We haven’t had time to reimagine ourselves and our institutions as operating in virtual (or at least hybrid) context. Martin Weller – Virtual working as the new online learning When we rushed onto Zoom and Teams to work through the emergency, we established these as the norms. They were emergency measures designed to get us… Read More Still in emergency mode
I ‘know’ what good learning looks like. My customers ‘know’ what they ‘think’ good learning looks like. Their employees ‘know’ what they ‘need’ to ‘learn’ to do their jobs ‘better’. I doesn’t matter what my standards are if they aren’t consistent with what people think they need. Perceptions trump expectations and both are undermined because… Read More My standards vs the universe
I’m not suggesting this in terms of learning content, but the attitude. I mentioned the other day how the approach about return to workplaces is polarised. Rather than wait to see how things fall, it’s time to build tactics that are able to respond and be flexible enough to manage the fluidity of the situation.… Read More Create over curate
In the last week I’ve seen two distinctly different predictions on how we’ll work in the future. One said a five day office week will become the norm again within two years, particularly when social distancing is reduced further. The other said that central offices are finished and companies will cut their commercial office space… Read More Who said what?
I’ve been shaving my face for the last 35+ years. It’s familiar – the creases change occasionally but I know how hard to press, where the skin is more sensitive, etc. I still, though, miss one spot. It’s on the corner of one of my lips and, without fail, I miss it. Every time. It’s… Read More Familiarity
Lost and Desperate 