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Donald Clark on training departments…

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

I argued that training is mired in old, faddish theory; Bloom, Gagne, Maslow, Kirkpatrick – train the trainer courses are still full of old behaviourist theory (killed stone dead by Chomsky in 1959) trapping us in 50 year old theories that holds the industry back. Kill Kirkpatrick before he kills you.

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It’s All About the Brand, ‘Bout the Brand…

Learning Rebels

Leadership does not want to hear about Kirkpatrick , Mager , Bloom’s , Maslow , Gagne , or other learning processes or methodology. Trust me on this. They want to hear about how you are going to support them. Leadership does not require a vocabulary lesson or a course on learning psychology and methodologies.

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Maturity Models and the Learning Organization

CrossKnowledge

From Maslow to Kirkpatrick: The Pioneers of the Maturity Model. One famous model at the origin of this approach is Maslow’s hierarchy of needs , often presented in the form of a pyramid. Bloom’s taxonomy. Kirkpatrick Partners: Designing a Training Evaluation Model. Kirkpatrick Partners, LLC.

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