Why We Ask AI the Questions We’re Afraid to Ask Our Manager
‘Am I about to get this wrong?’ is one of the most common thoughts a new manager has in their first year — and one of the least likely to ever be said out loud. Not because the answer doesn’t matter, but because asking it feels like an admission that it might. The Cost of […]
The Forgetting Curve Problem
Why One Training Day Never Changes Behaviour Every L&D team has seen the feedback scores. A training day rated 9 out of 10 for content and delivery, everyone nodding along, flip charts full of good intentions — followed, three months later, by almost no visible change in how people actually manage their teams. The day […]
Where Human Wisdom Meets Technology: Why Great Coaching Can’t Be Fully Automated
There’s a nervousness that sits under a lot of conversations about AI and coaching: if a tool can ask a good coaching question, does that mean it can replace a good coach? The answer is no — but that’s not the interesting part of the story. The interesting part is what technology can genuinely do […]
Why RAG Beats Scraping the Internet: The Case for Trustworthy, Curated AI Knowledge
Ask a generic AI chatbot for leadership advice and it will confidently give you an answer. The question worth asking is: where did that answer come from? Often, the response is ‘somewhere on the internet’ — a blend of forum posts, unattributed blog content, and material of wildly varying quality, stitched together into something that […]
Learning in the Flow of Work
People like to learn in a room with other learners. There is a shared experience. The chance to build relationships and share ideas in person. But when time is critical, workloads are increasing and budget holders are asking hard questions about the costs of being ‘away from work’, L&D professionals have to come up other […]
For less than one coaching session – ele value
Most L&D budgets get built the same way: a day rate for training, an hourly rate for coaching, multiplied by however many people need support. It’s a sensible way to plan a calendar. It’s a slightly strange way to think about value, because it prices the moment of delivery and says nothing about what happens […]
Why ele Isn’t a Replacement for Your Coach
There is much discussion in the learning profession about the pros and cons of AI coaches. Every time a new AI tool turns up in the coaching or L&D space, the same question follows close behind: is this going to replace coaches? It’s a fair question to ask, and it deserves a straight answer. With […]