How do you create an organizational learning strategy? I was asked this recently so here’s my quick take having done this. First. It’s not about learning, it’s about *performance*. Get that straight away with all parties. You also don’t start with a strategy, you begin w/ a principled framework that 1. respects the work context/ […]
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The goal of an organization SHOULDN’T be to become a learning organization, agile, or responsive. those are in process, they are reactions to change. The real goal should be to become an “unsurprisable” organization. An unsurprisable organization sees disruption before it hits and moves quickly to prepare… by learning and learning fast of course. And this
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I’ve always felt L&D as a department was kind of forced into that space since that’s how traditional organizational design works; skills, tasks, departments, etc. But unlike Accounting or Marketing, “learning” doesn’t play nice with ROI. We have also come to accept that “learning” doesn’t come in one flavor, i.e. training. Most, however, subscribe to
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You can sense it. An economic slow down is approaching. The dreaded “R” word. When it hits and demand drops, savvy business leaders make moves – fast! Time is critical, head and heart come into play but in the end those functions, process and people that don’t appear to impact the bottom line are deemed
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We tend to, in the age of lots of information, make more out of things than we need to and should. What motivates us and how we learn are not impervious to this bombardment. And yes I know there is a lot of science and research happening but there is also a lot of common
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