I wrote about selling earlier this week. I met with a group of L&D people earlier this week at #LnDCoWork. We were talking with Michelle Parry-Slater after a reading from the second edition of her book. We were discussing how L&D is moving/needs to move (delete as appropriate) and I mentioned how we don’t see… Read More Serendipity
I had a chat with someone last week and we commented on how quiet things are right now. It might be down to the time of year; it’s always quieter in the summer months but it feels a bit different right now. Firstly, it feels like there has been a BIG pause because of ChatGPT… Read More Shhh…it’s quiet
When I started working there was little available in the digital space; most work was analogue and an effort required to get stuff done. Putting this effort into the work, and by association the learning, required effort and endurance. I can now access anything at anytime. I can stream ANY content in a moment. The… Read More Just too easy
I hear the word collaboration a lot in L&D and if there is a more misused word in workplace activity, I haven’t found it yet. Collaboration should mean people working together to achieve shared objectives. I hear of collaborative learning, collaborative approaches, and collaborative problem solving. What most people say though, isn’t what they mean.… Read More Non-collaboration
I was running a session yesterday on strategic workforce planning with a number of people from different NHS trusts and ICs from across England. Halfway through an exercise where we were looking at the supply pipeline and factors which would affect recruitment, I received a notification that an offer had been made to junior doctors.… Read More Current affairs