What 45 L&D Professionals Think About ROI
I recently posted a question on LinkedIn that generated more response than almost anything I've written there.
On Acronyms as Mnemonics
The appeal is understandable. We grew up with them, they helped on exams, and there's a long tradition of reaching for them to make frameworks memorable. But we rarely stop to ask whether they actually work for directing action in the real world. The answer is largely no.
Three Terms That Justify More Than They Should
Some leadership language doesn't just get misused — it gets weaponized. These three show up regularly as cover for behavior that deserves more scrutiny than the terms provide.
Three Things We Worship as Ends That Are Actually Means
Some ideas get so thoroughly adopted as organizational virtues that we stop asking what they're actually for. These three are worth examining.
Three Things I Kept Having To Say
In hundreds of coaching conversations and assessment debriefs, a few distinctions came up so consistently that I started to wonder why they weren't better understood. These are three of them.