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Martin Couzins

@martincouzins.bsky.social
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Researcher, facilitator and writer across learning, talent and HR. We help clients understand what their customers, workers and stakeholders want from them www.insightsmedia.co.uk

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Martin Couzins @martincouzins.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
www.personneltoday.com/hr/higgs-far...
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Higgs’ victory has ‘profound’ implications for employers
Employment lawyers and other experts provide their reaction to the Higgs v Farmor's School ruling and examine the implications for employers.
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Fiona @fionamcbride.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Any connections based in or around Haywards Heath, Sussex? On 12th Feb one of my fave local & independent cafes is launching a ‘Coffee & Connections Breakfast Club’. We’re hoping it will take off and become a regular event! All the details you need are below… Will I see you there? 😀
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Martin Couzins @martincouzins.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Not cheap but another interesting development … www.fastcompany.com/91271738/ope...
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OpenAI reveals new AI tool that can do online research for you
Deep Research can gather information from across the web and summarize it in easy-to-read reports.
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Gary Cookson @garycookson.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Today marks the end of the 14th series of the #AdventBlogs - my 6th and final series as curator. Today's #AdventBlogs post is from me. One last post... epichr.co.uk/2025/01/13/a...
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#AdventBlogs - I let you go - Epic HR
Today we reach the end of the 14th series of the #AdventBlogs. It has been my 6th and final series as Curator, so this is both my post for the series and a farewell post. The series will resume later ...
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LearnChat @learnchat.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Thanks everyone for joining us here for #LearnChat. We'll be back again in February for another chat - join us Tuesday, February 4, 2025 - 8:00 PM EST. Thank you to our #LearnChat hosts Jane Bozarth, David Kelly, and Tracy Parish
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Tom McDowall @tommcdowall.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
You can also find this and every other episode on your favourite podcast platform: ideaspodcast.buzzsprout.com/2009836/follow
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The iDeas Podcast
In each episode, Tom McDowall, Chief Learning Geek at Evolve L&D, sits down for a chat with a learning and development professional to discuss their big idea for our industry. We discuss instructi...
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Martin Couzins @martincouzins.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
A reminder that the biggest platforms can act as they please …. Ditching of Facebook factcheckers a ‘major step back’ for public discourse, critics say
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Gary Cookson @garycookson.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Today Making Hybrid Working Work is published, so it’s a special day for me. It’s been a long time coming. If you read it - thank you - I’d love to know what you think. Message me or leave me a review. #MakingHybridWorkingWork www.amazon.co.uk/Making-Hybri...
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Martin Couzins @martincouzins.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
"It's not the under-representation of women. It's the over-representation of men." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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After mega-election year, growth of women in power grinds to near-halt
Out of 46 countries where elections were held, nearly two-thirds saw numbers of women elected fall - BBC finds.
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Martin Couzins @martincouzins.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
A lot of workers will be on the move in 2025, according to this data … www.personneltoday.com/hr/attrition...
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UK attrition rates to increase in 2025 as one in four plan to quit
One in four workers plan to quit their jobs in 2025 according to predicted attrition data from 10 million UK employees.
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Learning News @learningnews.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
How to use market insights to shape your comms; Nigel Paine and Martin Couzins, Dec 12 learningnews.com/news/insight... @martincouzins.bsky.social @nigelpaine.bsky.social
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How to use market insights to shape your comms
Learning professionals face a lot (a lot) of challenges. One of the biggest ones is how to stand out in a noisy and crowded market. Market insights help organisations create relevant comms that connec...
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Tom McDowall @tommcdowall.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
It's Monday, and that means #CPDWeekly! Check out this week's list of great L&D events: tommcdowall.notion.site/lnd-events?v... This week we have 7 #Webinars, and a 3-day vritual #Confrence, all 100% FREE to attend! What will you learn this week? #LnD #LearningAndDevelopment #CPD #Community
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L&D Events
A collated list of Learning and Development events, conferences, webinars and workshops.
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Marbri @britz.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
RTO bait & switch. www.hcamag.com/au/specialis...
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Employers told to provide 'greater' in-office collaborations to justify onsite work
Many employees frustrated in 'commuting to the office, only to engage in solitary work or online meetings,' says Australian researcher
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Dani Johnson @dani-johnson.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
So it begins.
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Mike Taylor @mike-taylor.org · 06/12/2024
Bluesky network analyzer made by @theo.io Enter your Bluesky handle to find people followed by lots of the people you follow (but not you). bsky-follow-finder.theo.io
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Bluesky Network Analyzer
Find accounts that you don't follow (yet) but are followed by lots of accounts that you do follow.
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Martin Couzins @martincouzins.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
In our session on thought leadership yesterday we referenced this research from Edelman, which shows why buyers are increasingly looking for credible insights and practical advice to help overcome their challenges vs traditional marketing content
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2024 Edelman - LinkedIn B2B Thought Leadership Impact Report
Times are tough for B2B marketers.
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Martin Couzins @martincouzins.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
I really enjoyed our coffee and chat session this morning with @nahdiakhan.bsky.social - thankyou Nahdia for sharing great insights. I haven't done a session like this in a while and it reminded me how much I enjoy doing them
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Matt Anderson @mattandersonut.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
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Marc Benioff says it’s ‘crazy talk’ that AI will hurt Salesforce, wants a billion AI agents in a year
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says the next big thing for enterprise software, particularly Salesforce, is AI agents – or software bots that will do limited tasks on their own taking those tasks off of ...
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Donald H Taylor @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
L&D folks - on Thursday, I'm doing a webinar for people beginning a career in L&D. What advice would you offer them? What pitfalls should they avoid? Are qualifications worth it? How much is the field going to change? What one thing is essential to know? All thoughts gratefully received!
