MR Digital & Learning

This product must be installed by a competent person

It is Sunday afternoon and I have just laid fragile claim to some masculine territory. It is a minor triumph by any standards and no triumph at all by many. However, as an office worker, who has been a keyboard warrior since work began, I will take my emotional sustenance as I can. My achievement… Continue reading This product must be installed by a competent person

A learning bubble?

A quick thought… A few weeks ago, I posted about the head office bubble. A place where central office functionaries talk to each other about people in their organisation without talking to them. Returning form holiday and catching up with a few folks, I think there is an L&D bubble. This is a place where L&D… Continue reading A learning bubble?

Whose training record is it anyway?

Some time ago, a friend and colleague suggested this topic. I agreed and then time overtook me and I missed the moment. A conversation yesterday jogged my memory and the theme rose again. So, thank you Karen Moran, if you still have the patience to stick with me, for what was a good idea. The… Continue reading Whose training record is it anyway?

Can stakeholders do UX?

In short…no. Or, not easily. Or…not very well. A stakeholder is not a user. To satisfy a user need you need to focus on the user. By definition, a stakeholder is not a user. They might be able to help but they cannot offer the insight vital to UX success. In the corporate learning world,… Continue reading Can stakeholders do UX?

UI is not UX

A quick note to reflect on user experience – that most illusive of goals. A good user experience, that is. Bad ones are falling from the skies. When I was on the buyer side of the technology divide, a customer of the technology vendors, I was often told that the user experience of a given system… Continue reading UI is not UX

Unbundling records and tin cans and such

Prompted by an email form Karen Moran, I had a return to the idea of the LMS as the only place where learning records are held. That message also sparked a thought about the unbundling theme I posted about recently. The idea that all learning activity is stored in a learning management system seems increasingly… Continue reading Unbundling records and tin cans and such

Unbundle training and what is left for L&D?

Recently, I posted on the theme of unbundling. I threatened at that point to return to the theme. This post makes good on that threat. Having considered open access to ‘bundled learning’ in the form of a MOOC – or open access to formal learning – I would like to pick at the idea of… Continue reading Unbundle training and what is left for L&D?

Bundles of training or unbundles of learning

Having started, I think this theme will require more than one post. This should be read as an introduction to the theme. Or maybe a ramble through its foothills. A little self diagnosis to start. When an idea finds me, or a way of explaining things, I tend to see it everywhere. I am not… Continue reading Bundles of training or unbundles of learning

HR and L&D: Never the twain shall meet?

This blog was originally published on the HRN Blog in May 2016. Much has been written and said about the relationship between the disciplines of HR and L&D. Representatives of both sides have shared views on the topic and on the most useful framing of a healthy relationship between the two. Cases have been made… Continue reading HR and L&D: Never the twain shall meet?