After reading Simon Fogg’s blog post on all his learning and development plans for 2018, I started to think what my plans could be. I’m usually someone who plans everything – sometimes it’s not expressly written on paper or recorded online but it’s a mental note where I keep tabs on what it is I […]
This Week’s Snap Stories of Personal Learning Week of 18 December 2017
Here is this week’s snap stories of personal learning for the week of 18 December 2017. Monday 18 December 2017 Today I talk about a post I wrote called You Are Not a Thought Leader and how it got many people talking about it on LinkedIn and Twitter. I also do a bit of baking of […]
This Week’s Snap Stories of Personal Learning Week of 4 & 11 December 2017
Here is this week’s snap stories of personal learning for the week of 4 December 2017. Monday 4 December 2017 Today it was all about talking about modern workplace learning and introducting the work that I do as a learning and development consultant. Thursday 7 December 2017 Today I talk about Chelsea Peitz new book […]
This Week’s Snap Stories of Personal Learning Week of 27 November 2017
Here is this week’s snap stories of personal learning for the week of 27 November 2017. Monday 27 November 2017 Today it was all about my obsession with mindmaps. I woke up early one day and decided to mind map my entire business, products and services. Getting it down on paper and then MindMeister (the […]
What I Learned This Year
This morning I listened to the Good Practice podcast “What I Learned This Year” and it got me thinking about what I learned and decided to share my reflections here. Lesson 1: Knowing More About What I’m Willing to Stand For and Put Up With Working on your own is hard work and not for […]
You Are Not a Thought Leader
I got a bit ranty this week on Twitter. I had just reached a point where my top was blown. My limit reached. My patience stretched. I’m a huge fan of Fiona Tribe or aka @White_Owly who publishes tweets about people, brand and culture that go directly to the heart of what is wrong with organisations […]
An Experiment with Social Media
I’m doing an experiment with social media. Over the last few months, I’ve been getting overwhelmed again thinking about the new year and how to get more leads for work. I’m not going to lie, when you work for yourself, it’s SO tough. I’ve had days when I couldn’t get out of bed because it […]
What Business Can Learn From Fake News
What happens when a group of people who have never met in real life, create a fake news channel that inspires people around the world? The idea came from content creator, Cameron Murray (@CammySutra6) from Glasgow who, tired of the fake news and influencers in social media content marketing took matters in his own hands to create […]
Social Learning – It’s Not What You Think
A couple of weeks back I was invited by Brenden Carter, Creative Director and General Manager of Learning Hook to be a guest on their podcast. The invite was immediately accepted. I have known Brenden for many years and we even worked together for a while. I have the highest respect for his work because he’s […]
My Modern Professional Learning Kit
Jane Hart recently shared a blog post on the tools of a Modern Professional Learner ToolKit and I thought I’d share my own too. Trusted Web Resources My trusted web resources are my Professional Learning Network (PLN) on Twitter as my first action. Many times, I know the person I need to speak to and […]