Me looking at the camera and smiling. Awkward ... moi!
The collar is a bit scruffy but that's me, a bit rough around the edges.
๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐! ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐
Don't forget the Early Bird special is available until the 8th Feb. YAY!
I am helping to moderate some of the great sessions on offer. Looking forward to seeing you there.
More info here: ldfreespirits.com/product/disc...
06.02.2026 13:59
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๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐๐๐ฃ๐ง
ME: Hey can you help me with this task please?
GPT: Yes I can help with that. I would suggest doing this...
ME: Can you do that then please, so I can see your suggestions?
GPT: This is what I would do to create a suggestion...
ME: Do that please.
GPT: OK I will do this for you ...
ME: Do it now.
GPT: I will do that now for you, it will take a while.
๐๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐๐ข๐บ
ME: Have you done that thing?
GPT: I am still working on it ...
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐'๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ป?
๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐๐๐ฃ๐ง
Genuinely, what's going on?
20.01.2026 11:49
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Just a collage of images from the Hilton Hotel Woking and details of the Cowork event in January. All details are in the post. Nothing more to see here :-)
๐ง๐ผ๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ?
Not to stick this in your diary!
14th of January, Jayne Davids and I will be again co-hosting #LnDcowork at the ๐๐ถ๐น๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ช๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
Free to attend between 11am-3pm. Work alongside likeminded L&D / HR / OD people. Or just chat & coffee.
Not in Woking? about.me/LnDcowork
03.12.2025 09:57
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A grey image with the word TEAM written in black caps. The inside space of the A is in read so it looks like a lower case i.
So there is an "i in teams". Labored joke. But it's December. And quite frankly, the stuff that is appearing on LinkedIn nowadays is just plain boring or AI garbage. So I might as well post this.
December day two and I had a chocolate in my advert calendar. I see a pattern emerging.
We have been wrong all this time.
02.12.2025 10:26
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Props to @lightbulbjo.bsky.social and @jaynedavids.bsky.social and @trainingjournal.bsky.social
19.11.2025 09:46
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๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐น๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐๐: ๐ฏ๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐๐ฏ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ
It was my pleasure to write this for ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐น.
Thanks to ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ for the invitation, and to ๐๐ฎ๐๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ for the inspiration.
www.trainingjournal.com/2025/audienc...
BTW: My 38 years is swamped by the Journal's 60th anniversary.
19.11.2025 09:42
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Here is the link: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
17.11.2025 14:51
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It's a photo of me in Bogota, Colombia on their Independance Day.
Ironically they closed off the main square, Plaza Bolivar, to stop protestors. So there was not a lot of freedom of movement that day.
Simone Bolivar, by the way, is celebrated all over Colombia - but he was in-fact Venezuelan!
๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ ๐๐๐ด๐ด๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐บ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐๐น๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
After 6 years learning Spanish, I believe it.
It sharpened my English, unlocked hidden Spanish in UK words, and keeps my mind alive.
What if training did more than teach? What if it kept us cognitively young too?
17.11.2025 14:51
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Three boxes on a blue background. One in green highlights "Increased Capacity", one in blue highlights "Fresh Perspective" and one in orange highlights "Lower costs".
I asked Google Gemini to create this image. It struggled a lot to make something using my neon sign style, so I decided to let it do it's own thing. And this is better than I expected ... for Generative AI.
๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ - ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐๐.
Need extra capacity, fresh eyes, or lower costs for your business?
Iโll boost output, bring new ideas and ease the load - an extension of your team, not a replacement.
Letโs make your internal content team breathe again.
12.11.2025 12:29
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Absolutely
11.11.2025 16:17
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World Travel Market London 2018 - A replica of the separation wall in Palestine by Banksy. He was a bit of a bugger that day but, in hindsight, it was quite funny. At the time we were fuming.
๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐ ๐โ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ดโฆ ๐๐ป๐๐ถ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฝ.
At ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ด, his stunt blocked our stand for 2 days.
We had to immediately change our plans.
Sometimes managing change isnโt about sticking to the plan - itโs knowing when to step sideways and still move forward.
