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Mark Gilroy

@thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social
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Coach, consultant, content creator. 🧠💭💡 I make videos about tech on YouTube, and help others do the same. bento.me/thatmarkgilroy

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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
OK kids. Struggling to stay on top of various different feeds so I’m going in on Threads for a while. I’ll be there if you need me. Might come back here at some point, we’ll see.
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Two tickets available for Greg Davies live in Leeds on Friday 20 June. Tickets are BL 330, row T at First Direct Arena. Message me if you’re interested.
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Watched this over the weekend. Utterly beautiful and heartwarming stuff. Hilarious and heartbreaking in equal measure.
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
🎉 It’s my birthday today! 🎈 And apparently, I’ve been making videos on YouTube for just over 4 years too. Anyway — since it’s my birthday, you legally have to watch my latest video about awesome MacBook accessories. Yes, that’s how birthdays work. I don’t make the rules. 👉 youtu.be/ylf2flMQGIE
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Had a full health check yesterday. ✅ to blood pressure ✅ to cholesterol ✅ to iron levels The most surprising thing? I’m 2 inches shorter than I thought I was this whole time 😮 Anyhoo, I’m off to York Parkrun to try and see if it’ll make me any taller.
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Well that was fun! Heading home now- with a head full of ideas and about a hundred new friends to connect with. #LT25uk
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Love this quote! @garycookson.bsky.social starting to wrap up talking about how hybrid working is the lens through which you can see what’s happening in the organisation. Hybrid work reveals issues about your company culture in microscopic detail. #T5S4 #LT25uk
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
@garycookson.bsky.social talking about the importance of helping hybrid teams induct new team members. It’s about helping them feel that they belong and not look at the team from the outside. “People need to know HOW TO WORK, not how to do their jobs.” #T5S4 #LT25uk
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
What tasks DO need to be done synchronously, and which ones can be adapted so that they can be done asynchronously? L&D can help figure this out, says @garycookson.bsky.social #T5S4 #LT25uk
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
We need to reboot leadership and management development, says @garycookson.bsky.social We can’t assume that a manager who was good at managing people face-to-face, will be automatically fine managing in a remote setting. They might be, but do we want to leave this to chance?! #T5S4 #LT25uk
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
@garycookson.bsky.social & @gaellewat.bsky.social inviting the audience to share their thoughts on how we could help managers personalise the relationship in a hybrid environment, and understand how their teams are doing. #T5S4 #LT23uk
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
@garycookson.bsky.social sharing a simple framework for helping businesses figure out where work needs to be apportioned in a hybrid environment #T5S4 #LT25uk
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Hybrid work tells people that you have to work in a fixed place at a fixed time. We’re treating everyone the same when they’re not. Mandating onsite working isn’t the answer. “Don’t count the days, make the days count.” @garycookson.bsky.social #LT25uk #T5S4
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Yikes. Research from January showing what people want from their the office is very different to what business who are trying to mandate a return to work are giving. “The office was never the problem, getting TO the office is the problem.” - @garycookson.bsky.social #T5S4 #LT25uk
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Some interesting context shared by @garycookson.bsky.social here. ONS reported in Nov 2024- 40% of UK adults work hybrid or entirely from home. But making hybrid work isn’t sexy- we only seem to hear about the negative stories in the press. #T5S4 #LT25uk
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
It’s @garycookson.bsky.social up and promising some light relief from all the AI chat. I’m game. What is hybrid work and why isn’t it working? Let’s find out. #T5S4 #LT25uk
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
I’m in #T5S4 #LT25uk to see @garycookson.bsky.social share more about why everyone should be back in the office 5 days a week. Just kidding, it’s about making hybrid work. 😊
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Really challenging stuff here @danielhulme.bsky.social If we pushed towards an economic singularity where paid labour was not a necessity - how would you want to spend your time? #OpeningAddress #LT23uk
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Massive existential question here from @danielhulme.bsky.social - if medical intelligence advances this quickly and we can effectively cure death, what will that do to society? #LT23uk #OpeningAddress
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Organisational hierarchy vs reality? 😂😂😂 A great callback to yesterday’s session on informal networks by @jeppehansgaard.bsky.social #OpeningAddress #LT23uk @danielhulme.bsky.social
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
6 applications of AI vs important concerns. We need to be careful of overachieving AI- rather than asking what happens if it goes wrong, we should ask what happens if it goes VERY right! #LT23uk #OpeningAddress @danielhulme.bsky.social
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Wowzers. The opportunities offered by LLMs now vs in the next four years. By 2029 most AI systems will be able to apply the full scientific method to an 80% useful level and start to provide genuinely disruptive solutions to big problems. #LT23uk #OpeningAddress @danielhulme.bsky.social
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Intelligence can be defined as goal-directed, adaptive behaviour. The key word is adaptive. It’s about building systems that are automated but are also able to adapt themselves based on results. Most AI systems aren’t there yet. @danielhulme.bsky.social #LT23uk #OpeningAddress
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
