Learning Pool

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Launching AI Conversations, a generative AI offering that allows employees to practice challenging workplace conversations, in October 2023, we’re proud to have placed in two categories at the Brandon Hall Excellence in Technology Awards. It’s a breakthrough way for companies in any industry to ensure productive workplace conversations.

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Docebo

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

“Data from the Improvement areas that are identified on our clients’ scorecards has increased rapidly with our network growth, and, along with feedback from customers, has given us a clear picture of the most important education and guidance needed to help companies improve,” Emily Rakowski, CMO of EcoVadis. “We

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Ed App

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Without this skill, an organization is destined to fall behind as it can’t keep up with the changing world around it. The answer is to transform your company’s learning from a static entity into a dynamic learning organization. What is a learning organization? Collaborative learning. Innovation.

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Jane Hart

JUNE 4, 2012

But in order to support the full SWL Continuum, there are 5 points to take on board. The term “course” is clearly inappropriate to describe an initiative that involves supporting informal learning, e.g. helping teams to establish Communities of Practice for knowledge sharing and continuous learning and performance improvement.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

JULY 2, 2015

Several excellent blog posts have recently come to my attention that, when combined, provide a how-to for creating a learning culture in organizations. communities of practice). Helping workers learn continuously on the job. Helping workers learn continuously on the job. The daily routine supports social learning.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

AUGUST 19, 2010

In his 2001 book Kitchen Confidential , Anthony Bourdain describes how he became a professional chef and how he continues to support the community of professional chefs. How can the chef help the dessert chef advance to sous-chef? Ten years ago, the common wisdom was that you could not establish a community of practice.

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Jane Hart

APRIL 20, 2012

Furthermore, as Dan Pink has shown us in Drive: the surprising truth about what motivates us , autonomy is a highly motivating factor within an organization: “ Control leads to compliance, autonomy leads to engagement.”. Get organized. What does it require to support a BYOL Strategy in the organisation. Contribute and share.

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Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Live blogged notes from Extending Learning to the Edges of Organizations with Charles Jennings & Andy McGovern. Official description: Thomson Reuters meets the challenge of supporting the learning and development of its employees across the world through the innovative use of technology and a strategy based on the 70:20:10 model.

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Clark Quinn

JANUARY 31, 2018

Communities of Practice served as a model for this thinking. Jos Arets and Vivian Heijnin at Tulser talked through a case study working with a medical care organization. The solution includes continuous assessment, mobile performance support, and coaching. The problem was too much hierarchy.

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Matrix

AUGUST 5, 2021

Blended learning has proved it’s not an L&D fad but an organic development in the business world. While it sounds like a good plan, implementing blended learning in your organization might have some hurdles. The same goes for promoting blended learning in the organization – to executives and employees as well.

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IT Training Department Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

There is a solution that can help bridge this gap and empower both individuals and organizations to thrive in the digital world – technical training. Without employees who have the necessary digital skills, organizations may struggle to stay competitive in today’s digital age. Death, taxes, and innovation.

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Instancy

MARCH 9, 2023

In this digital age, many social learning apps are available to help learners maximize their learning experience. This article will introduce one such platform, Instancy, and its features that help learners to make the most of their social learning experience. They can also create links to external resources.

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Clark Quinn

APRIL 21, 2020

Eileen’s husband was doing research on ‘extremophiles’, organisms that survive in extreme conditions, and we were looking at biomimetic inspiration from those mechanisms. Organizations are struggling. Times were tough, and organizations were wondering how to cope. That’s what a learning organization is all about.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

JULY 31, 2014

These are behaviors ingrained in the routines and rituals of organizations that are continually learning and learning how to learn. Leaders in these organizations do the following: Send the message - Leaders communicate the importance of learning to the organization.

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Web Courseworks

JULY 16, 2019

If you are a professional instructional designer or online course developer, you probably belong to the community of practice called the eLearning Guild. They have their regular speaker experts and their annual conferences, and they have their industry vendors who help support the community.

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Jane Hart

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

They’ll help each other out. Communities emerge. and then figuring out how to best support them.” While getting work done collaboratively will continue to be of importance in all organizations, it will not be enough. These are owned by the practitioners themselves, not an association and not an organization.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

JUNE 25, 2018

The culture that underpins a managing minds approach must support and encourage an ongoing and collective discovery, sharing, and appli­cation of knowledge and skills at the individual, team, and organization levels. How do you know if your organization has the DNA that predisposes it to learning? What are the visible signs?

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Avilar

MAY 18, 2022

Model connecting socially with others in the digital working world – and support and reward employees who do the same. First, start by identifying the essential remote leadership skills for your organization. Most organizations will want to offer a blend of development opportunities, including: New manager training. Creativity.

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Web Courseworks

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

I have been a supporter and follower of Jeff Cobb and Celisa Steele for almost a decade. Higher ed institutions and communities of practice like state and national associations may not always want to admit it, but we are in the business of learning, and our goal is “putting butts in the seats.” Are you stage one—static?