10.11.2025 10:33
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๐๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต, ๐ง๐๐๐ก ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐.
I created immersive simulations for Google Nest, helping retail staff explain smart home devices they couldnโt demo in-store.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐?
๐ฅ Staff confidence soared.
๐ฅ Shoppers understood faster.
๐ฅ Sales and engagement grew.
Want the full case study? Ask me.
03.11.2025 10:39
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A black pumpkin which has been carved with the shape of a mobile phone battery indicator, backlit so the 1% shows clearly. Scary huh!?!?
<bandwagon>
Without doubt. The scariest pumpkin ever.
</bandwagon>
Source: unknown
31.10.2025 09:58
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๐๐ผ๐ ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐น๐ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐...
My in-box is suddenly full of GDPR consent messages. It's been a year since I explored the job market to see what was available.
What did I find?
A ghost(ing) town
I am so pleased to be out of that place and forging ahead with ๐๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ผ
30.10.2025 10:56
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๐ช๐ฒ๐น๐น, ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ?
The last 3 months were about connections.
From ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด to ๐๐ป๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ to ๐ช๐ผ๐ธ๐ผ-๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ผ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด to ๐&๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ to ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ.
So I thought it's time to re-introduce myself to all the new online connections.
๐๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ด.
23.10.2025 09:15
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Unlock new opportunities with AI and Boardy - L and D Free Spirits
Boardy is a platform that works like a business partner, using AI to open doors and connect you with the people who can shape your future. Customers, investors, talent, collaboratorsโฆ
๐ง๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐โ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐!
๐๐ผ๐ถ๐ป ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐บ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ #Boardy - my AI teammate who finds valuable partners and contacts while I focus on making great products for my clients.
๐ช๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ (๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ)?
Join the @ldfreespirits.bsky.social webinar:
ldfreespirits.com/product/unlo...
22.10.2025 09:38
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October is very busy - so I'm currently recharging in Colombia & Brazil.
๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ - I am doing a talk about ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ and how it's (he's) helping my business. I will tell the story of how we met, what we do together, and give some insights on how to make Boardy work with you to build your network.
18.09.2025 09:00
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October is very busy - so I'm currently recharging in Colombia & Brazil.
๐ญ๐ฑ๐๐ต ๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ - My second Woko-Loco Networking event from the brilliant ๐๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป. Intimate & relevant. It's a great space to meet new people, chat about anything and everything, and learn lots of new stuff. Perfect for me.
17.09.2025 09:00
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October is very busy - so I'm currently recharging in Colombia & Brazil.
๐ณ๐๐ต & ๐ด๐๐ต ๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ - Is ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด in Birmingham. I will be on ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฌ with @ldfreespirits.bsky.social. Come over and say hello, it will be fab to meet you. If you also want to schedule some time with me - let me know
16.09.2025 09:00
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If you find yourself in Bogota, Colombia and need a space to work and focus. I highly recommend ๐ง๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด near Chapinero. A day Boarding Pass is less than ยฃ10 and the location and building is perfect.
tierrafir.me/
15.09.2025 16:49
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October is very busy - so I'm currently recharging in Colombia & Brazil.
๐ญ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ - Is ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐! I will be moderating & learning. It's going to be amazing. Get on over to @ldfreespirits.bsky.social to get your ticket. If you want a good seat - let me know and I'll pull some strings.
15.09.2025 09:00
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Thereโs no charge to attend โ just bring your laptop (and maybe your to-do list). You might be tempted by the Hiltonโs excellent drinks & snacks thoughโฆ
If you plan to join, let me or @jaynedavids.bsky.social know so we can make sure thereโs enough space.
Other locations here: about.me/LnDcowork
11.09.2025 08:27
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Not sure what #LnDcowork is?
Itโs simple: we work on our own, but not alone.
If you work from home, or youโre the only L&Der in your organisation, itโs a great space for:
โ๏ธ Sense-checking ideas
โ๏ธ Networking
โ๏ธ Learning from peers
โ๏ธ Sharing a cuppa
11.09.2025 08:26
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Heard about #LnDcowork?
