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Surfing the Net: Waste of Time or Personal Directed Learning.

Dashe & Thomson

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Surfing the Net: Waste of Time or Personal Directed Learning? Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS?

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The Great Training Robbery Continues

The Performance Improvement Blog

When I ask the training and development leaders who participate in my ATD Essentials of Developing an Organizational Learning Culture workshop to say what percentage of employees who attend training programs actually apply what they’ve learned on the job, the answers range from about 10% to about 50%, with most at the lower end of that range.

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Investing in Training in Downturns and Upturns

The Performance Improvement Blog

in 2011 – the largest gain in three years. And Training magazine’s research found a 13% increase in spending on L&D in 2011. Unless managers continue to see opportunities in their current organizations and they feel respect from their leadership, they will be gone.

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The Changing Nature of Workplace Learning

Learnnovators

This trust also promotes individual autonomy and can become a foundation for organizational learning, as knowledge is freely shared. ” 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.

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7 Strategies to Facilitate “Working Out Loud”

Learnnovators

When individuals see others (especially those in positions of authority and leadership) revealing their vulnerabilities and fears, a safe place is automatically created. Meaningful Conversations – Most often, organizational learning gets locked up as a conversation between 2 or 3 people in their inboxes.

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THE CHANGING NATURE OF WORKPLACE LEARNING

Learnnovators

This trust also promotes individual autonomy and can become a foundation for organizational learning, as knowledge is freely shared. 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. The impact is far-reaching, complex and irrefutable.

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Sahana Chattopadhyay – Crystal Balling with Learnnovators

Learnnovators

ABOUT SAHANA CHATTOPADHYAY (Social Learning & Collaboration Strategist, Performance Consultant Exploring Emergent Learning, Blogger). Sahana Chattopadhyay is a performance consultant and an L&D professional with 15 years of experience in the field of academia and organizational learning. and others.