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Learning by Doing Works!

What would you do? New machine that requires 8 people/shift to operate and you have 24 hours to prepare training as they install the machine and only one operating manual. Sometimes the best solution is to admit the truth, we had no materials, no slides, no lecture. Just one manual and a lot of curiosity. … Continue reading

More than facts, we need imagination!

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 post … Continue reading

The Ryan Report: May 2023

Working remotely and as a hybrid worker has brought new challenges for leaders especially about building trust and autonomy and making sure everyone’s aligned towards the same goals and delivering quality work without micromanaging or losing touch. Check out this video where I share tips around building trust, fostering collaborative teams, and developing a culture of curiosity.   Also … Continue reading

The Ryan Report: April 2023

If you can’t see me leading, then how will you know I’m a leader? That’s seems to be a concern as many are pushing for a return to the office and others are asking, why? In this video I examine how leadership should be intentional with curiosity driving open conversations. Plan the time and focus on the people, … Continue reading

Coffee leads to Capabilities.

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

#Trends2023

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

The Ryan Report: September 2022

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

Growth is Skills-based

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

The Ryan Report: August 2022

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

The Ryan Report – July 2022

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

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