The Day I Realised I Was Building Software

The idea for PerformaGo really came into clear view around the end of April, early May this year (2025 for readers from the future). By the end of May, the overall concept was clear and I had identified the underlying performance support principles and approaches that it needed to be based around. (I’ll write more […]

Cracking the L&D Impact Code

In my last entry I wrote about the compelling research-based evidence I first learned about in 2011. Evidence that highlights the futility of much of the ‘busy’ work we find ourselves doing on a daily basis if working in an L&D role. The importance of post-training support It was evidence that highlights just how important […]

The First Post: The Journey Begins

I’ve been in L&D a long time. Long enough to have seen fads come and go. The “future of learning” declared every couple of years; and endless talk of how we need to be more strategic, more business-aligned, more focused on impact. But for most of that time, I’ve run into the same frustrating reality. […]