You would have had to been under a rock these last few weeks if you haven’t seen the total loss and devastation of our bush caused by fires. It’s still hard to believe and come to terms with what happened – and is still happening – in our lovely country and I’m at a loss […]
Explaining the Value of Social Media to Those Who Don’t Understand It
Thread by @ActivateLearn: “Today was interesting. Breakthrough. I listened while she talked about herself & her own work 2 hours. Towards end, she asks “who’s Shaz […]”
Microsoft Service Adoption Course on EdX
This month I started another MOOC on EdX designed by Microsoft’s Principal PM Manager Karuana Gatimu and Content Developer Brandon Neeb called Microsoft Service Adoption Course. The course was published this year and had been shared across social media through many Microsoft consultants who are responsible for programs that involve the adoption of collaborative systems. […]
Show Me the Light
Have you noticed that many people don’t blog anymore? When social media came along, killed off long-form writing and scattered the masses across the platforms, all of a sudden, my blog became a ghost town. It didn’t help that the spam bots worked overtime which meant that I had to constantly moderate, check and block […]
What’s My Scene?
Forgive me father, it’s been a while since my last blog post. I have a confession to make. I have not been feeling my best of late. In fact, I’ve been feeling like shite ever since coming back from holidays. It’s been difficult to switch my mind back into a productive mode and continue doing […]
Musing About A Cumberbund
Thread by @ActivateLearn: “Can anyone miss a cumberbund? As I sit here full on my dinner & beer, I recall a cumberbund I used to wear every night before dinner. It […]”
When You Realise You Are Wrong – A Twitter Thread
In the last couple of days, I created a twitter thread about a coffee catchup I had and how I was dreading going because mistakenly, I thought this person had a personal issue with my line of work. Here’s how it went. Today was interesting. Breakthrough. I listened while she talked about herself & her own […]
What’s In Store for You in 2019?
Part of me was looking forward to writing my first post for 2019 but another part of me was dreading it. Over the last couple of weeks having some time off doing nothing much except for reading, napping and enjoying time with family, I had set aside some ideas for blog posts mentally. At the […]
Return to Roots
For a while now, I’ve been contemplating a return to roots. In the last few months from the tail end of annus horribilis that was 2017 to now, a series of events – mainly due to conversations and collaborations with people outside my field of corporate learning and development, has made me reflect on the […]
Working Out Loud Circle
I am part of my first ever Working Out Loud Circle this year hosted by Simon Fogg. It may be a surprise to many people that I have not been a member of a circle however, I have read John Stepper’s excellent book of the same name Working Out Loud along with sharing my work […]