We often use the word ignorance when we talk about people who choose to ignore advice and guidance. A better word is amathia. Its meaning is disputed but is more about wilful blindness, and has been defined as the opposite of wisdom. Ignorance is not knowing; Amathia is not learning. It’s OK to be ignorant… Read More Having an opinion
Restrictions in the UK are easing because of Covid. It’s not going to create a ‘Great Return’ though and I still think we’re going to be working in a hybrid way for a long time to come. As I’ve said before, if our knowledge work is hybrid, our learning will be hybrid. We’re beginning to… Read More No Great Return
Speaking recently with someone who works in learning, they told me they were so far removed from ‘doing’ learning, all they did was manage people and sign off spreadsheets. Seth Godin talks about how shipping creative work isn’t creative. Finding the sweet spot – the flow – where you can do enough of the latter… Read More Doing the thing
Just over 10 years ago I wrote a blog post about how learning people could work better with sponsors. I re-read it again last week and the 10 points suggested by the original author (Janet Harkin) are as valid now as they were then. Make sure you encourage and respect the creative process. Brief clearly.… Read More Blog post redux
The #LDInsight question last week was about the things that you are doing that are brilliant. I couldn’t answer since, for me, brilliance is in the eye of the beholder. One person’s standard of brilliance is likely to be different to another’s. Hence my belief that you should play to succeed and not play to… Read More Brilliance
Lost and Desperate 