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Organizational Learning Tools

The Performance Improvement Blog

What are the tools of organizational learning? As I’ve stated in a previous blog post , a high performing organization needs a comprehensive approach to learning and a set of tools to facilitate learning. A training program, or an educational event, or even a CEO’s speech about the importance of learning is not enough.

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Key Elements of a Learning Culture

The Performance Improvement Blog

A “learning culture” is a community of workers continuously and collectively seeking performance improvement through new knowledge, new skills, and new applications of knowledge and skills to achieve the goals of the organization. In a learning culture, the pursuit of learning is woven into the fabric of organizational life.

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A Productive Learning Culture

The Performance Improvement Blog

Learning opportunity: provide access to high-quality, curated learning opportunities, not a large number of choices. Learning capability: make sure employees know how to learn, not just what to learn. I agree with the need for these components but I think change to a productive learning culture requires much more.

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This Is What I Believe About Learning in Organizations

The Performance Improvement Blog

Consider the alternatives: just-in-time e-learning (desktop and mobile), coaching, mentoring, simulations, on-demand video, and experiential-learning. And in some situations people might learn best from the workflow, through action-learning conversations, through self-directed experiences, or from apprentice and internship assignments.

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Manager's Role in Learning and Performance Improvement

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They understand it and strive to create an environment that supports it. Google did a study of its employees and found that managers are successful in Google, not because of their technical expertise, although that’s important, but because of what they do to help team members learn and develop and achieve success.

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16 Signs of a Learning Culture

The Performance Improvement Blog

How do you know your organization has a learning culture ? How will people be learning? While a learning culture is an environment that’s always being developed, certain signs indicate that you are making progress. In a learning culture…. What will you see people doing?

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50 Ways to Lever Learning

The Performance Improvement Blog

Game –engaging employees in learning by applying principles of gaming (scoring, competition, rules of play, etc.) Simulation – replicating real-life problem solving within a safe environment; for example, learning business acumen by working with a team to solve a typical business problem and receiving immediate feedback on their performance.