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Think of hope as a doorstep
Ah yes, January. Bit of an opinion divider as months go. Some of us are raring to go, all ‘out with the old and in with the new’ – purging ourselves of brandy butter and port, and filling the void with...
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All work and no play: how to strangle innovation
HRZone recently published an interesting article by Emma Littmoden, partner at The Living Leader, called Can HR devise rules that stimulate not stifle innovation? A question that begged for a response...
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Ne’er the twain: L&D and HR at #LT12UK?
Another year, another train, another exhibition hall and yes, another trade conference. I was in London’s Olympia for the Learning Technologies and Learning and Skills 2012 Conference. Most ‘industry...
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The Apprentice Final: Does Sugar Take Him?
So here we are at The Final. Even if I’m not entirely about the numbers (as my MBTI and other psychometric experiences confirmed), I can calculate on the spot pretty well for someone whose background...
View ArticleTry again. Fail again. Fail better. (Learning from losing)
There are a lot of truths in this world, relayed to us at varying volume levels and frequencies. Some of the most interesting or illuminating, however, are uttered so rarely or so quietly that they...
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Opinions? Buy one get one free. But facts?
On Wednesday evening, I found myself – as you do – at a Postgraduate Induction Evening. No, not inducting them into organisations: inducting them into being postgraduates. Having spent many years in...
View ArticleWorkplace Learning Survey 2013
Organisational learning and development is undergoing rapid change. The doctrine of 70:20:10 reminds us that people acquire the overwhelming majority of what they need to know to do their job not in...
View ArticleAdult Learning Fortnight: Somatic Coaching
As an organisation that embraces life-long learning and recognises our ability to learn from each other in the moment and in our daily lives, ASK has always supported Adult Learning Fortnight and 2013...
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Book Review – Turning Learning into Action: A proven methodology for...
In their 1992 classic, Transfer of Training, Mary Broad and John Newstrom explained how the ‘transfer problem’ was the principal reason why only 15% of what people learn during formal training is...
View ArticlePotentially disappointing: stepping into a CEO’s shoes
In so many aspects of human life, we take comfort in ideas such as ‘practise makes perfect’ (indeed, Malcolm Gladwell’s bank manager may well agree) and ‘The only source of knowledge is experience.”...
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I made a boat out of Pepperami
Language is a fascinating thing but as a psychologist looking at speech development in children, especially my own, is hugely entertaining and enlightening into the workings of thought and logic. I...
View ArticleBook Review: Awaken, Align, Accelerate, edited by Scott E. Nelson and Jason...
While the world – and certainly many of its organisations – is always in need of more skilful, insightful and capable leadership, it is hard to argue with an authentic heart that the world is crying...
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