Organizations have learned a lot collectively in the last few weeks and months. They learned how to transition to a digital workplace, whether that was in their annual plan or not. They moved from hesitant work-from-home policies to all-in remote teams. They embraced remote communication tools, online training platforms, and... more
Happy Star Wars Day, all! Fans of the iconic film series chose this day (originally, way back in 1979) to honor the magnificent franchise and its legendary creator and director, George Lucas. May the Fourth Be with You It probably goes without saying that our super smart readers get the... more
Over the past few years, one of the key messages I’ve shared with my fellow training, L&D, and HR people has been to shift the mindset around employee training. In the past, training has been deemed “mandatory” only when talking about compliance training or other “essential” learning such as onboarding. My... more
The behavioral and cognitive views of learning essentially viewed us as formal logical beings. And while a nice conception, it turns out to have little correlation to reality. More recent research, which can be characterized under the banner of situated cognition, recognizes that our thinking is much less rational than... more
A global coronavirus crisis has put most information workers at home for the foreseeable near future and has changed the flow of business for many companies. On a positive note, experts and companies are offering tons of free resources to help smooth the effects of this pandemic – everything from... more
My colleague, Charles Jennings, pointed me to this interesting article by Andries De Grip, titled “The importance of informal learning at work” that has interesting implications for the design of learning experiences, particularly when employees are not desk-bound, and/or in high-turnover situations. The key is to get clear about what... more
Learning and development is in the middle of an exciting transformation. New technology, the changing nature of work, and an influx of millennials into the workplace mean companies have to move away from a training culture — in which companies serve specific training to employees — to a culture of continuous... more
We recently held a webinar entitled, Learner Engagement: 10 Ways to Engage Learners, which gave great tips for capturing your learners’ attention and increasing their retention of course material. You’ll need to watch the webinar to see all 10 tips, but to get you started, here are the first four.... more
