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Andy Candler - Aprendido @aprendido.co.uk · 25d

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.

Andy Candler - Aprendido @aprendido.co.uk · 26d

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.

Andy Candler - Aprendido @aprendido.co.uk · 27d

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

Andy Candler - Aprendido @aprendido.co.uk · 27d

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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Andy Candler - Aprendido @aprendido.co.uk · 28d

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.

Andy Candler - Aprendido @aprendido.co.uk · Sep 11

There’s no charge to attend – just bring your laptop (and maybe your to-do list). You might be tempted by the Hilton’s excellent drinks & snacks though…

If you plan to join, let me or @jaynedavids.bsky.social know so we can make sure there’s enough space.

Other locations here: about.me/LnDcowork

Andy Candler - Aprendido @aprendido.co.uk · Sep 11

Not sure what #LnDcowork is?

It’s simple: we work on our own, but not alone.
If you work from home, or you’re the only L&Der in your organisation, it’s a great space for:
✔️ Sense-checking ideas
✔️ Networking
✔️ Learning from peers
✔️ Sharing a cuppa

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Andy Candler - Aprendido @aprendido.co.uk · Sep 11

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.

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Andy Candler - Aprendido @aprendido.co.uk · Sep 9

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.

Me at World of Learning sporting my L&D Free Spirits cap like a boss. You can see me for real this year and I look forward to meeting you.

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Andy Candler - Aprendido @aprendido.co.uk · Sep 8

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.

Andy Candler - Aprendido @aprendido.co.uk · Sep 4

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

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Andy Candler - Aprendido @aprendido.co.uk · Sep 2

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

A have seen a sign ... a sign that I can help people become consultants, earn more money and respect. So I asked Gemini to make me a sign to represent my sign and here is it. A neon sign that shows the word Supplier in all caps, in a white blue light, but with a red line crossing it out. Underneath is the word Consultant in all caps, in the same white blue colour. Not an inspiring image - but it matches my usual style of posts so I am not going to lose sleep over it.

Andy Candler - Aprendido @aprendido.co.uk · Aug 29

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?

A slightly crude cartoon with one hand showing six fingers. It's a lazy attempt by me to represent the content of the post.

Which is ironic because the post is about how lazy ChatGPT has become. It's like art imitating life imintating art.

I am the human equivalent of a cat with a slice of buttered bread strapped to it's back.

Andy Candler - Aprendido @aprendido.co.uk · Aug 27

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

Andy Candler - Aprendido @aprendido.co.uk · Aug 22

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. 😉

An image of Thing from the Marvel movies.

Honestly I have never seen any of these superhero movies. I saw a list of the 20 - 30 that were in production in a single year. It seems like a lot of commitment and surely they must get quite formulaic?

I prefer a Colombo.

Andy Candler - Aprendido @aprendido.co.uk · Aug 21

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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Andy Candler - Aprendido @aprendido.co.uk · Aug 21

🤫 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.

A photo of me half obscured in the dark holding a finger up to my lips as if I have a secret. Which I do. And it will be revealed soon. I hope you like it.

Andy Candler - Aprendido @aprendido.co.uk · Aug 20

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

Another neon sign - quite literal this time. It simply says "DON'T JUST BUILD. Ask why".

For some strange reason I have the tune from RUN DMC's "It's like that" in my head but instead of "Don't ask me, because I don't know why" I am shoehorning the words from this image into the song. I really need to get out more.

Andy Candler - Aprendido @aprendido.co.uk · Aug 19

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 😂😂😂

Andy Candler - Aprendido @aprendido.co.uk · Aug 18

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

Andy Candler - Aprendido @aprendido.co.uk · Aug 18

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Andy Candler - Aprendido @aprendido.co.uk · Aug 13

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Andy Candler - Aprendido @aprendido.co.uk · Aug 7

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.

Andy Candler - Aprendido @aprendido.co.uk · Aug 6

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!

A neon sign at night with the words Strategic Consultant in all caps. A little contrived but I am still trying to keep this image style going for my posts.

Andy Candler - Aprendido @aprendido.co.uk · Aug 5

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