An oxymoron is a combination of contradictory or incongruous words. My favourite exemplar is this: The military intelligenceTwo words combined that can’t make sense Megadeth – Hangar 18 I saw an L&D oxymoron the other week, mandatory engagement. Really? Can you mandate that people are engaged? A few more I discovered: Some are just sloppy… Read More Oxymoron
In one of the chapters in Proving Impact I focus on how people enter ‘learning’. If they’re mandated, what will their perspective be, as opposed to the person who went there voluntarily. The regularly excellent Seth Godin said this last week: The people most likely to sign up for coaching or additional learning are the… Read More The paradox of voluntary learning
If LnD help them learn, they won’t need learning. If they don’t need learning, LnD aren’t required. Therefore, to be required, LnD shouldn’t help them learn.