Has L&D been hijacked by ‘identity’ politics?

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Has L&D been hijacked by ‘identity’ politics?
Donald Clark, Donald Clark Plan B, 2018/10/23
I'm sympathetic with this sentiment from Donald Clark, having seen my share: " Gone are the days when HR and L&D were at the forefront of personal development. Much ‘training’ is now targeted at protecting the organisation from their own employees. A tsunami of compliance and identity training has overwhelmed L&D." I also agree that "I have values and have no interest in HR telling me what my values should be." But we shouldn't confuse between bad training and bad ideas. More...