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How to Reboot Training for 2020 and Beyond

Most L&D professionals are re-evaluating how they deliver training, and especially how they will deliver what used by purely classroom events. The world has changed. If you are a training designer, my eBook on how to go about converting training ...
Paul Matthews August 3, 2020 News and Events Read More
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How do you use a lamp-post?

I was amused by this quote, especially in the light of current world events and the way politicians are reacting. “Politicians use statistics in the same way that a drunk uses lamp-posts – for support rather than illumination.” Andrew Land ...
Paul Matthews July 27, 2020 Paul's Monday Tips Read More
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Today, I broke a personal best

I watched a film on Sunday and a delightfully irreverent character in his twilight years declared… “Today I broke a personal best. The number of successive days alive!” He clearly lived for what the day had to offer because when ...
Paul Matthews July 20, 2020 Paul's Monday Tips Read More
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Should I ask for it?

I’m not so good at asking for help. People keep telling me I should ask for help more often, but I have always been reluctant. Then someone said to me… If you see someone struggling with something, do you want ...
Paul Matthews July 13, 2020 Paul's Monday Tips Read More
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Common sense is not so common

I remember my father telling me that ‘common sense is not so common’ when I was about 7 or 8 years old. A neighbour visited and I listened while they talked about the boundary fence on the west side of ...
Paul Matthews July 6, 2020 Paul's Monday Tips Read More
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Don’t sleep at the office

There are so many people working from home and flexing their hours around families and other home commitments. Experiences vary from surprise that it’s possible with their job, to liberating, to hating it. Whatever it is for you, bear this ...
Paul Matthews June 29, 2020 Paul's Monday Tips Read More
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How big is inertia in your life?

I do a lot of speaking at events, at least, I used to 🙂 and when I say something like “I am going to tell you a story, so get comfortable, and we’ll begin…” everybody moves. They all ‘get comfortable’. ...
Paul Matthews June 22, 2020 Paul's Monday Tips Read More
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I am wearing odd socks

I am wearing odd socks, and I don’t care. That’s different! I have noticed that my priorities and evaluation of aspects of the way I live my life have changed under lockdown. Some things that used to seem important, no ...
Paul Matthews June 15, 2020 Paul's Monday Tips Read More

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