Easy question – who do you work for? Most people will reply with the name of their organisation but is your employer the reason you actually go to work? I saw Perry Timms write about a lack of meaning in the workplace and I think, for some people, meaning is important. I don’t think we… Read More Who do you work for?
Listening to Bowie’s prompted the title of this post. On Changes, he says: I watch the ripples change their size But never leave the stream of warm impermanence Changes happen but they fail to grow and develop as they’re developed in an environment which doesn’t last. This lack of durable change was the point I intimated… Read More Turn and face the strain
One of the benefits of being part of a wider L&D community is the opportunity to talk through different aspects of our profession with so many different people. I had a great conversation with David Goddin yesterday and we chewed the fat about a lot of different topics, including L&D as shopkeepers. I mentioned the… Read More Wipe Out
A quick trawl through my junk mail filter in the last few months and I can find emails selling me ‘spooktacular’ deals (Hellowe’en) and ‘explosive deals’ (Guy Fawkes). I can’t stand those emails. They feel contrived and unoriginal; I can almost sense the copywriter, charged with a ‘quick’ solution going to their big book of… Read More An easy way out post
I’ve had a few conversations about management culture recently, the most recent was in #chat2lrn on Thursday. The theme of the chat was happiness in the workplace. This is a complex question which is difficult to answer in a Twitter chat. However, Henry Stewart ably addressed the issue of happiness with his Happy Manifesto which I… Read More Manage like a pirate
Lost and Desperate 