Wednesday, September 09, 2026

ROI: The Square Root of Rainbows

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   I have again been subjected to an ad for a product touting "ROI". I always enjoy when these things wander off into magical prom...
Monday, August 31, 2026

Ebola! An ethical dilemma -- and extending the reach of L&D

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  About ways to extend the reach of L&D, a true-life ethical dilemma, and when AI can be a help -- or maybe not. Spoiler: We brought the...
Thursday, August 27, 2026

The Green Milk Incident: When AI Lacks Context

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Subject: Food-tech firm NotCo and its AI system "Giuseppe", working on development of plant-based milk. "The milk came out gr...
Tuesday, August 18, 2026

The Dark Side of Community

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  We talk a lot about the benefits of community at work. Communities of practice. Networks. Peer learning. Knowledge sharing. Many of those ...
Friday, August 14, 2026

Stay Balanced!

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  Egad - another friend joined the "Women With Broken Wrists" club yesterday. Since there was interest in my earlier post about th...
Monday, August 10, 2026

Do you even know what help you need?

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Something different: I have been in conversation lately with several friends who are struggling with living their own lives and doing their ...
Tuesday, August 04, 2026

Women Talking About Informal Learning

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  Fun with Nahdia Khan on the latest "Women Talking About Learning" podcast. "Discover the transformative power of informal l...
Thursday, July 23, 2026

About electricity-- I mean, AI

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Tuesday, July 07, 2026

Using Your Business Levers (ATD Blog Post)

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So much of the talk around L&D focuses on things that the an indivdual practitioner just doesn't control: C-Suite strategy, change i...
Monday, July 06, 2026

Mapping Discussion Flow Tool

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  Explainer: "Mapping Discussion Flow". Great feedback for new (and experienced) presenters, trainers, and facilitators. This prov...
Thursday, July 02, 2026

What does your organization notice?

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  I was in a conversation yesterday about how individual practitioners can show expertise. What do people pay you for that never appears in ...
Saturday, June 27, 2026

LearningNow TV features "Adaptive Enterprise Framework"

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  Check Conversation about the Adaptive Enterprise Framework on LearningNow TV!  Fun conversation with Kate Graham; Episode June 25, 2028. P...
Thursday, June 11, 2026

Fun New "Show Your Work: Podcast Series with Andrew Jacobs

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 "Women Talking About Learning" podcaster Andrew Jacobs and I are currently recording a fun 6-episode series called "Show You...
Wednesday, June 03, 2026

Notes on the Canadian eLearning Conference 2026

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 Notes on the fun and inspiring Canadian eLearning Conference, with shoutouts to some great participants.
Thursday, May 14, 2026

About Vanity Metrics...

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  Recent news about Amazon shutting down a token AI Leaderboard ("don't use AI just to use AI") reminds me of this old chart f...
Tuesday, April 21, 2026

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  𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬: 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤 A casualty of the shi...