Martin Baker

Member Since: 19th Jul 2013

Bio

Martin Baker is the founder and chief executive of Clear Lessons, The Charity Learning Consortium and the Clear Lessons Foundation.

He’s an advocate of collaboration in the L&D industry and is proud to support the unique research of Towards Maturity as a founding Ambassador.

Martin Baker

CEO Clear Lessons & The Charity Learning Consortium

17th Dec 2019

There’s never been anyone I’ve met who’s had a really brilliant failure. It’s been more a really brilliant hard learn, that they’ve taken...

26th Nov 2019

I was asked by my boss at Capgemini to look at setting up an innovation service, to come up with a way of surfacing ideas from within quite...

30th Oct 2019

Anyone who’s about to go into a difficult conversation has to step back and become a third party observer of what’s going on. You have to...

17th Oct 2019

Learning and development has a real image problem. A training department’s first contact with staff is often dreaded compliance, as part of...

23rd Sep 2019

“I lived in Hong Kong for ten years, and while I was there I set up a dragon boat team called The Sea Gods. We were a fun team, and we did...

23rd Aug 2019

Struggling with your work/life balance? Maggie Buggie, SVP, Global Head of Innovation Services & Solutions at SAP (formerly at...

Talent

23rd Jul 2019

Leaders are influenced by the examples around them, says Gwen Rhys, CEO of Women in the City, so diverse role models are vital. “It’s often...

19th Jul 2019

In this video, Zenna Atkins, former Chair of OFSTED, shares her experience of being bullied and offers advice to anyone being intimidated...

24th May 2019

What makes a great leader , asks John Wagner? He shares an example of a great boss who has shaped his leadership style. “Reflect back on...

26th Apr 2019

Deborah Gill says there’s a wealth of hidden talent in your organisation, but often women who don’t put themselves forward. Sponsor them to...