How to make your L&D impactful
Covid-19 has had a dramatic impact on businesses over the past year. Many have had to get let go staff, many slim down their operations and many have had to cut costs elsewhere; like their corporate learning and development budget. However, those companies that do cut their corporate L&D budget risk falling behind, and investing […]
How to give your L&D interventions a human edge in the flexible working era
How to transform your training strategies to fit the flexible working era.
Training is Dead. Long Live Learning.
Ed Monk, CEO of the Learning and Performance Institute, of which I am a fellow, recently said, “Learning is now seen as important; its profile has been raised.” Learning is adaptability to change, and as the perceived rate of change accelerates, of course learning is important. The question that I have for you today is […]
Snapshots We Retain
The other day, as I was trying to get to grips with a left-hand drive Nissan Micra on snowy hill roads in France (my car was in the garage), I suddenly thought; how on Earth did I get here?! I am, after all, the boy that never wanted to leave the village I grew up […]
The future of learning: online training in a post-Covid world
The future of learning is entirely digital – or is it?
Microlearning: What Is It Not?
Introduction Many feel Microlearning is chunking large volumes of content to shorter pieces, while some opine that Microlearning is 5 minutes of video. Are these really Microlearning or is there more to Microlearning than what meets the eye? In this blog, I will share my understanding of what is not Microlearning and what makes for […]
Digital transformation: increasing engagement with online learning
Practical advice to make your online learning fit for the future.
Live online learning: not a silver bullet but a useful tool
The boom in digital learning doesn’t mean live training faces extinction.
Reimagining blended learning in the new world of work
Four ways to future-proof performance with blended learning.
Protecting Quality Fee-based Training in L&D
Fair Exchange is No Robbery September 2020 has been framed as the time that we all get to experience that ‘back to school’ feeling, returning to our pre-pandemic timetables and wardrobes. As newspapers, fly posters and the Government urge us back to office routines, town-centres and regular commutes, current evidence suggests that many of us […]
Why there’s still a place for face-to-face training in the ‘new normal’
Reflections from the first in-person training sessions since lockdown.
Training and Regaining a Sense of Control
We can learn a lot from dreams. For example, the other night I learned that if you go mountain biking, it’s best to choose a practical bike with brakes, rather than a more handsome one without any. As you’ve probably guessed, in my dream I, rather unwisely, chose the latter. I subsequently discovered, without coming […]
Make your LNA improve business performance
A research study by CEB Global found only 34% of business leaders think the L&D function impacts on business outcomes. This figure is damming for the impact L&D teams have on organisational performance. But how do we improve this negative perception? By starting right back at the beginning of the learning cycle, at learning needs […]
Online Courses Help Colleges Recalibrate
The speed at which our world is changing came into sharp focus recently as the evolving pandemic forced the closure of campuses and business around the world. While many businesses were equipped to respond swiftly, colleges scrambled to adjust and the results showed that there is certainly scope for improvement. The realisation that broadcasting classroom-based […]
Delivering Training Remotely 2 (Method)
Last week, I wrote the first of two blogs around Remote Delivery. In that blog, I suggested that Remote Delivery is here to stay and that, for those who haven’t previously used this method of delivering training, it will become another string in your professional bow. I went on to look at the first requirement […]
HOW ARE BUSINESSES RESPONDING TO SKILLS GAPS?
For 12 years, Global Knowledge has been conducting a Skills and Salary survey. Over a decade of insight allows us to see the trends and cycles, helping us predict the training landscape. It’s clear that 2020 is going to be a year where commitment to skills development may separate the wheat from the chaff. Skills […]
Innovations in L&D that nurture lifelong learning
It’s time for learning professionals to challenge traditional ways of thinking.
Ten Years On … in learning & development
With the next roaring 20s a month away, what has had the biggest impact on the learning industry in the last ten years and what will be the most significant catalyst in the next decade? The rise of user-generated learning content, the Gig Economy, the Internet of Things and cybersecurity have all had an influence […]
Blended learning: why your LMS might be holding you back
Year-on-year, more L&D departments are incorporating blended learning into their solutions. With aims to increase learner engagement, move to a ‘pull’ learning culture and deliver accessible, exciting learning, blended is the answer for many. The more people I speak to, however, the more I find that, despite all of the hard work researching, planning and creating […]
How to make multilingual training courses relevant for a global workforce
A growing number of companies — mostly multinational giants, but also medium-sized and even smaller ones — are riding the wave of globalisation and expanding overseas. This means that they already employ or consider employing talent across regions and continents. Employing a global workforce may lead a company to a faster growth, improved productivity and […]