“Companies don’t have insight problems, they have decision problems.” @danielhulme.bsky.social #OpeningAddress #LT23uk
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
#OpeningAddress at @learningtechuk.bsky.social #LT25uk - it’s @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social checking on our optimism and pessimism levels… Optimist here 🙋🏻‍♂️
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Closing with a DIY network map exercise. How connected is your network? When done for yourself, share with colleagues to check if their perceptions are different to yours. Then learn and adapt. What a great way to source change ambassadors or SMEs! 💡 @jeppehansgaard.bsky.social #LT23uk #T5S3
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Whoa. It’s possible to map an organisation’s informal network and then use that data to MASSIVELY increase the connectivity of that network, by being intentional with who sits where, who works with who, and who shares regular 1:1s. @jeppehansgaard.bsky.social #T5S3 #LT23uk
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Want to know more about social contagion? Book recommendation from @jeppehansgaard.bsky.social - amzn.to/4cUysq0 #LT23uk #T5S3
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
What is more likely to connect people? “Being sympathetic trumps competence in informal networks.” - @jeppehansgaard.bsky.social #LT23uk #T5S3
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
What can prevent two people from connecting? There are LOTS of excuses myths, and explanations, demonstrates @jeppehansgaard.bsky.social but research shows that we are more likely to talk to someone who understands and listens to us #T5S3 #LT23uk
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
@jeppehansgaard.bsky.social currently talking about the biology / sociology of networks and tribes. You can not avoid groups. Yet loneliness in organisations is a problem. #T5S3 #LT23uk
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
I’m in @jeppehansgaard.bsky.social’s session on how informal networks drive successful learning #LT23uk #T5S3
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
I LOVE these kinds of sessions. Time to think and set intentions, ahead of a busy 48hr conference. Only expert facilitators are brave enough to do this. Conferences don’t need cramming full of content, space is SO important. @fionamcbride.bsky.social @juliedrybrough.bsky.social #T5S1 #LT25uk
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
This is a tricky one for me. I’ve tried to build reflective practice into my work but my mind is very noisy and wants to move on. I’ve got a lot to work on here! @fionamcbride.bsky.social is sharing some ideas. Has anyone used AI as a partner for reflective practice? I might try! #T5S1 #LT25uk
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Life goal. Find someone who looks at you the way @juliedrybrough.bsky.social looks at @fionamcbride.bsky.social when she’s facilitating #T5S1 #LT25uk
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
#T5S1 #LT25uk @fionamcbride.bsky.social Inviting us to map out our landscape of connections - people, tech, knowledge, places and more. When was the last time you actually set down and thought about this? Mine have shifted massively in the last couple of years.
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Massive challenge here from @fionamcbride.bsky.social to kick off her session. What do we miss when we DON’T do this? #T5S1 #LT25uk
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
This is probably going to be the best introduction of the day from @juliedrybrough.bsky.social (my AI assistant thinks she is called Julie Drivener but it’s wrong)…this is a session to provide some much needed time to think. #T5S1 #LT25uk
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Squad photo of this year’s @learningtechuk.bsky.social social media team! #LT25uk
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
I’m in #T5S1 #LT25uk with @fionamcbride.bsky.social & @juliedrybrough.bsky.social to connect, reflect and build on shaping the future of your L&D career.
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
@dani-johnson.bsky.social talking about how the L&D profession needs different skills. “What we used to define as our job and the way that we hire has to change. We should be thinking: business people first, learning experts second.” We are at a crossroads. #LT25uk #OpeningAddress
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Latest data showing over 50% of CEOs have their number one priority as ‘Growth’. Workforce development is priority 5. Hmm. So who’s going to be taking of that growth then…? Some important reflections here for L&D folk. #LT25uk #OpeningAddress @dani-johnson.bsky.social
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
‘Doppleganger Development Agents’: just one of the ways that GenAI is likely to change how we work and learn. Is anyone already doing this? @dani-johnson.bsky.social #LT25uk #OpeningAddress
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
‘Doppleganger Development Agents’: just one of the ways that GenAI is likely to change how we work and learn. @dani-johnson.bsky.social #LT25uk #OpeningAddress
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
“New technology is literally doing things that it has been difficult or impossible to do in the past.” @dani-johnson.bsky.social #LT25uk #OpeningAddress
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Next up it’s @dani-johnson.bsky.social talking about the latest trends from learning vendors this year. No surprises- they’re all being driven by GenAI! #LT25uk #OpeningAddress @learningtechuk.bsky.social
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
5 better questions to ask at @learningtechuk.bsky.social #OpeningAddress #LT25uk @lnddave.bsky.social
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
#LT25uk #OpeningAddress @lnddave.bsky.social Talking about the ‘baggage of what is’ - what we carry with us that limits our abilities. Like when we see a new technology and ask “how do I do what I already do with this technology?” We should reframe this question. @learningtechuk.bsky.social
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
#LT25uk #OpeningAddress @lnddave.bsky.social David referencing George Carlin in talking about how much our words matter.
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Mark Gilroy @thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
First surprise of the day- Donald Taylor announcing the cast of Avengers Doomsday! Just kidding, it’s the amazing 30 under 30. #LT25 @learningtechuk.bsky.social
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