PinnedYou could argue the most effective thing an L&D professional can do is ‘Get out of the way’You could argue the most effective thing an L&D professional can do is ‘Get out of the way’! After all don’t we want people to learn & experience new things on the job, figure things out for themselves & learn from their colleagues. In my experience we don’t do this…Learning And Development5 min readLearning And Development5 min read
Mar 22If you were to only read a few books I would recommend..In an information overload world, where everyone is claiming this new idea is amazing, groundbreaking, changed my world view etc, sometimes we just don’t know where to start ourselves. I’ve found that a lot of people I’ve encountered in my career aren’t big readers or don’t want there podcast listening…High Performance2 min readHigh Performance2 min read
Sep 6, 2022Time called on LMS/LXP’s?Do you need an LMS, LXP or equivalent, when we all have access to Google & YouTube etc & with the increasing capability of modern L&D professionals? I had two weeks off with my family recently & found myself reflecting back on my time in L&D and noticed wherever I've…Learning And Development3 min readLearning And Development3 min read
Apr 26, 2022Stop Setting Yourself GoalsObviously it’s not a simple as that, but I would like to suggest to you that goal setting might be outdated, need a bit of a re-think & not be your best route to success, especially in the fast paced world in which we live in now. Setting goals, like…Goal Setting3 min readGoal Setting3 min read
Jan 10, 2022My Reading List – What I’ve Loved & UsedOver the last 10 years, I’ve been an avid reader of, for a better word, business books. This started when I got the opportunity to join an L&D team as a trainer. I had no experience to do the role I’d been offered, I felt vulnerable & like someone else…Books3 min readBooks3 min read
May 18, 2021Natural Character TraitsListening to this excellent podcast really got me thinking about strengths & how they really are contextual. What you consider to be a strength of yours might be your biggest weakness/blind spot in certain situations & vice versa. I agree with Simon, we shouldn’t look at ourselves through the lens…Strenght2 min readStrenght2 min read
Apr 23, 2021Fundamentals of People Performance not HRWe don’t have HR, we have People Performance I believe Business Partnering, L&D & Recruitment/Talent need to brought together under the direction/strategy of one area which I’ve termed Operational People Performance. Change can rarely be brought about with these teams working in silo or even in conflict with each other…People4 min readPeople4 min read
Oct 28, 2020Splat Thinking — having multiple things to do but be more productive & creative because of itI’ve always been more productive & creative when I have multiple things to do, which will feel counter intuitive to some people. I never understood why this was the case until in my 20’s I took the time to think about it and gave the way I work a name…Productivity6 min readProductivity6 min read
Oct 13, 2020Development Programmes are DisrespectfulThe development programme has long been heralded by L&D professionals but I think it’s time for them to go or at least be reworked. The problem with a development programme where a cohort of individuals all go through the same content/workshops/course in any format is that they assume that everyone…Learning3 min readLearning3 min read
May 24, 2020L&D repeat after me — we are not the experts we think we are.It’s my opinion that as long as we behave & believe that we are the experts, the less relevant we are in the modern workplace. You could even argue that we are no longer needed when we can learn anything we want on our own. Kids & adults alike are…Learning3 min readLearning3 min read
