Learning at Work Week

This week is Learning at Work Week with the theme of “learning journeys”.  A lot has happened over the last few months, and I am sure many of us have been on our own learning journey. Adapting to learning remotely (whether through traditional online...

Lockdown Reflections

Let me start by saying this – during lockdown I have not made a banana bread, sourdough bread or learnt to speak Spanish.  I haven’t taken up any musical instruments, started doing yoga or walked 25 miles a day.But neither have I been working 18 hour days...

Taming the Emotional Brain

Like most people who work in learning and development, the last few weeks have been spent frantically transforming the workshops I normally run face to face into ones that can be delivered remotely.  Initially, this involved looking at topics such as how to lead and...

The success of remote learning

We have all had to adapt our working practices over the last few weeks and, whilst online workshops are something I have done for a while, these have usually been accompanied by a face to face workshop afterwards.  Now, all learning is happening remotely. For the last...

Adapting to the new normal

Many of you will be familiar with Elisabeth Kubler-Ross’ change curve and, whilst I have used this model for many years when delivering workshops on change, it is just dawned on me that I am currently experiencing the emotions she talked about in her model. Like...