Performance Learning Productivity

JULY 5, 2016

I have smaller businesses, some of whom are vendors who offer training products and services to the public or to organisations who are scratching their heads trying to figure out how to get ‘into the 21st century’ as their clients ask for more blended programs – shorter programs – but still achieve the same outcomes. It’s wider than that.

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Performance Learning Productivity

JULY 21, 2009

Last month Tony Karrer wrote an very insightful piece on his eLearning Technology blog about the Business of Learning. The business models that sustained publishers from the 18th to the early 21st century are no longer valid. Publishing needs to look for new ways to sustain itself, new business models and new ways of publishing.

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Performance Learning Productivity

DECEMBER 1, 2009

They beg the question as to whether business managers have confidence that their L&D department can make a difference, impact organisational performance and the balance sheet. In other words, is L&D relevant in business terms? I think both of these questions come back to competence trust and to relevance. It’s not magic.

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Performance Learning Productivity

JUNE 19, 2009

The question is usually ‘what can I do to ensure that the CEO or Director views L&D as a strategic business tool and not another also-ran support function’. To achieve this, the L&D Governance Board (or whatever you choose to call it) needs to be strongly represented by senior business leaders. It’s a good question to ask.

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Performance Learning Productivity

JANUARY 3, 2016

Business education has understood this fact for years, but rather than designing ways that allow experienced business school professors to support and mentor managers to solve their own real problems in their own context, most use a proxy called the case method.

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Performance Learning Productivity

JANUARY 24, 2017

How technology has changed business forever As we enter uncertain global times, never before has technology played such a key role in our lives, whether it’s at home, on the move or in the workplace. Charles is a co-founder of the 70:20:10 Institute , as well as a leading thinker and practitioner in learning, development and performance”.

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Performance Learning Productivity

AUGUST 24, 2023

He has been studying and supporting it for many years and is co-author of the highly acclaimed Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning: How to Turn Training and Development into Business Results (Pfeiffer, 2010).

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Performance Learning Productivity

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

To produce improved outcomes; to deliver that project faster and to a higher quality; to provide deeper insight to that business analysis; to solve that client’s problem faster… Deutschman goes on to point out that “conventional wisdom says that crisis is a powerful motivator for change.

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Performance Learning Productivity

DECEMBER 6, 2015

In other words, 10 solutions are likely to have less business impact and provide less value than the 70 and 20 solutions in the long run. However, learning which occurs closer to the time and place where it is to be used has a greater chance of being turned into action and result in performance improvement.

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Performance Learning Productivity

OCTOBER 14, 2013

However, just as powerful is the extraction of learning that can be achieved by taking time out of a busy team or project meeting to reflect on last week’s experiences and learning in a semi-structured way.

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Performance Learning Productivity

AUGUST 31, 2016

Delegates will learn: - How to define objectives that meet both business and trainee needs. - How to plan and design training to gain the trainee’s commitment and enthusiasm - Even reluctant trainees! - How to recognise the different psychological and sensory learning styles of trainees. - How to deal with trainee concerns about training. -

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Performance Learning Productivity

JANUARY 7, 2013

The business world will become a bit more complex — and therefore more chaotic and unpredictable. Meanwhile, we will continue to see individuals and teams bypass IT and T&D departments and solve their learning and performance problems more quickly and easily using their own devices to access online resources, tools and networks.

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Performance Learning Productivity

MAY 9, 2010

" Andreas Weigend, former chief scientist at Amazon.com writing in the Harvard Business Review, May 2009 Andreas Weigend knows a thing to two about data and the social data revolution, about its impact on business and its role in information overload. Information overload is more serious than ever."

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Performance Learning Productivity

AUGUST 20, 2014

The report of the 50:26:24 survey went on to say: “It’s widely accepted that the 70:20:10 model is the most effective learning blend for business, but getting to that perfect mix can be a challenge. The researchers (possibly on work experience) declared that “ 50:26:24 is the average learning mix in most companies right now ”.

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Performance Learning Productivity

APRIL 1, 2013

Learning leaders need to work with their colleagues in IT and Business Operations to get the right tools in place. She sees the future of technologies supporting learning as a mash-up of social co-operation and collaboration tools aligned with the emerging social workplace. More importantly, Jane provides advice that L&D can’t sit alone.

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Performance Learning Productivity

JANUARY 20, 2015

Good use of 70:20:10 results in increased focus on supporting effective learning and development within the daily workflow, naturally and at the speed of business – or preferably faster than the speed of business. That’s where the model can have its greatest impact.

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Performance Learning Productivity

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

jaycross “When I look out 10 years, I see businesses prospering by treating people like people. A quick look at Jay’s contributions to the field over the years uncovers a deeply humanist view of the world. “My My calling is to make people happy. They deserve more fulfilling, satisfied lives” https://about.me/jaycross

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Performance Learning Productivity

JANUARY 23, 2015

Every 5-8 years an HRD or CEO decides to centralise, or push L&D back into ‘the business’ – depending on the current operating model. Many organisations flip-flop between centralised L&D and distributed L&D. The cycle tends to have a frequency of about 5-8 years.

