Why don’t you slide…

The track called Slide by the Goo Goo Dolls was one of the first tunes that my son learnt to play on the guitar. He found a set of guitar tabs (pictorial representations of the chords) and taught himself. If someone hadn’t put the tabs online he’d not have learnt it. Now you can watch… Read More Why don’t you slide…

Video killed the radio star…

In 1979, long before he over-produced Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s debut, the Buggles Trevor Horn summed what would happen to the music industry. A quick sweep of the charts and failed X-Factor and Britain’s Got Talent wannabees are all trying to get a slice of your disposable income. I never was a radio star but… Read More Video killed the radio star…

In the real world

We face budget issues. We’re expected to be innovative. We work in changing environments. We have to deliver to and for the business. We are tasked with creating simple solutions to complex problems. We translate strategies into actions. On 12th September I’m speaking at Learning Live in London about how to innovate your learning offer.… Read More In the real world

Buy, buy, buy!

I receive somewhere in the region of 400 emails a week trying to get me to buy training. I received one this week that somehow slipped through my junk filter and I was going to delete it but it promised me a very different learning experience so I read through it to find out what… Read More Buy, buy, buy!

Learning by numbers

I was never much good at painting when I was younger. I can always describe the idea of what I wanted to create but couldn’t make the pen, pencil, brush, charcoal etc do what I wanted it to do.  In my minds eye at least, it was the next Mona Lisa. In reality it was… Read More Learning by numbers