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Surfing the Net: Waste of Time or Personal Directed Learning.

Dashe & Thomson

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Surfing the Net: Waste of Time or Personal Directed Learning? Charles Jennings hits the nail on the head when he says: We are moving to the world of the sons of Socrates, where dialogue and guidance are key competencies.

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The Great Training Robbery Continues

The Performance Improvement Blog

When I ask the training and development leaders who participate in my ATD Essentials of Developing an Organizational Learning Culture workshop to say what percentage of employees who attend training programs actually apply what they’ve learned on the job, the answers range from about 10% to about 50%, with most at the lower end of that range.

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Investing in Training in Downturns and Upturns

The Performance Improvement Blog

in 2011 – the largest gain in three years. And Training magazine’s research found a 13% increase in spending on L&D in 2011. Only provide experiences that will help learners improve performance and contribute to achieving the strategic goals of the organization – no more and no less.

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7 Strategies to Facilitate “Working Out Loud”

Learnnovators

Meaningful Conversations – Most often, organizational learning gets locked up as a conversation between 2 or 3 people in their inboxes. Organizations looking to inculcate the practice of working out loud in their employees will need to provide the support, perhaps with L&D acting as facilitators.

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The Learning Curve and The Pivot Point

The Performance Improvement Blog

A plan for a well-timed hand-off from the formal to the informal can be developed to support employee performance during their informal learning. Or, best of all, we can provide another opportunity for the learner to practice applying the concept in context. Retrieved July 4, 2011 from https://principlesoflearning.wordpress.com. [7]

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Becoming a Social Business – Beyond Culture Change

Learnnovators

We have to shift from the old ways of working that was driven by extrinsic motivation – bonus, salary hike, promotion, and other tangible rewards to one that is driven from the heart, that engages people intrinsically by giving them the autonomy, providing the purpose and creating a sense a belonging.

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GETTING STARTED WITH WORKING OUT LOUD

Learnnovators

When you do that – when you work in a more open, connected way – you can build a purposeful network that makes you more effective and provides access to more opportunities. Share a snippet from the day’s work that captures a learning, a mistake made, or insight gleaned. Process sharing provides deeper insight into how a task is done.