The Blunder Years, Episode 39: Why are adults so bad at learning, and how do we improve?
How do adults get better at gaining and retaining information, both personally and professionally? A half-hour discussion. Continue Reading
Leadership Training
Boy, the leadership development market seems like a giant turd right now
We spend billions per year on the “leadership industry.” But uh, ahem, er … what exactly are we getting out of it? Continue Reading
Ah, look, another HR Tech conference where nothing actually changes…
HR Tech conferences go round and round in a circle, year after year, full of sound and fury but signifying little. Continue Reading
Stop hiring, and promoting, assholes and incompetent people into management
Managers are why people leave jobs, usually. (Money is too.) So maybe let’s, uh, try to improve who we let manage others? Continue Reading
The leadership assessment vacuum
We talk about important things for 67 hours, then we never revisit them when they would actually matter in context. Continue Reading
Diversity training: Too often, it feels like a PR stunt
Some new research indicates that it does (yay!) but not for the groups that actually need it (boo). Continue Reading
Why don’t we discuss “manager engagement” or “manager experience?”
Shouldn’t we want those who make the trains run to feel good about their jobs? Continue Reading
Six things a leader should actually be doing
… and what tends to overwhelm a focus on these. Continue Reading