Performance Learning Productivity

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The Knowledge and Learning Transfer Problem

Performance Learning Productivity

The myth of knowledge transfer The same could be said of the phrase ‘knowledge transfer’. We can’t and don’t transfer knowledge between people. We can create and use techniques and approaches that help and facilitate knowledge acquisition. But we don’t transfer knowledge. Sometimes language does matter.

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Workplace Learning: Adding, Embedding & Extracting

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Typically, adding learning involves integrating structured away-from-work learning (courses, classes, and eLearning modules) with learning activities within the workflow. An example might be the creation of some workplace activities as part of, or immediately following, a leadership development programme. What actually happened?

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Re-thinking Workplace Learning: extracting rather than adding

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From this study, new and challenging workplace experiences were demonstrated to have almost three times greater impact on performance improvement than simply ensuring workers had the right knowledge and skills. there was found to be a 295% uplift in performance from reflective learning over ensuring the right knowledge and skills.

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It’s Only 65% !

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Formal learning’ suggests learning that is designed and directed by someone other than the learner as part of a curriculum, course, programme, module etc. We continue to learn as we put our new knowledge or skills into practice. In real life ''on-the-job'' learning can be either informal (i.e.

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ID - Instructional Design or Interactivity Design in an interconnected world?

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It simply isn’t appropriate for the needs of the 21 st century knowledge industry, and is arguable even more inappropriate for those whose work is carried out with their hands rather than with their minds. For years we’ve been led to believe that ‘learning’ meant acquiring knowledge. The need to become Interactivity Designers.

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Less is more: A different approach to L&D in a world awash with information

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Charles Jennings argues that the adage 'access to knowledge is power' is more fitting in today's information-swamped world. " Other organisations have used this collaborative knowledge sharing extremely effectively. Wikipedia created a transparent knowledge creation environment by allowing open discussion and online collaboration.

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Managing Learning?

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To that I’d add the need to work with Internal and Corporate Communications colleagues, Brand specialists, Knowledge Management teams as well as your extended value chain. The Rise of PKM My diagram above points to PKM (Personal Knowledge Management) as an important focus area in supporting the learning-work interlink.

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