Difficult smifficult

I am regularly asked about proving impact – hence why I wrote the book. The most common challenge is that it’s too hard to try and link what L&D do to business performance. Once again, repeat after me… If. You. Can’t. Prove. What. You. Do. Affects. The. Performance. Of. The. Organisation. You’re. A. Cost. Centre.… Read More Difficult smifficult

This is your learning function

I showed this gif yesterday at the Learning Technologies Autumn Forum. It’s a representation of how your learning function is operating within your organisation. The L&D manager is the guy on the stairs on the right. He follows the rules and is bringing your new employee up the stairs to go the ‘right’ way to… Read More This is your learning function

If you don’t know, ask

I’m delighted to be involved in the chairing for the Learning Technologies Autumn Form. The knowledge of the audience is exceptional and the series of smart, informed and challenging questions the presenters are facing is brilliant. I’m putting myself into that space on Tuesday afternoon next week from 3.30 to 4.30pm. I’m going to do… Read More If you don’t know, ask

Bogus data

I was looking at Richard Millington’s recent video about ranking different ways to measure Community ROI and was immediately interested by the labels he’d used. The list is below: Look at your evaluation and measurement data sources. How would you rate them? Let me know in the comments and, if you want help in measuring… Read More Bogus data

Everyone has an opinion

In the course of writing a book*, I’ve spent more time reading than writing. A few years ago I wrote a post which said: Everyone has an opinion; some will be informed opinions.Everyone can guess; some will be educated guesses. Opinionated, Andrew Jacobs, March 2020 Through the research for the book and the MASSIVE amount… Read More Everyone has an opinion