The Performance Improvement Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

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. Four trends are making continuous learning an essential part of doing business today.

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Infopro Learning

JULY 20, 2016

As we develop shorter programs with self-directed pre-assignments and post-workshop application exercises, we need to transition learners from the reactive to a proactive mode. ” Research tells us that self-directed learning helps maximize the learning experience because people focus their attention on only useful information. .”

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Infopro Learning

JULY 5, 2019

To better understand the nuances of having a leadership program, we got a chance to hear from Kathy Sherwood , who is Vice President of Leadership and Organizational Development at Infopro Learning. They need to be substantially informed of the consequences the decision will bring in the current business scenarios.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 10, 2021

Also, in general, learning doesn’t work as well when it’s just ‘fun’, unless it’s “hard fun” Enlightening isn’t any better. Vendors , please please please stop with the under-informed marketing, and present helpful posts. Just being enlightened doesn’t guarantee that. Caveat emptor.

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Matrix

AUGUST 3, 2021

Offering blended learning options doesn’t mean providing links to quality materials and letting the learner choose. They are best informed and equipped to determine the most appropriate course of action for each learning request or knowledge gap. Read more: How to create highly personalized learning paths for your employees.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2014

Today, information is coming at us so fast, technology is changing so rapidly, the world is changing so dramatically, that the old methods of learning and performance improvement do not work any longer…if they ever did. They want to learn! Success Depends on Shared Information. Not anymore. Need for Innovation.

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Degreed

APRIL 17, 2024

Skill matrices identify skill gaps, while data analytics helps us to define organizational learning needs proactively. Continuous monitoring ensures learning remains relevant and aligned with both individual career goals and organizational objectives. Degreed: And the results?

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The Performance Improvement Blog

MARCH 30, 2016

Recently, I conducted a workshop for the leadership team of a company that wants to increase the impact of its training programs. I explained the limitations of formal training and the need for taking an organizational learning perspective.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Taking a cue from Shah, here are some espoused values (not necessarily values in use) and instinctive reactions that indicate either the presence or absence of a learning culture. An executive assistant asks her boss for permission to attend a series of workshops on financial management that is being offered by the company.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

Taking a cue from Shah, here are some espoused values (not necessarily values in use) and instinctive reactions that indicate either the presence or absence of a learning culture. An executive assistant asks her boss for permission to attend a series of workshops on financial management that is being offered by the company.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

APRIL 7, 2015

During the first session of a workshop I facilitate for ATD, one of the participants asked, “What does a learning culture look like in an electrical power generation plant, where most of the training is for the purpose of meeting industry regulations?”

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The Performance Improvement Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

In a training culture, the assumption is that the most important learning happens in events, such as workshops, courses, elearning programs, and conferences. The entire organization is engaged in facilitating and supporting learning, in the workplace and outside the workplace. drug development in pharmaceutical companies).

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Jay Cross

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

On Tuesday, November 10, Clark Quinn and I will be leading a workshop entitled Be the Future of Organizational Learning: Become a Chief Meta-Learning Officer in San Jose. We hear informal learning is important, but what does that mean concretely? What informal learning means concretely. *

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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.

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Tony Karrer

JUNE 16, 2008

Just wanted to announce that I'll be doing a full-day workshop in Cincinnati (actually in nearby Kentucky) for the Greater Cincinnati ASTD on July 15. I think this is going to be an interesting and fun workshop. Likely I (and others in Work Literacy ) will be doing similar workshops over the next few months.

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Mike Taylor

OCTOBER 24, 2018

We also did some curation work in “Marketing Strategies from the L&D Playbook” pre-conference workshop yesterday. You identify topics and that leads you to a collection of resources from which you cull the best information to present in the proper context. To be successful we must learn more things and do it faster.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

The traditional centralized corporate training department, with its catalogs of classes and workshops, is quickly becoming a relic of the past. In its place, a system of employee training and development shaped by a new paradigm for learning is emerging. Information and skills are provided when and where they are needed.

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Learnnovators

MARCH 21, 2016

As the forgetting curve illustrates, no matter how brilliant your workshops are, they are likely to be ineffective on their own. As a trainer, you will smash the “10” with an informative and engaging workshop filled with handouts, scenarios, role plays, activities etc.

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Jane Hart

JUNE 4, 2012

So one approach that I have been promoting is, instead of thinking of Formal and Informal Leaning as polar opposites, rather to think in terms of a Social Workplace Learning Continuum (as shown diagrammatically in the image on the right). But in order to support the full SWL Continuum, there are 5 points to take on board.

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Jane Hart

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

There’s the fact that working is changing, and that organizational learning needs to change too. But this blue area is where the “real” learning takes place in the workplace – in the workflow informally and socially. There are many good reasons for this.

