70:20:10? Or Is It…85:12:3?
Is it 70:20:10 or is it 85:12:3? To answer this question I offer another question – “Who gives a rip?” – as long as the end-game drives sustained workforce capability. The correct ratio is only correct...
View ArticleOnboarding Vs. Waterboarding: Is There a Difference?
Is there a difference between your onboarding process and the process of waterboarding? One uses water...and the other holds the new hire down and administers enough information at a continuous pace so...
View ArticleMicro-Learning Is Bigger Than You Think…And Not Just For Learning
What the article I'm referencing and comments I read made clear illustrate the gyrations we are heading into now with this “new” micro-learning approach. It will be easy to become distracted, so don't...
View ArticleAttention Span of a Gnat?
Enable learning and support within the workflow. Keep things moving; breaking the chain of concentration to launch a fire safety course in the LMS while my hair is on fire makes no sense. Give me...
View ArticleTraining Is Not “Predicament-based” & That’s a Predicament
We…L&D…are in a predicament because we don’t actively seek out predicaments. We cannot see them looking through the “wrong end of the telescope”. We don’t design solutions for predicaments…to be...
View ArticleGoing Ninja & the Covert Art of Hiding 70:20:10
After surviving in the L&D profession for over thirty years, I continue to ponder what is it going to take to trip the training air bag? C’mon, man! We’ve tried everything known to humans so far…we...
View ArticleIs Managing Learning Enough…Or Is Broader ACCESS the End-Game?
In the event your brain immediately visualized training courses or learning events residing on your LMS…we have a potential disconnect here because “Training” in any form represents only the 10% in the...
View Article7-Right Things Road Map to Sustained Workforce Performance
The call-to-action for L&D is to have staff capable of operating comfortably and effectively in the domain of the Point-of-Work exclusive of being a SMEOEDT…SME of Every Damn Thing. This mission…...
View ArticleDon’t Skimp On Discovery @ Point-of-Work
This post was triggered and complimentary to Bob Mosher’s post on 11/17…an important read that I agree with completely. What I offer today is an attempt to articulate a “Yes and…” in this post. The...
View ArticleOld Dog with New Tricks?
Have we lost sight of the end-game? This old dog was raised with the notion pounded into his head that if L&D does not produce measurable BUSINESS IMPACT, our jobs were at risk for being active...
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