I’m doing an activity with a team in a few weeks that is partly based on the McKinsey 7S framework. I like the way it can analyse core aspects of change but feel it is a little complex; Staff, Style, and Shared Values can be summarised as Culture. Additionally, there is no direct link between systems and skills… Read More Structuring your approach
I wrote the other day about how I was going to be presenting to a group of other L&D professionals; we really engaged with the group and I think it went well (see above). There were 3 key themes we wanted to address. Changing the trainer mindset We were incredibly lucky to have Barry Sampson… Read More Reflecting on a presentation
This week I’ll be co-facilitating a session on this subject with the fabulous Naureen Wilson for Learning Pool. Our audience is a group of other L&D practitioners and the crux of the session is to highlight how (and why) we need to be supporting learners in pulling learning, rather than us in L&D constantly pushing content. I’m really looking forward to… Read More Changing the Learner Mindset
A good track on their best album by my favourite band (Brixton 10 June 2009 will live long in the memory) and entirely appropriate this week for two reasons. Reason 1 It’s good news – I have had Google Chrome installed on my work PC. i was ridiculously excited by this earlier in the… Read More A Small Victory
New year, new learning strategy to come. I’ll post about that later this year but thought the story of a quick 1-1 coaching activity this week might be of interest. A manager mentioned to me that they were struggling with time management activities (remember this post) and asked if I had any resources I could let them… Read More You can’t do it all