Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

Any kind of training that requires significant upfront effort is going to come under increasing fire. Corporate Training Methods But what about in corporate training? A few notes: Virtual Labs - which certainly are used a lot in distance IT training, show no drop off here as compared to a 4.8% Oh, here was my prediction.

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Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 1, 2008

Saw a post by Matthew Franz - where he tells us - I don't get e-learning 2.0 - and it made me wonder if Franz is a training specialist - who's not looking at more than training as a model for learning. Here's what he said: I just don't get why folks are trying to lump in wikis, blogs, rss, etc. as "e-learning." RSS, Blog, Wikis, etc.

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Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Harold Jarche and Jay Cross have been talking about rethinking the training department, and I have to agree. In principle, if there is a ‘training’ department, it needs to be coupled with a ‘performance’ department and a ‘social learning’ department, all under an organizational learning & performance umbrella.

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Clark Quinn

DECEMBER 1, 2020

So, in the report, they indicated that the respondents indicated the demonstrated impact of training in these ways: General training output data. Training output data aligned with corporate initiatives. Learner satisfaction with training. Employee satisfaction with training availability. Employee engagement.

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Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Shawn Achor gave a rapidfire, amusing, and engaging presentation about the benefits of happiness and ways to cultivate it. meta-learning social'

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Clark Quinn

JULY 24, 2008

In the post - Webinar Software - Adoption Advice - one of the comments I made was: If you've done webinars, you know that they are different to design and deliver successfully than other kinds of presentations and training. Now that you have made this interesting observation, I need to get trained. We use GoToWebinar for our events.

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Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Jill Bolte Taylor gave a rapid fire overview of our cognitive anatomy and insights about how we act and why. Most importantly, she gave us a powerful message about how we can choose who and how we can be. meta-learning social'

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Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

BJ Fogg gave a lively and focused presentation. Seen him before, but great to renew, and there were further extensions. Very worthwhile! design meta-learning'

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Clark Quinn

MAY 11, 2021

I was regaled with a tale about how sales folks and execs were insisting that customers wanted training. If it’s persistent skills, yes, training’s the answer. However, a client found that customers were much happier with how-to videos than training for most of the situations. Customers want training.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 27, 2008

Other than Common Craft, what are some other good examples that illustrate other approaches to videos and screencasts that would be good for corporate training / learning?

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Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The other is to give them a ‘training set’ (also known as supervised learning), a body of data about inputs and decisions. You provide the inputs, and give feedback on the decisions until they make them in the same way.Then they generalize to decisions that they haven’t had training on.

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Clark Quinn

JULY 29, 2008

This is fantastic stuff that should be required reading for all Training Managers. But what really struck me as I read this and also took a look back at some of the discussion between Karyn and Wendy (see Please Stop Throwing Stuff at Me!!!! ). It's a great example of the value of blogging. sometimes they are the only two leaving comments.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 2, 2022

What folks really mean by a corp uni is a training academy, but a uni isn’t a good model. Similarly, I’ve sounded off on the problems of Training & Development, or Learning & Development. Training and learning are means to an end. Learning should be continual and ubiquitous, not sent off to separate environs.

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Clark Quinn

MARCH 22, 2022

For instance, in thinking about performance & development (as an alternative to learning & development), I put training first. Similarly, in my strategy work, I likewise suggest the first step is to put learning science more central in training. Here, the order is: Formal Learning. Performance Support. Informal Learning.

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Clark Quinn

DECEMBER 8, 2020

During World War II, the military was faced with training many soldiers, and behavioral psychologists created the field of instructional design. Here, the focus was more on training, including the influence of media and elements of instruction. Here, the focus was on schooling, and included cultural and motivational factors.

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Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In the other case, an organization is executing on a shift from a training philosophy to a performance focus. Which of course I laud, but the powers-that-be expect it to yield less training without much other change. However, it’s a mindset shift for a group that previous was developing training.

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Clark Quinn

MARCH 7, 2023

This up front work keeps us from using training to address a misalignment between incentives and desired behavior, for instance. Training isn’t going to keep people from doing things that are in their best interest! And rightly so.) Then, when we identify the root cause, we can target the appropriate intervention.

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Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

thesis, I trained folks on analogical reasoning skills, and found improvement (for component skills that weren’t a) already ceilinged or b) were perceived to be immutable, across different problem types. In my own Ph.D. However, what if you’re in a new domain where you don’t have relevant expertise to hand?

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Clark Quinn

APRIL 20, 2021

It can also require developing pre-conscious responses, such as we train airline pilots to respond to emergencies. . The aforementioned pilots are training for situations they never hope to see! Unless we’ve trained them to be good self-learners , it will take guided learning across their experience.

