Watch and Learn Blog

We all record things by writing things down using a pen or pencil. So why is it any different when it comes to recording your voice or a video? Looking in a mirror is one of the few times during the day that we see ourselves as we really are. Of course, if we’re looking […]

We all complain about too many emails. We dream of zero inbox. The reality is email works – we send a lot so we receive a lot. Email is still responsible for a high percentage of overall internet traffic. So if the inbox is something people are familiar with, and let’s face it we are […]

My success rate is 1 in 5 or 1 in 4 on a bad year. Most of my worst decisions have been when I have ignored my gut feeling and I’ve been under time pressure. Now I have made some sensational hires who have transformed my businesses but these have occurred less often. They say […]

We all record things by writing things down using a pen or pencil. So why is it any different when it comes to recording your voice or a video? Looking in a mirror is one of the few times during the day that we see ourselves as we really are. Of course, if we’re looking […]

It’s my complete exasperation with some YouTube videos! I want to find out about something, but the person who made the video drones on and on and on and on I’m hoping that he’ll eventually get to the gist of the matter, but it’s taking him ages.  I could scream at him or throw my […]

I don’t know about you but when I was young and learning to do chores around the house my mother used to say ‘Watch and Learn’. What my mum was doing was assisting me on the job. Whether it was learning to shine shoes, paint, cook a sausage or some other household task my mother […]

The corporate university is going through it’s second wave of transformation. Pioneers of this were McDonald’s in 1961 with their Hamburger University, and GE with their Leadership Centre in 1956. Today, the learning organisations leading the way are corporations like Boeing, Apple and Danone. All leveraging new approaches to learning, partnering with leading think tanks […]

If you’re in learning and development, you will be aware of the revolution happening at the moment. No more will we see learning as a transactional relationship with the rest of the business, where L&D is not part of the culture. Businesses who adopt this will fail. In the ever competitive, global market, companies are […]