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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 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 - 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀.

Need extra capacity, fresh eyes, or lower costs for your business?

I’ll boost output, bring new ideas and ease the load - an extension of your team, not a replacement.

Let’s make your internal content team breathe again.
November 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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
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Without doubt. The scariest pumpkin ever.
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Source: unknown
October 31, 2025 at 9:58 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
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
🤫 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.

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🎟 £100 or £25 for members

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August 18, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Block the diary. 𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿.

Real people. Real talk. No bots.

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See you there.

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August 13, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I'm the premier 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁
Oh yeah ... prove it!

For the last few weeks I've been working on a secret project.

A product to help any business finding L&D a bit confusing.

Just doing some final adjustments.

𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗠.
August 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆'𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁?

You're in a 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘶𝘵. With supplier rates.

Switch the conversation: become a 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵, and rates can double 🤔.

But you design-in cost savings for your client.

𝗦𝗼 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗮 𝗸𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝗻-𝘄𝗶𝗻.

Want to know how? Ping me!
August 6, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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August 5, 2025 at 8:20 AM
LinkedIn loves hiding content for 2 weeks.
But did you know about this little known feature?

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗹

🔔The Single Bell - LinkedIn decides what's relevant for you.

🔔🔔The Double Bell - You get to see everything they post

Start changing your bell settings and LinkedIn will change it's tune.
August 4, 2025 at 9:15 AM