I was looking through a report which had surveyed 2,100 professionals within the marketing, creative, technology, beauty, fashion, and retail sectors across the US, Canada, and the UK. Their four main barriers the respondents reported which limited upskilling were: If you work in the learning function creating harder, better, faster, stronger, isn’t necessarily going to… Read More Barriers to upskilling
I realised the other day there’s no excuse for not labelling images properly with Alt text. If you upload the image to ChatGPT 4 and ask for it to provide Alt text, you get a complete description. This automation and time saving is exactly where learning and development should be considering when they’re looking at… Read More Another simple use
I’ve been talking to an organisation about a LMS and there’s an interesting quote from a Harvard Business School Professor which springs to mind “People don’t want to buy a quarter-inch drill. They want a quarter-inch hole!” Theodore Levitt People don’t want a LMS, they want: Your colleagues don’t want to do a course, they… Read More Hole again
I see (and read) dozens of reports, surveys, and white papers every week. As I mentioned recently, these can say one thing or the complete opposite. I tend to be a bit sceptical though and will, where possible, look to the source data. This is where digging down and looking at the stories behind the… Read More The germ of truth
I always thought writing was just getting the words down on paper (or screen). Over time I’ve found it’s also about a few other things. Planning. If you’re writing anything long form you have to plan it. It’s not like micro blogging where I can dash a hundred words out. If you’re putting together longer… Read More More than words can say
Lost and Desperate 