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The Performance Improvement Blog

JUNE 25, 2018

The culture that underpins a managing minds approach must support and encourage an ongoing and collective discovery, sharing, and appli­cation of knowledge and skills at the individual, team, and organization levels. How do you know if your organization has the DNA that predisposes it to learning? What are the visible signs?

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Adobe Captivate

MARCH 12, 2018

Usage of Content Curation to offset this challenge not only helps addresses this challenge but also enables users to find the access to information they can use at the moment of their need. Content Curation provides an option to support both formal training and more significantly the Performance Support.

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Convergence Training

APRIL 22, 2019

We’ve written before about what a learning organization is and what are some of their traits, and we’ve even talked about how to integrate safety departments into learning organization efforts (see this Safety & Learning Organizations article or this recorded Integrating Safety into Learning Organizations ASSP webinar ).

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learnWorlds

JANUARY 12, 2024

According to a recent study from the University of Central Florida, students with access to peer support are 23% more likely to up their academic game. Companies that build strong learning communities , as found by Salesforce in 2021, are 3.5 Imagine what a supportive digital space can do for your work mojo! Setting the Stage ?

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TalentLMS

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Gone are the days when individuals would feel lucky to be part of a successful organization. Create an in-house Online Support for New Employees. Instead of repeating themselves over and over again, senior and experienced employees need to share their wisdom in an organized manner in the form of a Wiki. Get Social Online.

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Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 21, 2015

In some recent work, an organization is looking to find a way to learn fast enough to cope with the increasing changes we’re seeing. As a starting point, it helps to realize that adapting to change is a form of learning. Yet we see that far too few organizations are using social networks for learning (< 30%), for example.

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ID Reflections

DECEMBER 28, 2014

How do we help organizations see that social and informal learning is not a new and fancy way to learn but an essential requirement in a complex, rapidly changing, and uber connected world? Will we still continue to speak about learning as an activity to be undertaken in order to be effective at work?

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Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

DECEMBER 9, 2018

My thinking was sharpened, but I also took away really practical lessons for the things I am working on (like the idea to embed peergradio in Moodle for instance.) Communities of practice are powerful but not appealing A powerful things happened in the very last session at 17.00 and new relationships. We decided to exchange.

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Living in Learning

JULY 12, 2009

Economic contraction demands better return on dollars spent within organizations. If organizations expect their workers to become more agile, they must enhance their ability to think and draw conclusions quickly. When and where we support the performer becomes a crucial design consideration. What is Performer Support?

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 5, 2022

Most organizations adopted new technologies, processes and new ways of doing things. These dynamics made many organizations press their employees to learn faster. In my research , I discovered that ill-designed training was the number one bottleneck to speed for many organizations. Moving fast became critical.

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Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

JUNE 3, 2010

Keeping the Wheels Turning: The Dynamics of Managing Networks of Practice. Journal of Management Studies, 47(1), 85-108 The authors make a distinction between NoPs and CoPs; networks of practice and communities of practice. Managers should support and energize communities, not neglect and ignore them.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 30, 2011

The people asked and ITA answers… Working Smarter – all the things it takes to get things done in organizations. Using new social technologies to help people get on with their jobs. How do you use social learning to support formal learning? L&D should help people focus on core skills – e.g., critical thinking skills.

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Actio Learning

JANUARY 27, 2022

and methods of collaboration (social, communities of practice , etc.). may include several forms of learning tools, such as real-time virtual/collaboration software, self-paced [eLearning] courses, electronic performance support systems (EPSS) embedded within the job-task environment, and knowledge management systems." ".

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Obsidian Learning

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Addressing employees’ social needs can give a small and nimble organization some advantage over larger organziations even when they cannot afford the top salaries or benefits packages. A more organic approach, allowing relationships to develop naturally, is usually more effective. Let’s look at some practical examples.

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Obsidian Learning

AUGUST 27, 2020

Functional performance support, focused learning, effective means of training delivery, and organizational support are key to ensuring employee engagement. How can organizations support these learning needs in remote working environments? Supporting Employee Learning Needs Virtually.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 20, 2012

I’ve been revisiting performance support in preparation for the Guild’s Performance Support Symposium next month, and I’m seeing a connection between two models that really excite me. It’s abut how social and performance support are a natural connection. Here, the support we need differs.

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Matrix

MARCH 22, 2018

We often say that people are the most important resource a company can have and that the success of any organization is directly connected to its people. But it must also support all the informal learning that happens organically in the workplace. And this is where Communities of Practice — or CoPs — can jump in to save the day.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2015

In a learning culture, we start with the performance goal and then select the mix of methods that will help employees acquire and retain the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and beliefs they need in order to achieve those goals. Business case-study – drawing lessons from discussing the documented story of actual events in another organization.

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