About a year ago I wrote about my fear that Skills England might end up too education-first and not enough performance-first. The latest changes are a reminder that apprenticeships are now being shaped by a more centralised funding system, not just by organisational need. Two things changed, and they are not the same thing. Skills… Read More Apprenticeships Are Not the Whole Plan
Can LEARNING exist without AI?
Accenture’s UK CEO told the FT last week that HR directors may one day be responsible for onboarding and training AI agents. It’s a neat idea, and I can understand why he said it – to gain notice – but the analogy is wrong. The instinct is understandable; HR already owns onboarding, capability, and workforce… Read More AI Agents Are Not Employees
The competition for learning was never that tough. In the past, organisational knowledge was retained and held within the organisation, and the role of the training function (as was) was to translate that into workable practice. Your competition now is YouTube, Wikipedia, and every new AI tool outside the workplace. You can’t outthink this competition,… Read More Your competition
This is one phrase I use a lot, and it does, for me at least, describe the role of the L&D professional now. The fibres are the thousands of strands of learning activity that people engage with every day. The smart weaver understands how much of each is needed, useful, and relevant to the design.… Read More Fibres into fabric