I am currently working for a digital transformation client who are very focussed on what they are doing right now. This is perfectly appropriate given market conditions (challenging) and the genuine strength of their business (very good) but it comes with huge risks; what if customers switch to a competitor, Read more…
In the last few months I have delivered more and more sessions to help companies think about their future. I wanted to use this post to describe how I approach this. Future thinking has become more important because of things we see and have experienced around us: Covid-19, ugly Read more…
I spend my time helping companies prepare for change. This involves developing leaders and teams to be more digital, to sense the technology world, make prototypes, become more agile and more questioning. It involves new ways of working and new forms of leadership. In March 2023 it also means discussing Read more…
When I parted company with Hyper Island (after a quarter of a century), I wondered briefly the answers to 3 questions: would I find interesting clients and companies to work with going forward, would I be able to focus on learning design, and would I be pushed in my own Read more…
Data storytelling is complex. The data has been collected, wrangled, analysed and visualised. Data scientists have worked hard and produced a visualisation that shouts powerful insights. But business leaders don’t see the same picture and the effort is wasted. They want to ask subsidiary questions, explore alternatives and stress test Read more…
It’s customary at this time of year to make predictions about what’s ahead especially if you are in tech. 2022 was a very odd year for me personally as I left a role I had loved for over a quarter of a century and rebuilt my life as a freelancer. Read more…
“There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge…observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination.” Denis Diderot The French philosopher Diderot would have been helpful in guiding many companies towards becoming learning organisations: observe what is going on, reflect Read more…
I am now a freelancer (after 12 years employed by Hyper Island in Singapore) and this gives me the freedom to question everything anew. Why did we do things this way? How was our business structured and funded? And how could we have scaled what we did without scaling people Read more…
I’ve been busy writing, (having Covid), thinking and changing my job role at Hyper Island; going independent will allow me to work for a wider range of clients and educational organisations. It’s been a scary change but also a good opportunity to reflect on what I have been doing and Read more…
I’m trying to document some of my thinking around active constructivist learning for adults. In my experience everyone appreciates the idea of learning by doing but many find it hard to imagine the range of sessions that can be designed. Many learning designers fall back on talking and telling, Read more…