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The Changing Nature of Workplace Learning

ID Reflections

Recently, I read two posts that to me reflected the changing nature of work -- from divergently different perspectives. Read in conjunction, the two pieces shed a lot of light not only on how today''s workplace is changing but also on its impact on how we learn. What can L&D do to foster the necessary change?

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Becoming a Social Business -- Beyond Culture Change

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We have become accustomed to blaming the culture of an organization for the failure of any initiative, and more so when the change calls for redefining and re-imagining how people work and interact. No matter how hard we try to change the culture – and I do believe that leaders and managers are trying – the discourse we use lets us down.

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Switch: When change is hard.

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The subject matter is a book called Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard ! However, when one completes a book that tells you how to change or bring about change and it coincides with your birthday, it does cause you to reflect a little more than usual. However, that is not the subject matter of this post.

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Adaptive Project Framework in Celebration of Change.

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That difficulty arises from constant change, unclear business objectives, actions of competitors, and other factors. The only constant will be the change and change can no longer be perceived as a challenge. From its very beginning to its very end, APF is designed to continuously adapt to the changing situation of a project.

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Projects are how we change the world.and ourselves.

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Preamble Projects are how we change the world and introduce new knowledge into our organizations (when they are done well that is - also sometime how we remove obsolete knowledge and processes). It was then that I knew I had made a dent, a difference, brought about a small change. Read the post for a more detailed explanation.

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Myth of the "Relevant Experience"

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The snippet succinctly puts forth the challenges of being a hierarchical organization set to operate in a stable world but hurled into the new world of complexity, change and disruptive tech. The unwillingness to meet change, accept the new world of work, and be adaptive can actually tip an organization into a downward spiral.

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From Courses to Micro-Learning

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In this space of uncertainty, L&D and training departments strove to remain relevant, keep up and match the speed of change. While micro-learning can be viewed as a support to more formal and longer courses, this equation may change. But that proved to be a failing endeavor. Today, workers need bursts and nuggets of learning a.k.a.