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Clark Quinn

JUNE 16, 2008

Just wanted to announce that I'll be doing a full-day workshop in Cincinnati (actually in nearby Kentucky) for the Greater Cincinnati ASTD on July 15. I think this is going to be an interesting and fun workshop. Likely I (and others in Work Literacy ) will be doing similar workshops over the next few months.

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Matrix

AUGUST 20, 2020

The role of the BP is to participate in senior leadership forecasts and decisions, then act as a mechanical transmission box and deploy the information and directives toward the learning function so that it can act accordingly. Read more: Moving from learning events to learning journeys with spaced repetition.

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Learnnovators

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Central to this cultural shift is the understanding that learning happens by learners, not to them. When we really let that sink in, rather than just forcing attendance at a workshop or completion of an elearning module, the focus becomes creating a context that will encourage and support learning and high performance.

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Actio Learning

JANUARY 27, 2022

For example, in the 1990s, instructional psychology professor Charles Graham wrote, "Blended learning combines face-to-face instruction with computer-mediated instruction." Over time, new technologies and approaches have expanded the definition to include instruction (classroom, e-learning, etc.),

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eLearning Learning Posts

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Rypple - Informal Learning , November 8, 2009. The Information Architecture of Behavior Change Websites , November 10, 2009. DevLearn 2009 - Ruth Clark’s workshop on Scenario Based Learning , November 10, 2009. DevLearn 2009: Catch the WAVE: Google WAVE and e-Learning Applications , November 12, 2009.

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Learnnovators

AUGUST 19, 2015

Sahana Chattopadhyay is a performance consultant and an L&D professional with 15 years of experience in the field of academia and organizational learning. Her passion is to help organizations become learning organizations through social and collaborative learning. and others.

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Xyleme

JULY 31, 2023

DevLearn is the perfect place to engage with your professional community and explore how technology can support learning and development. Get ready to dive into the conversation that is shaping the future of organizational learning and performance! We are also running a series of dynamic demos with our Solution Architects.

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Learnnovators

MAY 4, 2015

This trust also promotes individual autonomy and can become a foundation for organizational learning, as knowledge is freely shared. ” Read in conjunction, the two pieces shed a lot of light not only on how today’s workplace is changing but also on its impact on how we learn.

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Learnnovators

JANUARY 18, 2014

Learning Standards/Specifications (Experience API). Learning Analytics. Learning Styles (Personalized & Adaptive). Mobile Learning. Learning Modes (Informal Learning/Social Learning). Gamification and Game-based Learning. Video-based Learning. Programming Languages (HTML 5).

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The Performance Improvement Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2015

It would be a mistake to assume that IBM designers and their customers (internal and external) will become proficient in design-thinking by simply attending a workshop or taking a set of courses. That might be the start, but learning and application of that learning must be an ongoing process.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

APRIL 13, 2012

Many of the typical methods of learning in the workplace make the learner a passive recipient of knowledge and skills. Employees are asked to read, watch, or listen to information being dispensed. Jane Hart has provided us with an excellent list of “passive” ways in which people learn in their workplaces.

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Learnnovators

JULY 6, 2015

Meaningful Conversations – Most often, organizational learning gets locked up as a conversation between 2 or 3 people in their inboxes. Beyond Information Sharing – “Working out loud” is not about sharing information. This kind of sharing is generative leading to improved organizational know-how.

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Matrix

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Drawing-up learning paths and periodically rewarding and recognizing their progress is great but it’s important to allow them to go through the learning material as they see fit and acknowledge that it’s all right to skip those modules they find contain information that is already familiar.

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Learnnovators

JUNE 13, 2015

New learners are self-directed, and are capable of organizing, driving and managing their own learning using the Internet. We are in agreement with Sugata Mitra about not just allowing access to information (via the Internet) during examinations, but also to base the testing process around this principle.

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Learnnovators

AUGUST 19, 2015

ABOUT SAHANA CHATTOPADHYAY (Social Learning & Collaboration Strategist, Performance Consultant Exploring Emergent Learning, Blogger). Sahana Chattopadhyay is a performance consultant and an L&D professional with 15 years of experience in the field of academia and organizational learning. and others.

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Learnnovators

APRIL 18, 2014

Learnnovators: What are the latest trends in organizational learning & development, and performance support? You say ‘most L&D really seems stuck in the Industrial Age, but we’re working in the Information Age’. What approach would you recommend for successfully integrating mobile learning into organizational learning?

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Webanywhere

AUGUST 23, 2023

Organizational Learning Analyst: Analyzes training effectiveness, gathers data on learning outcomes, and provides insights to optimize training programs and enhance learning experiences. These roles could encompass training coordination, content creation, and direct facilitation of workshops or training sessions.

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