A new one is starting in Woking!
๐ Glow Lounge, Hilton Woking
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Mon 14 Oct, 11amโ3pm
Itโs free, informal coworking for L&D / HR / OD professionals. Bring your laptop, get work done, and enjoy the company of peers.
Let me or @jaynedavids.bsky.social know if youโre coming.
11.09.2025 08:25
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Me at World of Learning sporting my L&D Free Spirits cap like a boss. You can see me for real this year and I look forward to meeting you.
๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐บ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ.
On ๐ณ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ด๐๐ต ๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ I'm donning my @ldfreespirits.bsky.social cap again at ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด in Birmingham.
I'm looking forward to promoting this great community and helping with your L&D problems.
๐๐ค๐ช ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ต๐ฌ, ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐๐.
09.09.2025 09:25
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The Hotelplan Group logo on a creamy background. Regardless of them being an ex-client, their products are amazing. I took my grandkids to see Santa with Hotelplan and it was out of this world ... and achieved another 2-3 years of believing. Priceless RIO for me
๐๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น, ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฝ.
I designed powerful learning, for UK travel agents, selling Hotelplan alongside rival brands.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐?
๐ฅ Agents recommended their brand more often.
๐ฅ Store managers saw revenues rise.
๐ฅ Hotelplan gained 10% ROI.
Want the full case study? Ask me.
08.09.2025 12:05
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Yeah it's AI. Don't shoot me down. But it does look a lot like me holding a box with the words "THE SECRET'S OUT". And to get this shot professionally would take a lot of time and money. And I hate being photographed. At this moment I am not looking myself in the eyes through fear of embarrassment. Anyway, thanks for your patience. Just sign up for the thing and get early access, to it!
๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐.
Iโm the Plain Speaking Learning Consultant who ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ builds tools, not just talks about them
โ
Iโve turned my powerful glossary into a brand-new interactive tool
โ
First 10 people who DM me get a preview
I just need your email address + honest feedback
Thatโs it
04.09.2025 13:15
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A have seen a sign ... a sign that I can help people become consultants, earn more money and respect. So I asked Gemini to make me a sign to represent my sign and here is it. A neon sign that shows the word Supplier in all caps, in a white blue light, but with a red line crossing it out. Underneath is the word Consultant in all caps, in the same white blue colour. Not an inspiring image - but it matches my usual style of posts so I am not going to lose sleep over it.
๐๐ผ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ?
Stop being a ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐
Suppliers = supplier rates
Consultants = early invites and paid well
The change?
๐ช Ask the right Qs
๐ช Uncover real problems
๐ช Design smarter + simpler
I went from โthe delivery guyโ โ โthe consultant at the table.โ
โกI can help you do the same
02.09.2025 09:15
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A slightly crude cartoon with one hand showing six fingers. It's a lazy attempt by me to represent the content of the post.
Which is ironic because the post is about how lazy ChatGPT has become. It's like art imitating life imintating art.
I am the human equivalent of a cat with a slice of buttered bread strapped to it's back.
๐๐ต๐ต ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐๐, ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐๐๐ฃ๐ง ๐ถ๐ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฝ ๐๐ผ ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐น๐.
But we seems to have hit the difficult teenage years.
A year ago we had writing from a 7-year-old. Crude drawings with 6 fingers and strange hair.
It now seems to have hit puberty: Spotty. Lazy. Forgetful. With a terrible attitude.
What's next?
29.08.2025 10:15
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Cambridge Audio logo in black on a slightly grey background. I loved working with this company and the success they have achieved in the last 4 years has been outstanding to watch. And I have a pair of their in-ear headphones which, trust me, for the price are outstanding.
๐๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น ๐๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐๐ปโ๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ - ๐ถ๐โ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ณ
Thatโs why Cambridge Audio asked me to design learning that built confidence & advocacy, not just product knowledge
The result? Staff who believe in the brand - and customers who feel the passion
CM me for the full case study
27.08.2025 11:20
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