Autonomous Learning…or have you done your POOS?

I’ve had a few conversations in the last couple of weeks about the expectation of a learner. The structure of the model we’re suggesting will place more on the learner to take responsibility for their practice.  And why shouldn’t it? I added to the proliferation of L&D terms the other day by suggesting on Twitter that learning and performance objectives… Read More Autonomous Learning…or have you done your POOS?

Structuring your approach

I’m doing an activity with a team in a few weeks that is partly based on the McKinsey 7S framework.  I like the way it can analyse core aspects of change but feel it is a little complex; Staff, Style, and Shared Values can be summarised as Culture.  Additionally, there is no direct link between systems and skills… Read More Structuring your approach

Supplement your learning

I wrote about transforming learning last time; we’re moving round our model next to the supplement box. In the past this supplementary activity has been the elearning module, the crib sheet, the performance support documents that L&D have created.  Think about the Mexican food analogy – they’re the side dish.  Within supplementary now we’re looking… Read More Supplement your learning

Starting point

The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat. Last time I wrote about a model that we’d been working on as we searched for a different way to do what we do.  As Napoleon Hill… Read More Starting point

Sustain/Disrupt Learn

Earlier this week I explained how we’d been looking for inspiration to find an alternative way to deliver our service faced with a significant reduction in resources. I went back through the presentation that Charles Jennings produced for Trainingzone Live.  What struck me most that day was the obvious conflict between what I’d always been… Read More Sustain/Disrupt Learn