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Lost and Desperate

Random ramblings that might, or might not, relate to training, learning, development, and management

The clinicians are in

I wrote a blog post in January of this year about when I worked in local government and we were faced with some really tough financial decisions which fed through to the learning function.  I’m hearing a lot more that these challenges are being faced elsewhere right now. What are your biggest finance challenges in… Read More The clinicians are in

May 16, 2024May 14, 2024 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

New and improved

I was facilitating a group for the second time this week and one of the participants mentioned how something I’d done in the first session on delegation had made a massive impact on their work and approach to managing their team. It’s a simple framework to classify your workload and what needs to be delegated:… Read More New and improved

May 15, 2024May 14, 2024 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

What do I need to know?

I am regularly asked for advice from people about developing their career, practice, profession, etc. I understand why people ask; I appear to know what I’m talking about and am readily accessible by email, LinkedIn and other social channels. My answer, however, for pretty much everyone is I don’t know. I don’t know your context,… Read More What do I need to know?

May 14, 2024May 9, 2024 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Tight 20

I was at an event recently and a speaker was late so was asked to do a 20 minute slot, unscripted, no props/slides etc. I spoke, of course, about organisational learning and design. If it happened to you, what could you do a tight 20 on?

May 13, 2024May 10, 2024 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

A reminder about culture

Just a reminder for people who don’t seem to get the thinking about learning culture in the workplace. YOU. CAN’T. CHANGE. A. WORKPLACE. LEARNING. CULTURE. JUST. BY. ADDING. A. NEW. LEARNING. PLATFORM. You have to change all of these and a few more: Attitudes, behaviours, groupthink, systems, aims, structures, skills, objectives, skills, strategies, processes, tactics,… Read More A reminder about culture

May 10, 2024May 8, 2024 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

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