The Performance Improvement Blog

MAY 16, 2011

Five key organizational factors determine if there will be business results from learning: 1) alignment; 2) anticipation; 3) alliance; 4) application; and 5) accountability. Sean Murray and I wrote about this in our book, The 5As Framework. Participants will be able to create an action plan for achieving business results.

Business 145

Business ASTD Conference Learning 145

eFront

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

> If you have read any of the following books I will highly appreciate if you share your opinion with the e-Learning community. => If you have read any of the following books I will highly appreciate if you share your opinion with the e-Learning community. =>

Blended Learning 112

Blended Learning Free Authoring Tools eLearning Guild 112

The Performance Improvement Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2013

Menlo Innovations , a software development company in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has made a joyful workplace its goal and has found that, by doing this, business success follows. a new book by Richard Sheridan, Co-Founder and CEO of Menlo, we read how his company makes joy the center of its business model. . In Joy, Inc. ,

Culture 226

Culture Customer Service Organizational Learning Innovation 226

The Performance Improvement Blog

MARCH 26, 2015

Make books ubiquitous, and don''t have a checkout policy. This sends a strong signal to staff that YOU and YOUR LEARNING are more important than a $20 book. Establish a pattern of lunch & learns where staff present to each other on various topics of interest, including non-work-related topics.

Culture 100

Culture Create Business Innovation 100

The Performance Improvement Blog

MARCH 3, 2011

Gino Wickman, in his book, Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business , explains in a very practical way, how entrepreneurs can turn a vision into reality in their businesses. The book is intended to address five common frustrations of entrepreneurs: Lack of control over time, markets, and the company.

Business 145

Business Unison Write Blog vendor 145

Mindflash

MAY 30, 2012

Learning professionals need a host of skills in order to be successful. One that often gets overlooked is business acumen. If trainers don’t truly understand how a business works, what it expects out of its training department, or what it ultimately wants its employees to be able to do, they simply can’t be effective.

Business 95

Business Management Training Train 95

The Performance Improvement Blog

JANUARY 16, 2014

Leaders in their 40s, 50s, and 60s, who have prior experience in many different kinds of organizations, are intentionally creating truly unique work environments that are structured differently and operate differently from mainstream, bureaucratic, business-textbook organizations.

Culture 203

Culture Innovation Voice Organizational Learning 203

The Performance Improvement Blog

JULY 21, 2014

If you are learning more rapidly than the competition, you can get ahead and stay ahead. Retail businesses compete for space and for customers. Learning Culture Organization Culture Organizational Learning Airbnb Coursera Edgar Schein Uber' Garvin & Edmondson, 2008). Conner and James G.

Culture 157

Culture Organizational Learning Learning Virtual World 157

The Performance Improvement Blog

JULY 9, 2010

In my last post I wrote about Nancy Lublin’s new book, Zilch: The Power of Zero in Business , and her notion that for-profit companies have much to learn from well-managed nonprofits. She says in that post that businesses should learn three major financial lessons from nonprofits: 1. Transparency is vital.

Lesson 154

Lesson Management Organizational Learning Streaming 154

The Performance Improvement Blog

JULY 31, 2014

This message is in the guiding principles of the business. Leaders say how they will support learning and how they will recognize and reward those employees who continually acquire new knowledge and new skills. . Build trust - Employees will invest time and effort in learning if they trust their managers.

Culture 229

Culture Coaching Trust Performance Support 229

The Performance Improvement Blog

AUGUST 3, 2016

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.

Training 100

Training Train Write Blog Leadership 100

The Performance Improvement Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Only a fourth of respondents to a McKinsey survey said that their training programs made a measurable difference in business performance. I wrote about this lack of training impact almost 20 years ago in a book that I co-authored with Robert O. So why are organizations resistant to involving senior leaders in supporting learning?

Training 147

Training Train Survey Performance Support 147

Clark Quinn

JANUARY 13, 2010

Karl Kapp and Tony O’Driscoll have launched the age of virtual worlds in organizational learning by providing a thorough overview in their new book Learning in 3D. This is a comprehensive and eloquent book, covering the emerging opportunity in virtual worlds. Recommended.

