When you’re on the water, sailing boats have the right of way over motorboats. The traditional, slower and conventional takes precedence over the newer, quicker and unconventional. The history of sailing boats and their popularity remain dominant in setting the rules of engagement on the open water. The fact the water is vast means we… Read More Sailing
Active [investment] management strategies demand uninstitutional behaviour from institutions, revealing a paradox that few can unravel David F. Swensen (2009). “Pioneering Portfolio Management: An Unconventional Approach to Institutional Investment, Fully Revised and Updated”, p.8, Simon and Schuster Innovative learning approaches demand unconventional approaches from learning functions. This means understanding the counter-intuitive principles that organisational learning… Read More Uninstitutional behaviour
I’m going to be doing something new in the next few weeks with my friend Rachel Burnham. It’ll be based on learning and the things which modern learning professionals need to know now. We’re not talking about the senior strategic leads, or even managers. This would be for the learning professionals who don’t have access… Read More New things
There was snow in London on Sunday night. London generally struggles with snow; trains grind to a halt, schools close, people slide along ungritted pavements. You’d think we’d be more prepared for snow seeing as we get it most years, but that’s another conversation. The difference with this snow day was how it seems to… Read More Snow day
and no-one hears it, does it make a sound? In a similar vein, if good work is happening in the learning and development space but people don’t nominate themselves for an award, does it mean the work is of value? It was interesting to hear from so many people at the Charity Learning Consortium annual… Read More If a tree falls in a wood