Many of today’s business articles repeatedly tell us that change is happening at an ever-increasing speed. Innovation, a key driver of change, is an essential requirement for any business to stay competitive. Not surprisingly, CEOs proclaim that their most important role is to invoke change in their organization. We are also reminded that the rate […]
Learning Strategies
What does training cost you?
If you’re a business owner, C-suite manager, HR department or Learning & Development organizer/Trainer.. you might know the answer to this question. According to the 2014 ATD State of Industry Report, the average spending on training in 2013 was over $1200 per employee. But what does this mean to your bottom line? No matter how to […]
A Project’s Weak Link – User Adoption Errors to Avoid
An IT project is a series of steps linked together in a sequenced chain of events leading to the final business outcomes. When a link in that chain is broken a project suffers. Identify the business requirements Research available options Design and spec the needs Select the best possible solution Procurement & deployment User Adoption […]
Training Remote Employees – The New Work Model
The rise of digital workforces intensified in 2021 with 38% of American employees and 32% of Canadian employees working most of their hours at home — noting a significant increase in telework since March 2020. Though the numbers are high, factors such as disconnected communication systems and feelings of isolation brought on by zero physical interactions can […]
Unleashing Winning Performance
Employees are your Athletes – unleash their winning performance Did you know that most resistance to change is unconscious and a biological function of the brain to actually burn fewer calories? What we refer to as a habit is a coating the brain constructs around a repeatedly active neural pathway along with help from […]
CEO Uncovers Link Between Change Strategies & Employees
If your experience with change management projects is similar to mine, you know that it is a painfully slow process to get everyone engaged in a new processes or systems that are being implemented. While there are some early adopters, most users tend to drag out the change for as long as possible. In the […]
Pros & Cons of 3 Corporate Learning Approaches
On average, Employees are subjected to 30+ changes per year. Some of these changed are digital (program upgrades, new software, etc), and some are to processes or procedures (forms updates, new steps for customer support, etc). Some changes are “top of mind”, strategic changes for company advancement, or Tactical/Supporting changes that are low on the radar, […]
The Accidental Learner
What is Accidental Learning? This is when accidental learning begins. We have all experienced it. You’re working with a colleague whose split screen view of Outlook you have never seen before and say. “How convenient!”. You suddenly realize you have been needlessly frustrated for months. Your colleague’s instruction was a great resource but unfortunately, the […]
Learning Tools on Mobile – Doing It Right
Much of our love of mobile is the ability to access data that we need immediately. We place this data in our short or near-term memory and then discard it. For example, once you arrive at a restaurant its address is no longer required. Conversely, corporate learning demands that we recall skills used on a […]
Learning’s 80% Wastage vs. Retention’s Path to Profit
Organizations spend billions of dollars every year on training their employees. Is this the worst investment a corporation ever makes? According to the results, the answer is YES! It is well established by neural and behavioural scientists that people forget upwards of 80 percent of what they are taught within 2-3 weeks. There is even a catchy […]