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This Is What I Believe About Learning in Organizations

The Performance Improvement Blog

We know that people learn most from their co-workers and from on-the-job experience, yet we invest the most in formal, training programs. Consider the alternatives: just-in-time e-learning (desktop and mobile), coaching, mentoring, simulations, on-demand video, and experiential-learning. It’s the Culture.

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Learning to Compete

The Performance Improvement Blog

Uber is providing an alternative to taxis. Employees tell stories that dramatize what they are learning. Action learning permeates all team activity. Performance reviews are focused on learning and capacity building. Government agencies compete for funding and talent. Airbnb is shaking up the hospitality industry.

Culture 157
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Reprise: Learning to Compete

The Performance Improvement Blog

Uber is providing an alternative to taxis. Employees tell stories that dramatize what they are learning. Action learning permeates all team activity. Performance reviews are focused on learning and capacity building. Government agencies compete for funding and talent. Airbnb is shaking up the hospitality industry.

Culture 100
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Reprise: Learning to Compete

The Performance Improvement Blog

Uber is providing an alternative to taxis. Employees tell stories that dramatize what they are learning. Action learning permeates all team activity. Performance reviews are focused on learning and capacity building. Government agencies compete for funding and talent. Airbnb is shaking up the hospitality industry.

Culture 100
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The hybrid workforce: More than simply being virtual

CLO Magazine

But what works today won’t necessarily work tomorrow, and those working in the learning and development space should be prepared to continually evolve to meet a range of in-the-moment-of-learning needs. Actions learning leaders can take now. An agile mindset includes keeping an open mind regarding technology.

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Definition of Social Learning from Wired for Culture by M. Pagel (further discussion)

Mark Oehlert

Currently reading this book and hit the following definition : "Social learning can be fiendishly difficult to define but has - when applied to humans-two important features that together make the entirety of our cultural achievements possible and effectively open up an unbridgeable gulf between ourselves and all other animals.

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Definition of Social Learning from Wired for Culture by M. Pagel (further discussion)

Mark Oehlert

Currently reading this book and hit the following definition : "Social learning can be fiendishly difficult to define but has - when applied to humans-two important features that together make the entirety of our cultural achievements possible and effectively open up an unbridgeable gulf between ourselves and all other animals.