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Andy Candler - Aprendido
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Business, Digital Agency and L&D veteran with a load of digital marketing and learning innovations under my belt. I love to chat to fellow professionals.
𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗜’𝗱 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴… 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀𝘆 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗽.

At 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟴, his stunt blocked our stand for 2 days.

We had to immediately change our plans.

Sometimes managing change isn’t about sticking to the plan - it’s knowing when to step sideways and still move forward.
November 10, 2025 at 10:33 AM
𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵, 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀.

I created immersive simulations for Google Nest, helping retail staff explain smart home devices they couldn’t demo in-store.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀?

🥇 Staff confidence soared.
🥇 Shoppers understood faster.
🥇 Sales and engagement grew.

Want the full case study? Ask me.
November 3, 2025 at 10:39 AM
<bandwagon>
Without doubt. The scariest pumpkin ever.
</bandwagon>

Source: unknown
October 31, 2025 at 9:58 AM
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀...

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 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗼
October 30, 2025 at 10:56 AM
𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹, 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗜 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲?

The last 3 months were about connections.

From 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 to 𝗟𝗻𝗗𝗰𝗼𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 to 𝗪𝗼𝗸𝗼-𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗼 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 to 𝗟&𝗗 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘀 to 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱.

So I thought it's time to re-introduce myself to all the new online connections.

𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴.
October 23, 2025 at 9:15 AM
𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆!

𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝟮𝗽𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁 #Boardy - my AI teammate who finds valuable partners and contacts while I focus on making great products for my clients.

𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗔𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 (𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲)?

Join the @ldfreespirits.bsky.social webinar:

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October 22, 2025 at 9:38 AM
October is very busy - so I'm currently recharging in Colombia & Brazil.

𝟮𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 - I am doing a talk about 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘆 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.
September 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
October is very busy - so I'm currently recharging in Colombia & Brazil.

𝟭𝟱𝘁𝗵 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 - My second Woko-Loco Networking event from the brilliant 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗻. 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.
September 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
October is very busy - so I'm currently recharging in Colombia & Brazil.

𝟳𝘁𝗵 & 𝟴𝘁𝗵 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 - Is 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 in Birmingham. I will be on 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝟵𝟬 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
September 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
If you find yourself in Bogota, Colombia and need a space to work and focus. I highly recommend 𝗧𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗮 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗺𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 near Chapinero. A day Boarding Pass is less than £10 and the location and building is perfect.

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September 15, 2025 at 4:49 PM
October is very busy - so I'm currently recharging in Colombia & Brazil.

𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 - Is 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘! 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.
September 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Heard about #LnDcowork?
A new one is starting in Woking!

📍 Glow Lounge, Hilton Woking
📅 Mon 14 Oct, 11am–3pm

It’s 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 you’re coming.
September 11, 2025 at 8:25 AM
𝗜 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲.

On 𝟳𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟴𝘁𝗵 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 I'm donning my @ldfreespirits.bsky.social cap again at 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 in Birmingham.

I'm looking forward to promoting this great community and helping with your L&D problems.

𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙃𝟵𝟬, 𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝙑𝙄𝙋 𝙇𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜𝙚.
September 9, 2025 at 9:25 AM
𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹, 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗽.

I designed powerful learning, for UK travel agents, selling Hotelplan alongside rival brands.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀?

🥇 Agents recommended their brand more often.
🥇 Store managers saw revenues rise.
🥇 Hotelplan gained 10% ROI.

Want the full case study? Ask me.
September 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM
𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁.

I’m the Plain Speaking Learning Consultant who 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 builds tools, not just talks about them

✅ I’ve turned my powerful glossary into a brand-new interactive tool
✅ First 10 people who DM me get a preview

I just need your email address + honest feedback

That’s it
September 4, 2025 at 1:16 PM
𝗗𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲?
Stop being a 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀

Suppliers = supplier rates
Consultants = early invites and paid well

The change?
💪 Ask the right Qs
💪 Uncover real problems
💪 Design smarter + simpler

I went from “the delivery guy” → “the consultant at the table.”

⚡I can help you do the same
September 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
𝗔𝗵𝗵 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗚𝗣𝗧 𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝘀𝗼 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗹𝘆.
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?
August 29, 2025 at 10:15 AM
𝗜𝗻 𝗮 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 - 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳

That’s 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
August 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁.
They say it always follows the same formula.

👉 “But here’s the thing…”

Not everything that sounds formulaic was written by AI.
Some of us humans are just as 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲. 😉
August 22, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Somebody asks for an interview and you think "Yeah, that sounds great."

What I forget is that these alway help me to re-evaluate what I am doing for, and in, the industry.

You should always be challenging, re-evaluating, and growing.

Every day is a learning day.

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Welcome to the latest edition of our #memberspotlight series, this time with Andy Candler. Andy sat down with us to share his insights from nearly four decades in L&D, what he enjoys most about the i...
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August 21, 2025 at 7:57 AM
🤫 𝗦𝗵𝗵𝗵… 𝗜’𝘃𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁.

I’ve had an L&D glossary on my site for years — a survival guide for businesses drowning in jargon.

But plain speaking deserves an upgrade.

𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝗼𝗻. 👀
DM me if you’d like early access.
August 21, 2025 at 7:24 AM
𝗜𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁?
More often than not… no.

They share their preferred 𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 - but not the 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙢.

The value? Challenge the brief. Ask awkward Qs. Dig deeper.

That’s how you move from 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳 to 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳 at the table

⚡What to fix this? My Discovery Workshop shows you how
August 20, 2025 at 9:50 AM
𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸.
A short, but real, story about my 10 days in a quarantine hotel.

I'm deciding the delivery:

📖 Book
🤳🏻 Kindle
📃 DRM-free PDF
✍🏻 Blog
☁️ Substack

No decision yet, but in the meantime...

If you're looking for a proofreading company. 𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 go here 😂😂😂
August 19, 2025 at 7:12 AM
𝗧𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻’𝘀 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗴𝗼?
Two weeks too long to wait for the latest news?

Try these instead:
🔹 Communities for real value
🔹 Newsletters you keep + use
🔹 RSS (yes, it still works)

More plain-speaking insights in my (sporadic but useful!) newsletter 👉 www.aprendido.co.uk
August 18, 2025 at 10:28 AM
No AI. No recordings. No fluff.

Just proper conversations for freelance L&D folk.

🎤 I’m part of 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘! on the 𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿

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August 18, 2025 at 8:43 AM