Most dashboards are data pretending to be information. The two aren’t the same thing, and the gap between them is where most workforce reporting quietly fails. Data is what you gather. Attendance figures, completion rates, sickness absence, incident logs, and survey scores. It’s raw and just sits in a spreadsheet or system, doing nothing on… Read More Data or information?
The conversations I’m having about Proving Impact are really enlightening. One key theme appearing recently is just how many sources do you need to produce comprehensive and compelling reports. You can only answer this question if you have: a) understood the baseline you’re working from and;b) have absolute clarity on what you want to achieve.… Read More How many?
As part of the work I have done looking at evaluation over the years, I’ve spoken with dozens of people about learning data and collection. However, I’d like to find out even and have pulled together some key questions in a short survey. Taking no more than 7 minutes or so, the survey has been… Read More L&D Attitudes to Evaluation
More than half of all staff at core departments and 40% of civil servants across government took part in the four-month One Big Thing data-skills drive, the Cabinet Office has said. Civil Service World 26th Jan 2024 I saw this reported last week and the article details the content accessed by departments, the time spent,… Read More And…?
I’m pulling together a dozen ideas to produce some workshop material next year about improving evaluation practice in learning and development – keep looking out for it early next year. One area I’ve been focusing on has been bias. There isn’t bias in data per se, just bias in what’s collected, when, how, why, who… Read More Bias in data