I spend a lot of time working remotely, pretty much on my own. In the last week I’ve been out and about a bit for various things and here are a few of the things I didn’t realise still happen when you work in your own. Lanyards. Everyone has one. On the Tube, in buildings,… Read More Out and about
Last week someone asked me a great question. What’s the difference between a network and community? It came from a conversation about developing supports for cohorts of people in development programmes. The words were used interchangeably and there is a distinct difference between them. A network will be distributed, have a range of channels where… Read More Networked community
Someone commented to me recently how they didn’t feel they had networks or communities to learn with. In a relatively large organisation, they were part of many teams and groups but they didn’t feel they were learning. We talked this through and reframed the question to find out the networks and communities they learnt from.… Read More Building relationships to learn
I was at the Learning Technologies Awards last night and it was great to catch up with old friends and make some new ones. When we’re working in our siloed organisations, away from people in the industry, we forget how much of a community there is in learning and development. This shows itself in the… Read More We forget
I’ve advocated for communities and networks for a long time now. I’m certain the wisdom of the crowd will, in almost every circumstance, be an improvement in what the individual can know for themselves. This view was confirmed several times last week when I saw my connection with others, and groups of people come together… Read More You never know