L&D business partners: how to add more value as a profession
I began my career as a learning and development professional in 1989 and in the intervening years, the sector has seen many changes. Today’s business environment is very different from the one I started out in and, in order to fully serve the organisations we work for today, it’s time for L&D to undergo a […]
Interview: Chris Pirie on adopting a scientific mindset in L&D
Becky Norman, Editor, TrainingZone: Can you begin by telling us a bit about your L&D journey? How did your experience as a CLO at Microsoft inform your views today on the industry? Most of my career I have been working at the intersection of learning technology and the workplace. This includes leading LMS-based marketing and […]
Why on-the-job learning may die at the hands of automation
In Gartner’s 2020 trends report on the future of work, challenges such as the unethical use of employee data, the need for radical transparency and the ever-rising demand for remote work – although significant – may be of little surprise among employers. One more unexpected trend, however, is the elimination of on-the-job learning. Gartner’s research […]
Why reshuffles can be good for teams
Boris Johnson’s cabinet reshuffle has grabbed recent headlines. Many political commentators saw it as an attempt by the PM to seize control rather than share power. How can leaders get this balance right, and how can you align your team after a big shake-up? The need for disruption Cabinet reshuffles are often a way for prime ministers […]
The future of L&D: two key drivers to propel the sector forward in 2020 and beyond
L&D needs to radically shift its mindset to survive.
English speaking companies failing to empower better communications
UK businesses are falling behind because of their lack of language skills.
Are learners ready to embrace learning innovation?
Over the years, I have run many ‘Train the Trainer’ programmes and delivered units on HR qualifications relating to learning and development. One of the things I have particularly enjoyed is the debate around what we actually mean by the word ‘learn’. It creates such discussion and on occasions the conversation becomes quite charged. What […]
Four not-so-new learning innovations that still matter today
Whenever I’m asked to write about Learning Innovations it is tempting to create a sneery piece, which effectively says: “Seen it all before.” One of the challenges of being quite so old is that very often I have seen in previous incarnations what is being promoted as new, different and innovative. But I’m determined to […]
Learning innovations
Why we need a completely new learning and development approach
Though there’s now some doubt as to whether he actually said it, Einstein’s very useful definition of insanity – to keep doing the same thing over and over again, yet expecting different results – is depressingly relevant for L&D right now. Why do I say that? We know that in learning and development our mission […]
Business-aligned learning: the role of L&D
Where is L&D’s place within a business and how does this fit with HR?
How bringing nature into the office improves wellbeing
Bringing nature into our work environment can improve productivity.
The new rules to leading people through change
Five rules for leaders to implement effective change.
How to get things done as a learning professional in 2020
I work with many, many companies every year in lots of countries. I always focus on action: what are you going to do when you leave this workshop/seminar/webinar/conference? However, the real conviction and determination on the faces of participants as they leave the room so often turns to head-shaking within a few days of being […]
Motivation madness: the disconnect between employers and employees on appraisals
‘Tis the season for annual performance reviews – but how are you doing?
The future of work: empowering people to take charge of their careers
The world of work is changing – it’s time for skills training to change with it.
What Is Conscious Leadership?
The world is crying out for Conscious Leaders who are aware, awake, and connected as they rise to the challenges of our times. For millennia, human beings have been on similar journeys of self-discovery, pursuing knowledge, power, health, wealth, purpose, happiness and excellence. The human drive to look outwards, go further, run faster and build […]
L&D of the future: are you ready to adapt to high frequency change?
From the moment Tom Cheesewright publicly declared himself a futurist he was inundated with interest from big companies. These organisations wanted to know how they could better understand what would happen in the next 5-10 years, how they could create a story from this understanding, communicate this story to the outside world and, most importantly, […]
Driving Climate Change
One of the last things I did before setting off on holiday a few weeks ago was pay the bill that would ensure that, to all intents and purposes, Glasstap will be carbon neutral for the next 12 months. As before, we’ve worked with CO2balance to calculate our carbon usage and then offset this with investments […]
Strategy Creates Conflict
You probably think that you have a strategy for your business. That is extremely unlikely. It’s unlikely because a strategy is a plan for what you’ll do in the future to achieve some objective or reach some goal. The problem is that your plans are in the future, and the future is uncertain, and you […]