Virtual World 166

Virtual World Pedagogy Organizational Learning Social 166

The Performance Improvement Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

In 1994, The Learning Alliance was published. This book, by Rob Brinkerhoff and myself, made the case that HRD (human resource development) was changing dramatically and that the key to employee learning had shifted from the training department to the relationship (i.e.,

Management 100

Management Culture Organizational Learning Learning 100

CrossKnowledge

JANUARY 16, 2019

Research shows there are more than a few ways to create a high-impact learning experience at work, such as blending micro and macro learning for example. In this new e-Book written by Josh Bersin , he has identified the keys to success. 1 Blurring the lines between micro and macro learning.

Blended Learning 56

Blended Learning Micro-Learning Cyber Security Training Blended 56

The Performance Improvement Blog

APRIL 9, 2010

We often hear about major strides companies are making to improve the delivery of training but this change won’t mean much for the business unless organizational issues are addressed, also. In the place of books and lectures are videogames, a contraption that simulates walking on ice and an obstacle course around an artificial village.

Simulations 124

Simulations Training Train Journal 124

Jay Cross

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

For the current issue, I wrote an article entitled Making Business Decision: the Hand and the Heart. This is the sequel to last month’s Speaking the Language of Business. Hats off to Donald Taylor , a big cheese at the Learning Technologies Conference and chair of the Learning & Skills Group. .

Metrics 41

Metrics Business Organizational Learning Sound 41

Learnnovators

APRIL 18, 2014

After an academic career, Dr. Quinn served as an executive in online and elearning initiatives and has an international reputation as a speaker and scholar, with four books and numerous articles and chapters to his credit. How significant is innovation for businesses to succeed? How do we ensure learning faster than everyone else?

eLearning Guild 124

eLearning Guild Social Networks Diversity Training Cognitive 124

The Performance Improvement Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Robert Simons does just that in his new book, Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution. An exerpt appears in the November 22 nd issue of Harvard Business School’s Working Knowledge. Business leaders can’t make everyone happy. How do your core values prioritize shareholders, employees, and customers?

Strategy 150

Strategy Mentoring Organizational Learning Coaching 150

Learnnovators

APRIL 16, 2014

After an academic career, Dr. Quinn served as an executive in online and elearning initiatives and has an international reputation as a speaker and scholar, with four books and numerous articles and chapters to his credit. How significant is innovation for businesses to succeed? How do we ensure learning faster than everyone else?

eLearning Guild 113

eLearning Guild Social Networks Cognitive Diversity Training 113

The Performance Improvement Blog

MAY 15, 2018

Following is an excerpt from our new book, Minds at Work: Managing for Success in the Knowledge Economy (Chapter Two). The future of how we learn in our organizations is a popular topic. They need to know what is relevant for them to learn and be empowered to learn what is necessary today and in preparation for tomorrow.

Companies 100

Companies Management Portfolio Learning 100

The Performance Improvement Blog

MAY 15, 2018

Following is a selection from our new book, Minds at Work: Managing for Success in the Knowledge Economy (Chapter Two). The future of how we learn in our organizations is a popular topic. They need to know what is relevant for them to learn and be empowered to learn what is necessary today and in preparation for tomorrow.

Companies 100

Companies Management Portfolio Learning 100

Learnnovators

JULY 20, 2015

Join us on this exciting journey as we engage with thought leaders and learning innovators to see what the future of our industry looks like. Some run their businesses as lifestyle businesses, while others aim to grow the business to the point where it can be acquired by others. THE INTERVIEW: 1. Learnnovators: Hi Bob.

Authoring Tools 170

Authoring Tools Social Networks Virtual Classroom Press 170

Jane Hart

AUGUST 1, 2016

. “As I talk with learning and HR executives around the world, I hear these issues coming up everywhere. In fact, our recent research on global human capital trends shows that 84% of business leaders cite the “need for improved organizational learning” as a top priority, and 44% say it’s urgent.

Roles 100

Roles Upgrade Embed Write Blog 100

EdCast

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Primarily driven by internal Learning Administrators, LMSs don’t allow users to create and consume their content. They are typically management-centric systems for learning focused on business rules, compliance, and other organizational courses. Click here to book a free meeting with our experts.

