The Performance Improvement Blog

JULY 31, 2014

Encourage risk-taking – Organizations that seek new solutions to old problems, creativity and innovation in their operations and products, employees who “think outside the box” and “walk the talk”, need to allow managers to make mistakes and learn from those experiences. This learning cannot be left to chance.

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Learnnovators

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

In contrast, social and experiential learning continue to be veritable goldmines of productivity, placing learners at the centre of their story and demanding a major shift from Learning & Development professionals. Here’s a quick recap for those just tuning in…. 70:20:10 has shone a spotlight on the limits of formal learning.

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Matrix

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

This is a constructivist approach to learning that involves a mentor rather than a trainer. Read more: How many types of mentoring are there? Since it is very hands on and practical it has a visible immediate ROI, develops problem solving skills, critical and creative thinking.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JANUARY 11, 2016

For example, suppose you are charged with training the sales team on a new product. To improve the effectiveness of your workshop even further, consider doing the following: Engage each trainee’s manager to act as their coach or mentor. Set up a community of practice forum in which the trainee can ask questions in the moment.

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IT Training Department Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

By investing in the development of their employees’ digital skills, businesses can drive growth, improve productivity, and stay ahead of the competition. Ongoing Support and Mentoring : Offering ongoing support and mentoring throughout the training program helps employees overcome challenges and reinforces their learning experience.

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Instilled

JULY 2, 2019

Because of its on-demand consumability, microlearning can elevate productivity and performance—delivering concise, targeted learning content designed to close gaps in skills and knowledge. Capture Tacit Knowledge and Build Communities of Practice. Facilitate informal learning and mentoring.

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Learnnovators

MARCH 21, 2016

For example, suppose you are charged with training the sales team on a new product. To improve the effectiveness of your workshop even further, consider doing the following: Engage each trainee’s manager to act as their coach or mentor. Encourage the manager to engineer opportunities for the trainee to put their learning into practice.

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Docebo

OCTOBER 7, 2015

The resulting shared knowledge is a product of the interactions between employees rather than any one individual employee’s contributions. Through leveraging collaboration tools and creating communities of practice, organizations can nurture the creation of new knowledge. Externalization: Tacit-to-Explicit.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 26, 2012

People want the opportunity to share and connect – this is why it’s taken off, not because Facebook created this amazing product… Newsfeed – sharing the story of what your friends are doing. Communities of practice – built on authenticity, social by design. Mass distribution of thoughts and ideas. Who is Facebook?

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ID Reflections

JUNE 29, 2014

Workplace learning in many places is still struggling to come out of the Industrial Era where workers were trained on best practices, put to work, and their efficiency measured by supervisors. And time to production improved. The more of the same task they performed, the more efficient they became. Economy of scale was achieved.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Mentoring – a relationship in which senior leaders impart their knowledge and wisdom on employees who are learning to be leaders. Performance measurement – learning from measures of performance such as sales figures, production numbers, and customer service feedback.

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Actio Learning

JANUARY 27, 2022

and methods of collaboration (social, communities of practice , etc.). often [mixes] traditional instructor-led training, synchronous online conferencing or training, asynchronous self-paced study, and structured on-the-job training from an experienced worker or mentor." In his view, blended learning ".

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Acorn Labs

JULY 9, 2023

Bad news first: The rate of product, service and technological development isn't likely to slow, which means you need to look inward and figure out how you can keep ahead of your competitors or keep pace. For example: Conducting product research and development Developing and testing prototypes Conducting market research and analysis.

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Acorn Labs

JULY 9, 2023

Bad news first: The rate of product, service and technological development isn't likely to slow, which means you need to look inward and figure out how you can keep ahead of your competitors or keep pace. For example: Conducting product research and development Developing and testing prototypes Conducting market research and analysis.

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Ed App

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Concepts such as the community of practice espouse that learning occurs as individuals in any endeavor participate in their task with peers and a competent teacher. Discussions delivers instant coaching and mentoring opportunities to learners through a forum-like discussion between coworkers and managers alike. 2) Schoology.

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eLearning 24-7

APRIL 11, 2024

Someone came up with the idea of an LCMS (RIP) Community of Practice (yuck, first it went the way of the dodo bird, then has made a comeback – just like the dodo bird – which is being re-created genetically). Instead, it was someone from Macromedia Dreamweaver, which is software for building websites.

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Acorn Labs

MAY 29, 2023

This allows you to prioritise which sales capabilities should be developed first to increase sales productivity, based on the risk to business and sales performance. Having an assigned mentor to members of your sales team allows for real-time training and real-time feedback to reinforce and build sales competencies.

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Acorn Labs

MAY 29, 2023

This allows you to prioritise which sales capabilities should be developed first to increase sales productivity, based on the risk to business and sales performance. Having an assigned mentor to members of your sales team allows for real-time training and real-time feedback to reinforce and build sales competencies.

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Matrix

AUGUST 7, 2018

Chemistry is important so setting up a framework where each employee can choose a mentor , somebody they can learn easily from is a first step. If the company, however, encourages employees to experiment without worrying about being reprimanded they will feel more comfortable and prove more productive. A job rotation system.

