February 28, 2021

Trends and Weak Signals

What did you learn this week? That was Estelle Metayer who goes by the twitter handle @Competia. She was hosting a Clubhouse room that had music composer Philip Sheppard - on twitter as @PhilipSheppard (see his website to learn more) and me as the moderators. That question sparked off a storm of ideas in the room.

February 25, 2021

Does your coach need to be an expert?

If the coach is an expert in the same area you wish to get stronger in, you start walking on the same path as the coach did. Organizations make this mistake ever so often when they get someone who has “been there, done that” as the coach.

February 23, 2021

Skills or confidence

Learning needs are subjects I studied in school but have never directly used to earn a living. Earning needs refer to every credential that you post on LinkedIn. These are what an employer values in you. Yearning needs are those that we wish to build that fall somewhere in between learning and earning

February 23, 2021

Learning in 2021

Focus on the big three areas for 2021: 1. Context shapes content strategy;  2. Video, visuals, voice and vernacular; 3. Market the learning experience.

2021 is the year organizations must wake up to the reality that the learner is very different from what they assume about the learner.

February 22, 2021

Proximity jobs

Proximity is an important way in which humans decide to trust someone. It forms the basis of many critical roles in every sector where trust forms the first step of the equation and sometimes the final step. When some of these experiences disappear or get modified, it impacts the most fundamental value of what makes us human.