We all make mistakes. We know better, but we follow old ways or accept cultural practices that don’t work. There are patterns that produce successful projects and those that lead...Continue Reading
If you’ve been in the learning business for a while you’ve likely seen a few examples where learning initiatives have simply missed the mark. They didn’t produce the anticipated return...Continue Reading
The Learning End GameTrap Perhaps you’ve re-committed to improve learning as the mission of your department (or next big initiative, or…). It’s well meaning but can be self defeating (or...Continue Reading
Advocates of the most laissez-faire approaches informal learning suggest that given the right tools employees will do just fine without all the interference by the learning department. No one can argue...Continue Reading
Last Thursday (November 17), I presented a session on the use of deliberate practice in learning and performance at the CSTD national conference in Toronto. I promised participants that I...Continue Reading
As digital content becomes more prevalent (free and otherwise), there’s much talk about the new role of the learning professional as content curator or content strategy developer. I agree this...Continue Reading
About half of the formal training provided in organizations is custom developed (the other half are packaged “off-the-shelf” programs). That’s a lot of training. Every week internal learning design teams...Continue Reading
What learning are you designing at the moment? Maybe it’s a structured e-learning or classroom program. If you have a more constructivist bent you may be working on an immersive...Continue Reading
During the Q&A at a recent conference session on Social Learning, a retail industry attendee asked “I have to train 300 store level associates in new product knowledge in the...Continue Reading
