Had a lovely morning at First Thursday breakfast at SETsquared Bath @uniofbath.bsky.social. Listening to Entrepreneurs in Residence, @beckysage.bsky.social, Pete Keevill, and Pablo Montero discuss the ups and downs of cofounder relationships for Startups.

I honestly believe all LLM results should come with a disclaimer reminding people that the thing doesn’t (and absolutely cannot) know any facts or do any reasoning; it is simply designed to *sound* like it knows facts and frequently sweeps some up accidentally in the process.

How did I recover from an intense 3 days at a learning tech conference?

Dressed in a Santa suit and ran 5k, of course!

Word of the day is a favourite, from old Scots.

To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.

That’s a wrap on #oeb2024 for me.

I thought I had nothing left in me after such a busy autumn, but I’m returning home feeling reinvigorated.

Not bad GF food for an airport either!

We just finished our session at #oeb24

It was my bold act of the month to do a tech demo at a conference. It felt like a huge tonal shift from big picture thinking to the practical building of TECAs and yet it was immensely valuable. We’re charging forward with the community alongside us 💕💪

“There is no business strategy without people strategy”

Rafael Fernandez Qundez

Strategic L&D that MAKES A DIFFERENCE!! #oeb day 2 starting with a bang!

@dbaltd.bsky.social @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social

Oya Torun & Rafael Fernandez Qundez

For anyone who is Gluten Free in Berlin…. I found this AMAZING cafe called Pretty Hill.

The best toasties and cheesecake 😋

I got my favourite book signed!

I have been following @futuristgerd.bsky.social for a long time and I finally met him in person today. One takeaway:

💪 Industrial processes augmented muscle
🧠 Now Ai augments the brain

💕 What about the heart?💕

#oeb24

One of my best moments of the year was when Nitya Kuthiala was selected for 30U30 at #OEB24

For leaders out there: it’s not about what you can “get” people to do, it’s about what you can enable people to do.

Seeing her present today was a full circle moment.

@donaldhtaylor.bsky.social kicked off #OEB energetically. He asked us “What word comes to mind when thinking about learning in 2025?”

My first observation - these words have been prominent for at least the last 12 yrs at tech conferences even though GenAi & LLM, have undoubtedly changed things. 🤔

My team member, Nitya, is presenting as part of the 30U30 session at #oeb - and she got a laugh in the first 20 seconds 😆👏

“Future of learning is not technology centred but human centred”

I had a weird feeling coming in this morning that people wouldn’t take me seriously because I look young - which is dumb, because I’m in my 40s and I’ve been doing this for 20 years.

Then I had this interaction: (1/2)

Bit of a break from 🤖 to hear Julie Dirksen discuss how we “talk to the elephant” - not just rely on people’s self-discipline.

Key message is the power of visceral experiences for deeper understanding. This is why when I teach about team dynamics I create real experiences of being in a team #oeb

Kickstarting my Bluesky journey at #oeb24

As expected most of my conversations have been about Ai and the opportunities and challenges. Some people think it has been pessimistic- I think it has been fairly optimistic 😂