What skills are needed to fill the workforce gap? That gap between what employers need and what people can offer in terms of skills and competencies. Analysts are warning employers that college graduates that meet technical job-specific skills today will need to upskill and be trained for the same role in about 6 years. Perhaps … Continue reading
Connecting context to content matters and I have discovered along the way that aligning people’s passions with purpose, through the use of learning, brought better results. Learning is not the focus, improving performance and solving the issue in the workflow is. John Hagel’s Learning Pyramid brings a focus on thinking skills based on passion. Tapping … Continue reading
We have created training departments and many organizations have continued to bring a learning culture and supporting performance to their employees. It’s time to grow again and move into workflow learning where we help people think through the problems towards solutions and learn while they are working, at the point of need and the point … Continue reading
Every month I find a couple of interesting posts that make me think and ponder that come together in The Ryan Report – let’s keep the learning going!
Sometimes training isn’t the answer, sometimes the skilled workers – the Subject Matter Experts, are the true problem solvers and the ones who can identify and implement the solution. The challenge is getting the experts to collaborate at the point of #kNOW, and this is where I, and your learning team, can help facilitate the … Continue reading
Sounds strange doesn’t it? Going backwards but changing how you develop training and supporting people at the time and place of kNOW is how we can move forward. Now I come from the classical school of ADDIE where instructional design has Curriculum driving the process. Work with a SME to identify content, develop the lessons … Continue reading
The traditional degree model isn’t providing people with the just-in-time skills they need, and companies are turning to alternative solutions to fill their talent pipelines. Employers needs people with relevant technical skills and robust cross-functional professional competencies like critical thinking, and they need those skilled workers quickly. Given this context, where does the working learner … Continue reading
I’m working with a client as they move from a face-2-face modality to an online delivery model being driven by the need to deliver a consistent leadership program to a new group of leaders separated by time zones and countries. A key point of contention is how to deliver the content with some pushing for … Continue reading
I had a conversation recently with a learning leader at an organization who was being pushed to show their ROI – return on investment. Granted in the last couple of years they have brought a new LMS online and added designers to the team so management wanted to know if the expenses were paying off. … Continue reading
More than chunking content or repurposing videos, microlearning is about supporting people and improving performance. Continue reading
