CIPD Learning & Development Show 2016 #cipdLDshow

The Rough Guide to the CIPD L&D Show 2016

The two days of the CIPD L&D Show 2016 generated a huge amount of material. Some of it came from the CIPD “blogsquad” of which I was a member. I thought I’d bring some of it together in a rough narrative – leaning very heavily on the curation work of Ian Pettigrew, Con Sotidis and others. TheContinueContinue reading “The Rough Guide to the CIPD L&D Show 2016”

One single piece of advice

At one of the afternoon sessions on Day One of the CIPD L&D Show, a workshop participant put up their hand and asked panellists Anne Parker (Booking.com) and Peter Kay (Tarmac): “What’s the one piece of advice you would give to somebody starting out in L&D?” The summary of the response was “Treat people asContinueContinue reading “One single piece of advice”

This is what L&D people are like

Dr George Sik, consultant psychologist at eras ltd gave a Topic Taster session at the CIPD L&D Show. Using psychometric data from over 4,000 people, the talk was entitled: “Learning and Development professionals: what gives you the edge?” Self-knowledge is clearly a big draw, judging from the crowded arena. Perhaps as many as 150 nervous professionals waitedContinueContinue reading “This is what L&D people are like”

Strengths-based development

Trudy Bailey led a session at the Learning Arena on strengths-based development. Trudy is a consultant at CAPP & Co Ltd. She was supported by psychologist Reena Jamnadas, who took part in a live demonstration of a coaching conversation. Trudy set out three crucial areas for strengths: Performance – what we do well Energy -ContinueContinue reading “Strengths-based development”

7 Key Learning Trends

The Open University will be launching its Trends in Learning 2016 report at the CIPD L&D Show next week – here’s a link to the timetable. Look for 10:55 on Wednesday. It’s one of the free sessions in the main exhibition hall. Everybody loves a Key Learning Trend, and there will be seven of them.ContinueContinue reading “7 Key Learning Trends”

Forager-learners at #cipdldshow

I’m attending the CIPD L&D Show 2016 – and this time, for the first time, as an official “blogsquad” member. This means I get to look frantic with a laptop for two days. Clearly there’s a wealth of learning at #cipdldshow – er, that’s the point – but how do you go about prioritising yourContinueContinue reading “Forager-learners at #cipdldshow”