What Grinds My Gears – LinkedIn (2026 Edition)

Another in the occasional series where I take a quiet look at the things which annoy, irritate and get my goat. This time, it’s a follow-up to a post from five years ago about the things on LinkedIn that manage to be both irritating and oddly successful. Performative vulnerability“Three years ago I was broke, burnt… Read More What Grinds My Gears – LinkedIn (2026 Edition)

What grinds my gears – embedding

I haven’t written a ‘moany’ post like this for over a year so here’s another in the occasional series when I have a vent. This one is especially hot right now as I KEEP hearing about ’embedding’. A one day team building event offsite isn’t “embedding collaboration.” It doesn’t change reporting structures, reward systems, or… Read More What grinds my gears – embedding

What grinds my gears – AI

Another in the series where I have a dig at some of the things which are annoying and frustrating me. This one has been brewing for a while and it is, as usual, just gentle dig so please don’t take offence! AI experts who are so engaged in the AI world, they don’t recognise the… Read More What grinds my gears – AI

What grinds my gears…jargon

Another in the occasional series where I poke at the things which wind me up in L&D, HR, and work. This time, it’s learning jargon. Jargon is used to separate people; if you’re ‘in’ you understand the jargon and we us that language to separate people. As with all of this series, this is a… Read More What grinds my gears…jargon

What grinds my gears – experts

As the conference season starts warming up, here’s another gentle poke at some of the things which irk me about learning and development and work in general. Full disclosure – I KNOW all these can apply to me and am happy to be challenged over all of them 🤓. The sage. All knowing, their slides… Read More What grinds my gears – experts