There was a time, not all that long ago when I used to love being asked that question. I used to believe my role was to tell people what they wanted to know and loved nothing more than swanning round the front of a training room, proudly displaying my knowledge like a peacock’s fan. I saw a… Read More How do you know all this ‘stuff’?
Wow, it’s been 6 months since I put anything on here and all the excuses and reasons come down to one thing – my health. Yep, I’ve been ill…more ill than I’d ever believed it was possible to be. I still can’t get a complete diagnosis of what has struck me but the most likely… Read More A Little Kindness
Firstly, an apology for no Sunday post last week; I was laid very low with an ear and a throat infection. So, I probably owe a couple of posts this week and this first one was inspired by a great post by Janet Harkin that looked at how to work with graphic designers. Janet highlights 10… Read More Hi, I’d like a training course please…
I was reading through this article on the Science Daily site and thought about it in the context of L&D. Most importantly, it highlighted an issue that I’ve seen in L&D for some time; that being how the fear of creativity can impinge on trainers’ capacity to ‘sell’ a new idea. It’s a question I… Read More Train to sustain?
It is not about a happy sheet… I am determined that Learning and Development should be an integral part of business activity. Too often managers ask for training as an afterthought, and, since L&D haven’t been involved in the design, it fails. Let’s get L&D included as an intrinsic part of business practice; we need… Read More About
Lost and Desperate 