One of the benefits of being part of a wider L&D community is the opportunity to talk through different aspects of our profession with so many different people. I had a great conversation with David Goddin yesterday and we chewed the fat about a lot of different topics, including L&D as shopkeepers. I mentioned the… Read More Wipe Out
A quick trawl through my junk mail filter in the last few months and I can find emails selling me ‘spooktacular’ deals (Hellowe’en) and ‘explosive deals’ (Guy Fawkes). I can’t stand those emails. They feel contrived and unoriginal; I can almost sense the copywriter, charged with a ‘quick’ solution going to their big book of… Read More An easy way out post
I had a new experience the other week, I went to the Nando’s restaurant chain for the first time. I checked their website to see how to order in their restaurants. I read their menu which had details of different order combinations. I spoke to one of their staff about ordering. Until I spoke to… Read More What comes first…chicken or egg?
Yeah, it’s a cheesy line but the concept of learning any time, anyplace, anywhere has come home to me this week in a big way. I was lucky enough to continue the discussion with Steve Wheeler and Denise Hudson Lawson about mobile learning. Last week we were in Sheffield and mindmapped the disruptive innovation we… Read More A Martini moment
I had some great conversations at #learninglive the other week; I mentioned before that the opportunity to have some space for conversation was excellent. I took the opportunity to sound out some people about the idea of Moments of Truth in learning. I’ve been thinking about Moments of Truth (MoT) for a while now and… Read More Moments in learning
Lost and Desperate 