This is a re-post based on a article I wrote for CSTD Learning Journal back in 2013. It’s posted here in three parts. Part 1 introduced the signature skills demonstrated by experts that separate them from novices. Part 2 presented the type of practice that develops experts. This post discusses implications I see for Learning and Development and makes the connection...Continue Reading
This is a re-post based of a article I wrote for CSTD Learning Journal back in 2013. It’s posted here in three parts. Part 1 introduced the signature skills demonstrated by experts that separate them from novices. *** The signatures skills of expertise I described in Part 1 are the result of years of effortful, progressive practice...Continue Reading
Seeking ways to leverage new social media environments, learning departments are discovering ways to sneak a little formal learning through the informal learning back door. Some of our clients for example, are looking to load up their social learning environments with small bits of learning content related to business goals. The notion being that these...Continue Reading
For years we have dragged managers into training programs then do it again in a year or two to “renew” their skills or expose them to the “next thing” sparked by the newest management trend. But take the time to ask managers how they prefer to hone their skills, they invariably offer informal approaches like...Continue Reading
Last week I presented a session titled Leadership Development in a Learning 2.0 World at the CSTD 2010 National Symposium. Here is the description of the session from the conference program: Leadership Development in a Learning 2.0 World Developing effective leaders and managers is an increasingly important task for the learning function. Leadership development has...Continue Reading
Here’s a nice example I stumbled on this week that illustrates the transition that training needs to make. A few years ago the UPS driver training unit had a mini-revolt on its hands from younger drivers who were unhappy with the long traditional classroom-based training program required for new drivers. The program was experiencing increasingly...Continue Reading
I’m back from some vacation where I read Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers. Even if you haven’t read Outliers yet you probably know that it sets out to dispel myths that intelligence or innate ability are the primary predictors of success. Instead, Gladwell summarizes research and provides examples to show that it is hours and hours of...Continue Reading
This is the fifth and final post in the 10 Strategies for Integrating Learning and Work series. I appreciate the comments and e-mails in response to previous posts. This last post focuses on the job (or role). First, how jobs can be designed to optimize natural learning (strategy #9) and second, how elements of the...Continue Reading
The traditional approach to instructional design has been bruised and battered for some years now. Sometimes the criticism is legitimate and thoughtful and other times it is shallow and faddish. I think one of the genuine concerns is its deconstruction of learning into small learning tasks which are categorized into learning domains using a...Continue Reading
These early days of implementing web 2.0 for learning (or working, or both) is turning out to be a hit and miss affair. While social media has been embraced in the public sphere, attempts to implement in organizations have been met with mixed success. A recent survey by Mckinsey and Company showed as many survey...Continue Reading
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