Skills, first

Here’s a question to start with: What is a Skills-First Organisation? The reason for asking is that, with the fascination with reskilling and upskilling and a focus on skills in the workplace, I’ve not seen a really useful explanation for what this means. It appears to be – in some cases – simply as a… Read More Skills, first

The ‘problem’ with LnD

Mostly isn’t a problem. If LnD thinks there’s a problem to be fixed, it’ll look for a solution. The ‘problem’ is a lack of understanding (both within and without LnD) about how learning can influence across more than one slice of activity. Have a look at the chart at the top of this post; LnD… Read More The ‘problem’ with LnD

Wicked skillz

In my previous post I summarised my session at the CIPD L&D show and pointed out that I was going to review the outputs from the participants in the room from the final activity I’d set. I’d asked the group to consider what skills gaps they felt L&D had in developing a more autonomous and… Read More Wicked skillz

Idea factory

So, on top of the small victory this week, I had a bigger win later in the week.  We’re building our learning calendar for the year and I’ve been banging on about user generated content and peer to peer learning for so long I guess my team (all 1 of them) are getting sick of it. I… Read More Idea factory