I sat in on a webinar recently and was once again reminded that people who know their subject aren’t necessarily the best presenters. It wasn’t – I hasten to add – a typical Learning and Development session; it was a session for entrepreneurs to learn about a facet of developing their business. The speaker knew… Read More It really ISN’T easy
A year ago I wrote about how movies had changed their first 20 minutes to take into account the different viewing channels people use. I was on a few webinars last week and the shift to online means you’re lucky to have 5 minutes now to make sure people have a reason to be there.… Read More The first 5 minutes
I’m really lucky to be able to talk to lots of people about strategy and tactics in learning. I often hear from people who want to understand the principles and philosophies behind learning and how they’re translated into activity. These are the topics I love but I am a bit detached from the front line… Read More Delivery
I mentioned the other day that equity is being mis-named and the same applies to inclusion. To help understand what it means and how it relates to learning and development, I’m hosting a webinar for 5App on Thursday this week (10th March) to explore how we define an effective diversity and inclusion strategy. Details are… Read More Inclusion
Restrictions in the UK are easing because of Covid. It’s not going to create a ‘Great Return’ though and I still think we’re going to be working in a hybrid way for a long time to come. As I’ve said before, if our knowledge work is hybrid, our learning will be hybrid. We’re beginning to… Read More No Great Return