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Disruptive Innovation and Organizational Learning

The Performance Improvement Blog

Since Harvard Professor Clayton Christensen’s 1997 book The Innovator’s Dilemma , business leaders (and, more recently, educators) have been trying to anticipate disruptive innovation in their industries and encourage disruptive innovation in their companies. .

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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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Organizational learning

Ed App

Employees and the knowledge they have are the most important means by which a company can create a competitive advantage. Therefore, companies are becoming aware that they need to do more in the field of employee development. The concept of a learning organization has recently become a popular way of softly changing an organization.

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Organizational Learning in the Age of Ideas

The Performance Improvement Blog

That “Steam Engine” mindset, as described by Jonathan Gifford and Mark Powell in their new book, My Steam Engine Is Broken: Taking the organization from the industrial era to the Age of Ideas , creates a command-and-control culture that has become a barrier to success in companies today.

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What Is a Performance Learning Management System (PLMS)?

If you're reading this you're probably ready for better organizational learning and performance. A Performance LMS allows you to continually assess and improve learners based on their specific company and role-based capabilities. In the whitepaper, we’ll also answer questions such as: What exactly is a PLMS?

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Organizational Learning in the Gig Economy

The Simple Shift

According to a 2016 article in Quartz that 94% of net job growth in the past decade was in the alternative work category,’ with over 60% being due to the rise of independent contractors, freelancers and contract company workers. If this shift continues to trend up, more organizations will need to alter their long-held beliefs […].

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OpenSesame and Blossom Partner to Integrate Learning Technology and Advance Organizational Learning

OpenSesame

It’s no secret that elearning is becoming an increasingly important aspect of organizational learning. As new technology advances, so does the way we learn, and with that comes new and innovative ways to integrate elearning into our organization. The company is defining a new era of engaging a people-first talent force.