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Tips, articles and guides on training design, humanitarian performance analysis, skills aid workers need and more
- Analysis, Design, Learning, Skills
Your time is important. And so is solving your training and capacity headaches. I can help

Greg Jack
- Learning
One of the most surprising struggles I have had as a parent has been explaining to

Greg Jack
- Learning
Lots of senior managers look for attendance data (number trained) – but this is a big

Greg Jack
- Design, Learning
You can’t have everything in life – especially when you’re playing with other people’s money, like

Greg Jack
- Design
Lots of humanitarian agencies say they want to build local partner capacity. Some even mean it.

Greg Jack
- Design
Peer review is a cheat code for online courses. There are courses that I run without

Greg Jack
- Analysis, Design, Learning, Skills
Your time is important. And so is solving your training and capacity headaches. I can help

Greg Jack
- Learning
One of the most surprising struggles I have had as a parent has been explaining to

Greg Jack
- Learning
Lots of senior managers look for attendance data (number trained) – but this is a big

Greg Jack
- Design, Learning
You can’t have everything in life – especially when you’re playing with other people’s money, like

Greg Jack
- Learning
When you get outside the aid sector, people don’t really talk about “capacity building” or “capacity

Greg Jack
- Learning
- capacity building, capacity development, Training
There are good reasons to talk about “capacity development” or “capacity building”. Most of the time,

Greg Jack
- Analysis, Design, Learning, Skills
Your time is important. And so is solving your training and capacity headaches. I can help

Greg Jack
- Design, Learning
You can’t have everything in life – especially when you’re playing with other people’s money, like

Greg Jack
- Design
Lots of humanitarian agencies say they want to build local partner capacity. Some even mean it.

Greg Jack
- Design
Peer review is a cheat code for online courses. There are courses that I run without

Greg Jack
- Design
- Training

Greg Jack
- Design
One of the pictures I admire most is Saint Francis in Meditation by Francisco de Zurburan.

Greg Jack
- Analysis, Design, Learning, Skills
Your time is important. And so is solving your training and capacity headaches. I can help

Greg Jack
- Analysis, Skills
Plutarch, the Greek historian and philosopher, was a celebrity. People would gather at his villa near

Greg Jack
- Analysis
Signs you’re not doing the right kind of skills analysis – figuring out what is a

Greg Jack
- Analysis, Skills
- analysis, process improvement, skills, Training
Have you ever sat in a training course and known that what they’re telling you about

Greg Jack
- Analysis, Design
As I get older, I realise that maybe the Wu-Tang Clan hoodie I’ve been wearing for

Greg Jack
- Analysis
- analysis, capacity building, process improvement
It’s not smart to criticize fashions of previous years. It’s almost inevitable that the second you

Greg Jack
- Analysis, Design, Learning, Skills
Your time is important. And so is solving your training and capacity headaches. I can help

Greg Jack
- Skills
Your birthday is great, right? Everyone wants to see you and wish you well. You speak

Greg Jack
- Analysis, Skills
Plutarch, the Greek historian and philosopher, was a celebrity. People would gather at his villa near

Greg Jack
- Analysis, Skills
- analysis, process improvement, skills, Training
Have you ever sat in a training course and known that what they’re telling you about

Greg Jack
- Skills
When you’re facilitating a meeting or a workshop, you have to be adaptable. There is no

Greg Jack
Courses
Free course - How Adults Learn
One reason you might not get the results you want from your humanitarian training is not using the right methods. There’s a lot of research on how people learn and get better at their jobs – but most training courses don’t use it. In this one-hour, self-paced course, you’ll learn about the common myths of adult learning and what to look out for.
- Video Tutorials
- Practical Tasks
- Reflection Tasks
- Tips & Advice
- Free Resources

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I know the reality of managing aid projects in the field, and am an expert in learning design and running training. If you want to boost your team’s skills, understand complex challenges, or increase your overall impact – I spend my time thinking about how people like you can do that.
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