This is the 25th blog post I’ve written where I mention creativity and the first where I feel able to describe it as more than imagination or originality. The reason is that I like short lists. I like to be able to take concepts and distil them down to three, four, or five discrete words… Read More Silver anniversary
and no-one hears it, does it make a sound? In a similar vein, if good work is happening in the learning and development space but people don’t nominate themselves for an award, does it mean the work is of value? It was interesting to hear from so many people at the Charity Learning Consortium annual… Read More If a tree falls in a wood
Last week, someone told me I was doing cool stuff. What do we mean by cool though? If cool means relevant, creative, interesting and exciting I’d be happy with that. If the definition of cool is disparaging, overly hip or trendy, I’d be less happy. Is your learning offer cool?
I had the great pleasure to chair a couple of sessions at the Learning Technologies Autumn Forum last week. In one session with Jodie Pritchard, she talked through agile and designed the session to be agile. This meant not being able to complete all the content but to work with the audience on what they… Read More Being agile
Complicated challenges are rarely solved with simple solutions. On the occasions they are, it’s likely that someone has done the heavy thinking – creative and critical thought – to understand the relationship between the different elements of the problem. The smart learning people will know there isn’t a simple solution to every problem. Don’t be… Read More Simplicity
Lost and Desperate 