Fighting the Good Fight
Revolution
A Learning Rebels Series
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Tired of
training for
training
sake?
Tired of
conducting
boring
training
sessions?
Tired of
listening to
other
Trainers
complain but
who take no
action?
Tired of
Learning &
Development
not taking
responsibility
for making
things better
Are You…

Fighting the Good Fight
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Fighting the Good Fight
Revolution
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Fighting the Good Fight
Revolution
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Because it’s time to fight through traditional learning muck
Time to challenge the conventional
Is she bad-ass or what?

Organizations consultants
not bobble heads!
Time to Break Out
I’ve said it before,
I'll say again
Status-Quo
Sucks!
Stop being a Trainer
Challenge information or content presented
to you by subject matter experts. This does
not mean saying “no”, it means moving from
bobble head to business consultant.
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Unless you’re an Obi-
Wan Bobble head, then
you’d be cool!

Kaizen!
The philosophy of Kaizen is mostly used in TQM
(Total Quality Management). But isn’t that what
we are trying to do? Improve our performance?
In short, Kaizen is the philosophical belief
that everything and anything can be improved,
and anyone can find ways to improve it.
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Take a good look at the state of
Learning and Development in your
organization and understand that
everything is up for grabs!

WHY are we
doing this?
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Training, in and of itself, is
rarely the solution to anything
Why
Why
Why
Why
Why
You know the future is
taking us here, doncha?

WHY are we
doing this?
No, I am not trying to put
myself out of a job, but
understanding and
accepting this statement as
fact, is essential to finding
real solutions.
Your job, as a consultant,
is to uncover the root
cause of the problem.
Ensuring the problem the
business wants to solve is
really the problem that
needs solving.
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Training, in and of itself, is
rarely the solution to anything
Why
Why
Why
Why
Why

TMI
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Your subject
matter experts
want you to
teach this

TMI
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Your Subject
Matter Experts
want you to
teach this
But your
people just
want to
learn this

TMI
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Your Subject
Matter Experts
want you to
teach this
But your
people just
want to
learn this
Learning presented in bite-sized pieces;
presented when the learner wants it, when the
organization needs the learner to have it, will
do more to move a business strategy forward
than any poorly conceived “workshop”
attended by a group of hostages.

TMI
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Your Subject
Matter Experts
want you to
teach this
But your
people just
want to
learn this
STOP THE MADNESS
Trumpets will sing out and
the masses will carry you
around on their shoulders.

Beware of
Snake-Oil
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Learning Rebels do not allow
themselves to be boxed in, or
governed by: theories, styles,
methods, techniques or processes.
Only when used wisely, in a flexible
setting, with the mindset
of situational learning – will you have
freed your mind.

Beware of
Snake-Oil
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Traditional theories, styles, methods,
techniques and processes should not be treated
as rules, at best they are guidelines.
Remember ~ Situational Learning!

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Challenge the
status quo
Kaizen!
Solve the
problem that
needs solving
People do not need
to know how to
build a watch in
order to tell time
Learning theories
and methodologies
are, at best,
guidelines
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Taking any first steps can be scary.
We advise you search out your network and let
them be your support group.
Good luck and share with us your Learning
Rebel moments.
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Fighting the Good Fight
Shannon Tipton Dawn J. Mahoney
Learning Rebels challenge the
conventional thinking of Learning and
Development, supporting different
points-of-view of how learning needs to
be more innovative, engaging and
create more of a business impact.
Find us at: www.learningrebels.com