Read More The paradox of voluntary learning
A couple of week’s ago, Martin Couzins made an interesting post about case studies at conferences and events. Since SMEs in the UK account for 61% of the workforce, Martin reasonably asked: …how about more mixed conference programmes that represent organisations – and the work experience – of the majority of workers? Martin Couzins –… Read More SME conference
There was a viral post last week on Twitter/X: From a workplace learning perspective, I don’t care if you learn from ways which aren’t officially sanctioned by the organisation. I don’t care if your performance improves in spite of the content put in front of you. I don’t care if the happy sheets come back… Read More I don’t care
Someone called me last week and asked if I wanted to be featured in their magazine. They explained the audience, the coverage and the ‘celebrity business’ sponsor. I would be happy to and then they told me the charge for being published. I’d be happy to pay; they wanted to carry out an interview and… Read More The joy of sales calls
Writing a book is filled with lots of moments. The moment you get the idea from a spark and make the decision to write it. The moment when you see the blank piece of paper with no words. The moment you realise it’s going to take three times longer than you anticipated. The moment when… Read More Proving Impact
Lost and Desperate 