I wrote last time about the session which I was going to run at the CIPD L&D Show in Olympia. I admitted that I wasn’t sure how it would run and only had the first 30-40 minutes clear in my head. So I dove into the topic and asked a ton of questions of the… Read More Mirror mirror, on the wall
I’m running a session later today at the CIPD L&D show. It’s a workshop about autonomous learning. A workshop, face to face, looking at creating stuff. About learning autonomously, self directed, on your own. How’s that going to work? It feels oxymoronic to be working through a workshop with a group of people on how… Read More Square the circle
This post is being published as I’m speaking at the CIPD Annual Conference under the title “Advancing L&D to Create the Learning Practitioners of the Future”. It’s a long title which can be summarised in a few words: If we fail to change we die My session is co-delivered, brief, and focused, containing less in terms of content… Read More Advancing L and D
Strange isn’t it…I wrote last month about why I won’t join the CIPD and the blog had its busiest day since I took the mickey out of formal training sessions last year. To save you reading the post again, my concern is that the CIPD isn’t relevant to learning and development professionals. It seems that… Read More Roll out a barrel…
I read a thoughtful post by Dan Slee last month about why he won’t join a professional body; in his case it was the Chartered Institute of Public Relations. It was quite a telling post as it fell hot on the heels of the CIPD’s HRD 2013 event and I had a few members of my… Read More Why I won’t join the CIPD