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Mark Catchlove @markcatchlove.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
“Much of what we do is done out of a sense of belonging.” agile.org.uk/rise-of-rela...
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The rise of relationship-based work - Agile.org.uk
In their seminal 1995 research paper, The Need to Belong, Roy Baumeister and Mark Leary wrote, “much of what we do is done out of a sense of belonging.” They argued that the desire to belong is a fund...
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Martin Couzins @martincouzins.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
The first in our pre Crimbo coffee n chat sessions starts this week! And it's great to have Nahdia with us. Join us if you can.
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janebozarth.bsky.social @janebozarth.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
We're back! See you next TUESday -- and note the change to easier-to-find #LEARNchat
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Martin Couzins @martincouzins.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Well worth a read if you care about the use of language as it relates to hard and soft skills. In particular, I think we should be using the word relational to describe some of this, as Meg says.
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Rachel Burnham @burnhamlandd.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
All these fab #LnDCoWork events are taking place in December. I will be one of the hosts for Manchester on 11th at Leven Hotel in Chorlton St. Why not join a session before the end of 2024?
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Martin Couzins @martincouzins.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
A rising tide of e-waste, made worse by AI, threatens our health, the environment and the economy theconversation.com/a-rising-tid...
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A rising tide of e-waste, made worse by AI, threatens our health, the environment and the economy
Data centres need to expand to support the AI revolution, but that means even more electronic waste.
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Martin Couzins @martincouzins.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
We've created a WhatsApp channel where we will be sharing links to research and insights. We are just trying it out to see if it is worth doing! You can sign up here whatsapp.com/channel/0029...
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Insights Media research and updates | WhatsApp Channel
Insights Media research and updates WhatsApp Channel. News, research and insights from the Insights Media team. 0 followers
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
The meme I didn't know I needed
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Martin Couzins @martincouzins.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
I've read quite a few posts recently about L&D wanting cut-through with senior leaders. It has got me thinking how much exec teams know or understand about human performance and productivity. Isn't this the place to start if you want to look at performance in a holistic way - educate first?
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Dan Pontefract @danpontefract.com · 28/11/2024
Wow. Using GPT-4o, researchers have replicated the personality and behaviour of more than 1000 people, in an effort to create an alternative to focus groups and polling. Agents are amongst us www.newscientist.com/article/2457...
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AI simulations of 1000 people accurately replicate their behaviour
Using GPT-4o, the model behind ChatGPT, researchers have replicated the personality and behaviour of more than 1000 people, in an effort to create an alternative to focus groups and polling
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Learning News @learningnews.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Insights Media launches "Into 2025" event series to help learning brands and learning professionals stand out in the year ahead learningnews.com/news/insight... @martincouzins.bsky.social
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Insights Media launches "Into 2025" event series to help learning brands and learning professionals stand out in the year ahead
Informal sessions aim to help learning professionals thrive in an increasingly competitive market by delivering standout thought leadership content.
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Donald H Taylor @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
What will be hot in workplace L&D in 2025? It's time for the annual L&D Global Sentiment Survey! Take 2 minutes to share your thoughts: www.research.net/r/DHTS-SB-25 Choose up to 3 options from a list of 16, and also let us know your L&D challenges for the year ahead. #GSS25
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L&D Global Sentiment Survey 2025
The 12th year of the global survey, completed by thousands of L&D professionals in over 100 countries. It takes just 1-2 minutes, and you can register to receive the full report in February.
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Martin Couzins @martincouzins.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
www.futurity.org/earliest-evi...
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Clay cylinders upend the origin story of the alphabet
Archaeological findings suggest alphabetic writing may be some 500 years older than other discoveries.
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guywwallace @guywwallace.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Enterprise L&D: The late Karen Brethower wrote about "Maintenance" back in 1967. Keeping the behavior in place after the initial Change effort. You can read/download the free 12-page PDF on the website of Fred Nickols, Solution Engineer: www.nickols.us/Brethower.pdf
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Rachel Burnham @burnhamlandd.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Here is the third of my #Sketchnotes from @thelearningnetwork.bsky.social 's Connect conference on Friday 15 November 2024. This Sketchnote is from @juliedrybrough.bsky.social's session 'Creative Disruption: Understanding Your Learning Edges'.#VisualThinking #LearningAndDevelopment #Disruption
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Martin Couzins @martincouzins.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
More return to office research. Looking forward to when organisations return to talking about flexible working again so we can all be liberated from the RTO narrative 😆 www.personneltoday.com/hr/return-to...
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Return to office ‘more about appearance than purpose’
Almost half of managers in the UK admit that being in the office is more about appearance, according to new research from Indeed.
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Martin Couzins @martincouzins.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Nice to be in the big smoke …
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Mike Taylor @mike-taylor.org · 19/11/2024
See, all my old friends reminded me of Tweetdeck and that there is a version of that for Bluesky. deck.blue
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deck.blue
Get the most out of Bluesky with a multi-column layout
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janebozarth.bsky.social @janebozarth.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
#LEARNchat
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Martin Couzins @martincouzins.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Off to the Charity Learning Consortium conference and awards. Anyone on here going? If so see you soon!
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Martin Couzins @martincouzins.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Thoroughly enjoyed last week's Learning Network Connect . . . here's my summary insightsmedia.co.uk/articles/lea... #learning
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Learning Network Connect 2024: Being disruptive and intentional - Insights Media
‘Be the disruption’ was the theme of the Learning Network’s Connect 2024 event, held in London. The opening and closing keynotes dug into that theme in different ways. But it’s always surprising what ...
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