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Clark Quinn

JANUARY 10, 2023

Thus, we shouldn’t be training unless it absolutely, positively, has to be in the head when needed (such as in life-threatening situations such as aviation and medicine). Ok, so I’m being a bit provocative, but too often we err on the side of throwing training at it, even when it’s not the best solution.

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Clark Quinn

JUNE 29, 2021

My take is that after 9/11, a lot of folks didn’t want to travel, so all training went online. Which meant that a lot of content-based training ended up being content-based elearning. Unfortunately (as with the lingering pandemic), there was little focus on rethinking , and instead a mad rush to get things online.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 22, 2023

It’s like building muscle, or training for a sport; occasional practice isn’t sufficient. For one, the ‘learning’ mechanism that strengthens our learning can only do so much before it needs sleep. If you want to truly develop a skill, sufficient practice, over time, is required.

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Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

So it must need training, right? There’s this thing that’s called ‘ performance consulting ‘ that talks about identifying the gaps that could be preventing the desirable outcomes, and they’re not all about gaps that training meets. But it’s not (at least initially) a training problem.

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Clark Quinn

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Just as you design programs that include messaging, training, support, rewards, and more, you should also ensure that you’ve analyzed all the barriers to performance. What she did, however, is provide a rich suite of potential barriers, along with solutions, and suggest that you may need to address more than one.

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

There’s a quote in the article The Great Training Robbery that estimates suggest only 10% of the multi-billions spent on training has any impact. Orgs will get the courses they ask for. However, will the ask have any impact? Too often, unfortunately, the answer is no. That’s a staggering loss.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 12, 2020

“With this in mind, how can you effectively engage this digitally dependent group to attract, train, and retain them?” ” Um, with what attracts, trains, and retains humans in general? These describe human nature! They then go on. That would be helpful!

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Clark Quinn

MARCH 12, 2019

And, I’ve also thought that the only way to really fix things is to train trainers of teachers to learn to facilitate learning around meaningful activity. The idea being not just to train teachers, but train the trainers of those teachers. And, of course, both are needed. What am I thinking?

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Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 3, 2023

E.g. negotiation would be far transfer, as there are many situations, whereas training to specifically run projector MX3600D4 is very much near transfer. There’s near and far transfer, as well. That indicates the breadth of area you’re transferring to, really.

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Clark Quinn

JULY 11, 2019

What determines when we should use performance support , automate approaches, we need formal training, or a blend, or…? It also would suggest more training if it has to be in the head. Otherwise, you’re going to want lot of training. So, I started trying to map it out. A second dimension is frequency of use.

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Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Which resonates with other data I’ve seen about the value of training interventions! Despite the necessity of starting as order takers (essentially, “you can’t say ‘no'”), he estimates that only 20% of the time is the problem a learning or skills problem.

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Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

How else to explain, for instance, the continuing prevalence of information presentation under the guise of training? We make inferences and take actions based upon this assumption, perhaps not even consciously! Information dump and knowledge test are a natural consequence of this perspective.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 10, 2021

This is bolstered by a later quote: “When training becomes overwhelming and creates stress, a bite-sized approach will encourage learning.” ” If training becomes overwhelming and stressful, it does suggest a redesign.

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Now, the reason I joined with IBSTPI (the International Board for Standards in Training, Performance, and Instruction) was to learn more about competencies. But then I could see where the emphasis should be on skills, competencies, and moving forward.

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Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

It’s been trained to be able to frame, and reframe, text communication. Still, it got me thinking about thinking artificially. It also led me to a personal commitment. What we’re seeing is a two-fold architecture. On one side is a communication engine, e.g. ChatGPT. The current instantiation used the internet.

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Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Organized by the Training, Learning, and Development Community (a competitor to LDA ? Last Friday, I joined in on a Dungeons & Dragons (DnD) campaign. This wasn’t just gratuitous fun, however, but was explicitly run to connect to Learning & Development folks (LnD).

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Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

That’s why we invest in learning: training or elearning. Learning, properly, should have an impact. It’s about systematically changing behavior, developing new skills to meet ever-changing needs. If elearning doesn’t make an impact , who cares how accessible or affordable is seems?

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Clark Quinn

MARCH 14, 2023

I’ll be offering a free webinar with Training Magazine Network on the core principles of LXD on Wednesday March 22 at 9AM PT (noon ET). Understanding the underlying principles, the learning science and engagement integration, is a necessary foundation. That’s my take, I welcome yours.

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