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Performance Learning Productivity

AUGUST 27, 2015

The Harvard Business Review group discussions alone could probably occupy all of my time. It provides a stream of updates from people I know and groups I’ve joined. LinkedIn allows for deep discussions with other professionals – always a great learning opportunity. I’m a member of far too many LinkedIn groups.

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Performance Learning Productivity

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Not qualitative metrics, but the perceptions of the business people that the learning function worked with. ” New Measurements Every Time Returning to George Bernard Shaw, one of the challenges of effective measurement is the need to review the metrics needed for each specific instance.

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Performance Learning Productivity

MAY 28, 2010

My colleague, Clark Quinn ( www.quinnovation.com ) knows a thing or two about designing learning experiences, having been a leading expert in the field in both academia and the business world for some years. Clark talks about learning experience design. He provides good explanations of his thoughts and approach here and here.

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Performance Learning Productivity

JULY 10, 2017

He been studying and supporting it for many years and is co-author of the highly acclaimed Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning: How to Turn Training and Development into Business Results (Pfeiffer, 2010).

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Performance Learning Productivity

MAY 1, 2014

Of course efficiency is important in any training activity – both in financial terms and in terms of achieving results at the speed of business. In the words of a famous English football manager “it’s much, much more important than that”. And it’s not only efficiencies in the training process itself that we need to look for.

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Performance Learning Productivity

MAY 18, 2009

Training/L&D is a big business. The survey results suggests that the majority of time is still spent in designing and delivering instructor-led courses and curricula. This should be a real worry to everyone involved in the profession because that game’s well-and-truly up, and has been for some time.

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Performance Learning Productivity

JANUARY 16, 2013

L&D specialists should be focusing on understanding critical business problems that are being caused by underperformance and then working with stakeholders to design the best ways to solve them. This may, or may not, involve designing, developing and delivering physical or virtual training, eLearning or some other intervention.

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Performance Learning Productivity

AUGUST 13, 2016

He been studying and supporting it for many years and is co-author of the highly acclaimed Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning: How to Turn Training and Development into Business Results (Pfeiffer, 2010).

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Performance Learning Productivity

JUNE 3, 2016

This is similar to almost any other formal education/test process, whether it’s an Microsoft MCSE or a Cisco CCNA technical ‘badge’ or a DMS or MBA business ‘badge’. Once a new driver completes the formal education and passes the test, the road is theirs.

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Performance Learning Productivity

APRIL 7, 2010

Even in organisations where L&D priorities are closely aligned with business priorities there’s plenty of head-room for improvement. In fact the business impact of most training and development is not even measured in many cases, so a definite figure is difficult to determine. The opportunities to overcome inertia are there.

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Performance Learning Productivity

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Respondents represented a range of sectors and organisation types – financial services, oil and gas, healthcare, business services, industry, government and third sector were all included. 76% felt that L&D was ineffective or extremely ineffective at supporting their business outcomes. Deliver more value with fewer resources.

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Performance Learning Productivity

JULY 7, 2014

Whether you’re working in an HR or L&D department, or for a commercial company providing learning tools and services, or for a college, university or business school, results matter. Professionals in any field are usually recognised (and paid) for results. It’s no different from any other profession.

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Performance Learning Productivity

JULY 15, 2010

They must focus on whether (and how) they can partner with their business colleagues to help them solve their business challenges with innovative business-led solutions. There was a chasm between the current focus (tactical) mindset of L&D and the future focus (strategic) mindset required by senior business leaders.

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Performance Learning Productivity

JANUARY 3, 2013

Myatt points out that “US businesses spend more than $170 Billion dollars on leadership-based curriculum, with the majority of those dollars being spent on Leadership Training ”. Development rather than Training Mike Myatt identifies some of the important challenges around leadership development in a recent HBR blog article.

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Performance Learning Productivity

JUNE 18, 2010

My suggestion to help Kate out here would be to recommend that every learning professional and every professional in the learning LMS business comes to appreciate that learning is a continuous personal process that isn’t measured by any form of pre- and post-assessment, no matter how sophisticated. Right now, that might come in useful.”

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Performance Learning Productivity

AUGUST 8, 2010

Jon Husband , an expert business analyst and long-standing HR/L&D professional, explains Wirearchy as: " a dynamic two-way flow of power and authority based on information, knowledge, trust and credibility, enabled by interconnected people and technology. Performance support and business process guidance offer other successful strategies.

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Performance Learning Productivity

MAY 11, 2009

the ability to ‘speak business’. An understanding of business goals is the ‘so what’ in learning. Everyone in L&D should be able to read and draw conclusions from a balance sheet and P&L account and understand the business drivers that line managers are focused on.

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Performance Learning Productivity

JUNE 12, 2009

An even better (and certainly cheaper) option is simply to cut out the training and replace it with a support environment from the start Where Performance Support Trumps Training There are some very good ePSS (electronic Performance Support Systems) or BPG (Business Process Guidance) tools available now.

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