I saw a post last week by Martin Couzins about “shadow L&D” in organisations. Martin is spot on about identifying shadow L&D but it isn’t an opportunity or threat. It’s the REAL L&D. Real because where people REALLY learn – in the flow of work, through questions, side chats, and quick experiments. Formal L&D often… Read More Out of the shadows
Hi there, I wrote a memo to you a few years ago and thought it would be sensible to catch up again. Doesn’t time fly? 4 years ago I was worried that you wanted me to personalise my learning; I now have the freedom to do what I want but now if it’s not… Read More Email to Learning and Development
This is a simultaneous blog post, published in tandem with a post by Rachel Burnham. I’ve been involved in a few conversations recently talking through the approach that I’m taking and a common question that people are asking me is about the use of the word informal. My definition is to place the learning that… Read More But what is informal learning?
I’m regularly surprised by the extent of the connections we make. I was talking to someone at a gig my son was playing recently. They knew the band, knew who was who, what they played and other insights, all on the basis of Facebook and Twitter posts. It has become ubiquitous to use social… Read More Take the money or open the box