Putting out fires

Firefighters don’t put out fires – they stop them happening in the first place. Their role has changed as circumstances, technology, building regulations, and public awareness have made the likelihood of them being called to extinguish a fire significantly reduce. How do people interpret the label that you have in L&D?

Labels

Labels help us make sense of the world by aggregating people, traits, groups, and activity into chunks. We can then ‘file’ these chunks more easily. Last week I saw this report from King’s College London and, as I’m prone to do, started categorising my family and friends into the three categories. Which is, of course,… Read More Labels