We can all guess at what we think might happen. I could hypothesise and create a wall of guesses. Some might be sort of close. Some might be well out. Some will be so far out out they’re only just on the wall. What I can always do is paint the target around them and… Read More Educated guesses
One of the things we talk about within Proving Impact (the book and sessions we run) is the power of 10. 10 days, weeks, and months, we ask ‘so what’, ‘now what’, and ‘and what’. We ran a session about ten months ago and it’s really interesting to see what has happened. We ask about… Read More It’s about measurement
I was presenting the other day and one of the early slides I put up asks the following: What’s wrong with measurement in Learning and Development right now? It’s deliberate in its language – I want to know what the issues, concerns and challenges are which practitioners, managers and leaders face. Yesterday I posted about… Read More Positive Negative
If you’re producing management development, the problem isn’t development, but underperformance. If you’re supporting change strategies, the problem isn’t change, but the need to change. If you’re developing learning activity, the problem isn’t leaning, but a gap in knowledge, experience, or application. When you come to measure these things, don’t measure the former but focus… Read More Name the problem
I was reading a report which Martin Couzins identified the other week. In the 2024 LearnOps Trends & Insights Report, the authors – Cognota – highlight a growing emphasis on aligning L&D strategies with organisational objectives. Alignment doesn’t equal integration, which is here I think L&D should be in terms of business, but if this… Read More Alignment & integration