Did you know that until 1955, if you wanted a cup of coffee you had to drink it on your own time? Times have changed but then, as we see now, the focus is on someone’s performance. In this video I look how times have changed from the breakroom to the kitchen as we live … Continue reading
This time of years brings opportunities to reflect on what’s taken place and allows us the chance to look ahead, what I call #Trends2023! There’s technology to consider from immersive to augmented, cloud to mainframes yet the key emphasis I’m seeing is a deeper focus on people. The high tech is centered on the need … Continue reading
Days are getting shorter and cooler too yet this issue of The Ryan Report (with news to use & ideas to share) brings a hot new video that looks at how becoming a skills-based organization benefits the individual and the team by focusing on the skills and capabilities people bring to the work more than the idea that work … Continue reading
There’s a new term you may have heard about, it’s the “skills-based organization,” or SBO for short, that centers on the skills and business behaviors people need on the job and it’s moving into the center of talent development. These skills are the combined professional and personal capabilities and what a person demonstrates as they … Continue reading
Happy July and welcome the hot days of summer! In this issue of The Ryan Report (with news to use & ideas to share) brings a new video that highlights how the curiosity of trying to connect the different components in an organization becomes a process of constantly finding new information encouraging growth and learning, supports the … Continue reading
Happy July and welcome the hot days of summer! In this issue of The Ryan Report (with news to use & ideas to share) I note that there needs to be a 5th “i” in the 4i model, and in this video, I highlight the need to use imagination. In this issue I found some studies to … Continue reading
https://www.williamjryan.com/ I was working on a project when a senior lead asked me if I had included all 4 “I’s”. The model described was that with the directions (instruction) and the content in context (information) and using an active assessment strategy (interaction) the result would be an improved work performance (innovation), the “I4”! A recent … Continue reading
Welcome to this month’s Ryan Report filled with news to use and ideas to share. This month I share the 1st of 4 videos as I outline the reasons to develop career paths and use competencies to create a connection between professional development and the business criteria in a role that leads to performance success. I’m looking at more … Continue reading
Welcome to this month’s Ryan Report filled with news to use and ideas to share. This month I share thoughts on how you can change the Great Resignation to a Great Recruitment, look at ways people, and organizations, are defining their need for “flexibility”, and a leadership technique called collective leadership and how it might be a … Continue reading
A recent project took a traditional classroom program and moved it to a blended, online learning experience. During this process 3 items came into my focus as we ramped up for the synchronous web conferencing sessions. Did you know that time zones don’t automatically convert in all calendars? There is also a place for communication … Continue reading