is another man’s engineering said the American sci fi author Robert A Heinlein. I was reminded of this last week when I sat in on a webinar with Harold Jarche and Carrie Basham Young about Making Enterprise Social Networks (ESN) a success. I was looking at it through the L&D lens (obviously) and there was some… Read More One man’s magic…
Firstly, thanks to all for tolerating my self indulgent previous post; your taking the time to read, rate, RT and comment means more than you may be aware. Lots of reasons – one being it forced me to reflect on what I have been doing. “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived… Read More Take my hand don’t be afraid
One of the benefits of touring the country with Steve Wheeler and Denise Hudson Lawson was the opportunity to think about learning and innovation in a range of different environments and contexts. They both come from different backgrounds to mine and have workplaces which are also as unique. They both, however, face a range of… Read More New and Improved
There were a few conversations at #learningpoollive last week which concerned me. We still seem to be stuck in the provision mindset, talking about training rather than learning and not relating to the business. So, with the fullest apologies to the Bangles and anyone else associated with this tune… All the old trainers in the… Read More Talk like a businessman…
I wrote a while ago about measurement for measurement’s sake. It creates problems when we focus on measuring inputs and superficial outputs whilst we ignore the longer term outcomes. It came up again this week at Learning Pool Live. The Learning Pool event is split over 3 weeks and 3 venues; this week’s was in Sheffield… Read More Everything counts