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2014

It implemented this more social and collaborative learning option in response to learners’ development needs within the company’s broader Spirit of Mentoring system, which comprises both formal mentoring, called IMPACT, and informal mentoring including peer-to-peer managed through its employee business resource groups.

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learnWorlds

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Developers traditionally used No-code tools to prototype their ideas and move quickly to MVP (Minimum Viable Product). This was initially developed for team members without coding experience who were part of product creation. Vibrant Learning Community. “The future of coding is no coding at all.” – CEO, GitHub. ??

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Former Thomson Reuters CLO Charles Jennings highlights the 70:20:10 framework for thinking about organizational learning: 10 percent of what we need to know to do our jobs comes from courses, 20 percent from mentoring or coaching, and 70 percent is learned on the job through independent initiative. There are intangibles that come along, too.

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TalentLMS

DECEMBER 15, 2014

You may be a product or a service oriented business, but your aim is to improve and become the best. Research indicates that the best strategies to measure tacit or invisible knowledge is through developing a community of practice (COP) within your learning environment. Think about your core vision as a company.

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eFront

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

And where can your employees hold this productive talk? As a mentor for training, your primary task would be to post meaningful discussion topics under relevant training. When you see healthy input of valuable experience from experts, you know that you have established a community of practice. This is your ultimate goal.

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Marcia Conner

JANUARY 26, 2012

Mistakes on the production line start to decrease. We need to understand that the informal side of the equation requires real people in real time: mentors, coaches, masters, guides, power users, subject-matter experts, communities of practice. Sometimes people do learn. They change and improve.

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Jay Cross

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

After-the-fact finger pointing is not productive. You have to support electronic offerings with mentors, guides, help desks, FAQs, reinforcement, and organizational support. Peer learning, communities of practice, collaboration. Replacing instructor-led events with living networks yields astounding gains in productivity.

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Jay Cross

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

After-the-fact finger pointing is not productive. You have to support electronic offerings with mentors, guides, help desks, FAQs, reinforcement, and organizational support. Peer learning, communities of practice, collaboration. Replacing instructor-led events with living networks yields astounding gains in productivity.

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Limestone Learning

NOVEMBER 30, 2019

So, are you sprinting to max out your productivity before 2020 hits? Product Manager, Instructure, to discover how effective talent development comes to life by connecting career planning, enabling meaningful connections, facilitating continuous performance management, and bringing all your learning programs into one cohesive experience.

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Jay Cross

MAY 30, 2009

An active community of practice is a different animal from a bottom-up knowledge management network or a corporate news channel. New communities have different requirements than old. Mzinga’s Dave Wilkins describes several production roles. We’re all in this together.

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Living in Learning

AUGUST 23, 2009

I will use a sales training scenario from the Pharma industry to serve as our example, and just for the record, Product Development and Product Marketing conspired to throw the stone. An innocent phone call from Product Marketing started the chain of events we have all experienced in our training organizations. Piece o’ cake!

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eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 31, 2010

Others offer a pseudo app share offering – where people can upload documents, pdfs, PowerPoints and other group members can download them or view them or both – it is basically a COP (community of practice) wrapped as social learning. I rarely recommend 100%, a product, but I will on this one. Event management.

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Learnnovators

APRIL 18, 2014

It comprises stimulating discussions with industry experts and product evangelists on emerging trends in the learning landscape. I have continued to push my productivity through mobile devices as a way to boost my own understanding, and have had the opportunity to engage in mobile initiatives as well.

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The Learning Circuits

AUGUST 3, 2005

Anyone familiar with my posts and company knows that I am a big believer in the power of collaboration (and ideally done to such a level of integration that it results in mentoring not just with 'experts' but also with your peers) so it is heartening to see that finally we are moving past 'simplistic' collaboration (i.e.

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Learnnovators

APRIL 16, 2014

It comprises stimulating discussions with industry experts and product evangelists on emerging trends in the learning landscape. I have continued to push my productivity through mobile devices as a way to boost my own understanding, and have had the opportunity to engage in mobile initiatives as well. Clark: I wouldn’t start with apps.

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eLearning Learning Posts

DECEMBER 7, 2009

When it’s just so obvious NOT to train it’s painful to watch it happen - Performance Learning Productivity , June 12, 2009. Mentoring vs. Training — Why Social Networking Isn’t Enough - aLearning , October 13, 2009. Social Learning and Communities of Practice , June 4, 2009. e-bites , September 17, 2009.

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Jay Cross

MARCH 19, 2012

You’re redeploying training staff as mentors, coaches, and facilitators who work on improving core business processes, strengthening relationships with customers, and cutting costs. Peer learning, communities of practice, collaboration. Replacing instructor-led events with living networks yields astounding gains in productivity.

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Jay Cross

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

Communities of practice. A Community of Practice (CoP) is a social network of people who identify with one another professionally (e.g. Chefs and workers in the kitchen who aspire to be chefs are a community of practice. An effective community of practice is like a beehive.

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