performance improvement – Gram Consulting

January 22, 2009ByTom GramInBlog, Instructional design, Learning Design, performance consulting, Performance Design

Wither needs assessment?

Overheard at a recent training conference… “I’d be more successful if I didn’t worry so much about needs assessment and just gave them good courses. The business is moving too fast for a big study The only ones complaining are the instructional design group” It was a conversation between training managers. It’s only one conversation...

January 14, 2009ByTom GramInBlog, e-learning 2.0, process Improvement

It’s the performance, stupid

My recent posts on web/learning 2.0 technologies got me thinking about other technology waves that have rippled through learning and performance over the years. Since my first mainframe based e-learning project (ouch, that dates me), technologies from videodisk though PC-based, CD-ROM, client/server, and early web-based learning (web 1.0) have each had their day with associated...

November 28, 2008ByTom GramInBlog, Learning Design, performance consulting, Performance Design, performance support, process Improvement

What’s a self respecting learning function to do in an economic crisis?

A few days ago Ron Wilkins referenced a report released from the Corporate Leadership Council (CLC) asking CEOs which areas in their organizations would suffer the most in response to the current economic crisis. Learning and Development was tagged as the #1 target for cutbacks at 38% of respondents. Recruiting was second and IT was...