Hacking away

I collect new stories and content through a RSS aggregator and have a specific search term, “hack”. I get about 25 stories a week about hacks. These range from white hat attacks on systems, to cleaning and household tips, to leadership approaches and personal habits. I have a bit of a problem with the word… Read More Hacking away

Time and space

Apparently, people don’t have time and space to learn at work. I don’t think this is fully describing the problem. People are learning through every mistake they make, in every conversation they have, in every process they finish. They’re learning from everything they read, hear and watch. They’re learning from the reactions and emotions they… Read More Time and space

On demand

The move to people ‘pulling’ the content they want and need to learn and do is pretty much embedded now – at least for the socially engaged L&D people. Yet here I am, every day, pushing content out. Putting bits and pieces of learning thoughts focused on the things I want to write about. I’ve… Read More On demand

Mandatory training

I received a speeding notice a while ago and rather than take the points I chose to do a speed awareness course. We hear about mandatory training a lot and this is probably the toughest gig going. A group of 10 people brought together, who would have preferred not to be there, being told what… Read More Mandatory training

Imagine working

I saw this in a recent story on the HR Grapevine website: According a recent survey of more than 1,000 UK workers, 70% don’t know what their employer’s long-term remote working policy is, and as a result are 33% more likely to resign within the year, HR Grapevine If you work in a learning function… Read More Imagine working