LMS 98

LMS Guide Help Compliance Training 98

Limestone Learning

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

PT: Building Better Leaders for Today’s Workforces (Free for ATD members) To deal with today’s unprecedented business and talent challenges, every employee needs to develop leadership skills. One answer is to build a high-quality customer learning community. Thursday, December 2, 2021, 10 a.m.–11 Wednesday, December 8, 2021, 9 a.m.–10

Free 119

Free Brandon Hall Authoring Tools Compliance Training 119

Learning Pool

JANUARY 11, 2022

In the wake of the pandemic in 2020, we saw the mass movement of learning into digital with learning technology providing the only way to adapt to lockdowns and enable organizations to support the tremendous upheavals to work, operating models, and business practices. Two things stood out that relate to business acumen.

Trends 88

Trends Diversity Training Virtual Classroom Blended Learning 88

Learning Visions

JUNE 11, 2014

Steve shows this great cartoon from circa 1900, showing the illustrator’s idea of Learning in the year 2000– kids sitting at a desk, books being poured into a grinder. Wires connecting the book grinder to the kids brains. He thought that learning would no longer be about instruction. I store my knowledge with my friends.”

Social Networks 150

Social Networks Personal Personalization Open 150

CrossKnowledge

AUGUST 22, 2020

When she ventured off on her own, she decided to leverage her in-depth expertise in management science and business consulting to refine the HILO model. The Enterprise Learning Framework. Her Enterprise Learning F ramework is articulated around four sections , which are then segment ed in specific focus areas.

Enterprise 52

Enterprise Consulting Analytics Roles 52

Kitaboo

AUGUST 29, 2022

A learning experience platform or LXP is essentially a digital tool within the learning ecosystem that helps create and facilitate personalized learning experiences online. Individual’s interests, experience, learning styles, and past activities. Access to Deeper Insights Into the Effectiveness of Learning.

Platform 52

Platform Blended Learning Guide eBook 52

Origin Learning

JUNE 19, 2015

Classroom (chalk and blackboard) teaching is passe as virtual learning (click and touch – e-way) is fast catching up everywhere. The transitional phase of learning has altered the sphere of business and day-to-day lives. But if we are not careful, how we see mobile learning can inhibit what we do with it.”

Social 100

Social Augmented Reality eLearning Guild Mobile Learning 100

The Performance Improvement Blog

JANUARY 22, 2018

How do you find agile learners, people who can curate information for themselves, use a wide variety of learning methods, and quickly apply new learning to their work? Also, hire people who are not afraid to fail and to learn from failure. How do you learn something new? What did you learn from that failure.

Agile 127

Agile Learner Cognitive Behavior 127

Matrix

APRIL 22, 2021

If you use immersive technologies , state-of-the-art e-learning platforms , and the most compelling graphics, why would you need to look into stuffy academic theories? The most valuable training is founded on in-depth psychological and business research. Adults are busy. Hierarchy is damaging to adult learning.

Learning Theory 68

Learning Theory Instructional Design Theory Instructional 68

The Performance Improvement Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Saul Kaplan writes about the urgency to focus on learning from innovation in the workplace in his book, The Business Model Innovation Factory: How to Stay Relevant When the World is Changing. The imperative is to do R&D for new business models. We need to do more of this with learning.

Kaplan 0

Kaplan Innovation Consulting Methods 0

The Performance Improvement Blog

JULY 22, 2016

Ari Weinzweig, co-founder of Zingerman’s Community of Businesses , in his new book The Power of Beliefs in Business , the fourth book in the series, Zingerman’s Guide to Good Leading , writes this about beliefs: It works like this.

Theory 100

Theory Brain Behavior Culture 100

The Performance Improvement Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2015

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.

Simulations 100

Simulations Case Study Wiki Performance Support 100

Instancy

AUGUST 14, 2023

Keeping pace with the constantly evolving business landscape necessitates that enterprises invest in corporate training. Moreover, AI-powered assessments can accurately quantify learning outcomes, allowing businesses to gauge training initiative efficacy and make evidence-based refinements.

Simulations 52

Simulations Effectiveness Diversity Training Augmented Reality 52