Has your LMS become irrelevant in your greater learning strategy? Are you employees finding it difficult to use? Do administrators find it old and stodgy or want to get rid of it altogether? Take a look at this presentation (originally prepared for Training Magazine's Online Learning Conference in Chicago on September 23, 2014) for some insight into why you may want to keep your LMS around and how you might be able to transform it into a more useful and usable piece of technology in your portfolio.
Please contact me if you have any questions.
What's Your LMSs Status? Online Learning Conference 2013 (#olc13) session 504v2Brandon Williams
Here's an updated version of the LMSs Status preso shared initially at the Training Magazine Conference and Expo in Orlando back in Feb. The organizers of their online conference reached out to ask that we present in Chicago, so I updated the deck with new info and relevant stats. Enjoy!
Increasing Employee Engagement using Social MediaVirtual EyeSee
"29 percent of employees are engaged, 54 percent are not engaged and 17 percent are actively disengaged”
An engaged employee has the same attitude, drive, passion and belief as the head of the organization
Social media can shorten the gap between the leaders of organizations and employees
What's Your LMSs Status? Online Learning Conference 2013 (#olc13) session 504v2Brandon Williams
Here's an updated version of the LMSs Status preso shared initially at the Training Magazine Conference and Expo in Orlando back in Feb. The organizers of their online conference reached out to ask that we present in Chicago, so I updated the deck with new info and relevant stats. Enjoy!
Increasing Employee Engagement using Social MediaVirtual EyeSee
"29 percent of employees are engaged, 54 percent are not engaged and 17 percent are actively disengaged”
An engaged employee has the same attitude, drive, passion and belief as the head of the organization
Social media can shorten the gap between the leaders of organizations and employees
Hive Based Learning Creates Competitive Advantagechrisjbautista
Outlines Frogkick\'s strategy for integrating performance support with knowledge management and social media channels. Our approach also creates a growing network of knowledge capital that evolves through peer and expert contributions.
Revisiting how mentoring can be integrated into organisational learning strategies in the modern, digital workplace.
This article originally appeared in Training & Development magazine October 2015 Vol 42 No 5, published by the Australian Institute of Training and Development.
Continuous learning has become imperative; many skills now have a half-life of just 2½ to 5 years. But employees are overwhelmed, distracted and impatient. Corporate learning (L&D) needs to adapt to the needs of modern learners.
How Technology Can Transform Learning - KNOLSKAPE Webinar SeriesKNOLSKAPE
We live in a golden era of learning. With rapid technological advancements, L&D professionals today have access to a plethora of choices to enable learning in their firms. However, challenges such as poor UI/UX features, low user engagement, dismal adoption and completion rates, etc remain. What kind of learning design can help overcome some of these challenges?
Vijay Kalangi and Subramanian Kalpathi help uncover some of the best practices when it comes to learning technology design, and also offer tips on what learning professionals can do to successfully adopt cutting-edge technology to enable learning for their organization.
Presented by: Ali Spittel
Presented at the All Things Open 2021
Raleigh, NC, USA
Raleigh Convention Center
Abstract: Programmers are constantly learning new technologies, especially in the rapidly evolving frontend ecosystem. As a result, developers often find themselves in a teaching role -- whether that means mentoring a colleague, writing blog posts, speaking at meetups, or even teaching more formally at a college or bootcamp.
So, how can you teach code more effectively? We'll go over strategies for breaking down information, explaining concepts without jargon, using relevant examples, and engaging learners so that you can be more effective the next time you are in a teaching position.
[Webinar] BYOL: Bring Your Own LearningDavid Blake
YouTube: http://youtu.be/SBGyZHjNzHI?t=1m
The BYOD trend brought a flood of both anxieties and benefits to the workplace. Now BYOL, "Bring Your Own Learning", is upon us and has brought anxieties as learning professionals prepare for the complexities, and work to unlock the benefits. Take an in-depth look at the data behind the BYOL "Bring Your Own Learning" trend.
This presentation covers:
- Consumerization of Learning
- "Autonomy Leads to Engagement"
- How to Manage the BYOL Shift
How To Successfully Deliver Your SharePoint Project In Ten Easy Steps - Symon...SPC Adriatics
In this session we’ll guide you through the process of delivering your SharePoint project from the very beginning to the very end, and beyond.
Beginning with fundamental questions such as “What is SharePoint?”, “What are you trying to do?”, and “How will you know when you’ve done it?”. We’ll discuss how to evaluate SharePoint and the Microsoft platform against other technologies and vendors, how to develop a robust business case and successfully navigate project approval processes, and how to run an RFP process and select the right partner to work with. We’ll share the secrets that sales people and SharePoint partners don’t want you to know! We’ll discuss project approaches and reveal tried and tested methods that will ensure that your project is delivered on time, to budget and to specification.
We’ll cover a wide spectrum of topics including requirements gathering, user centered design, change management and user adoption. Finally, we’ll consider how to evaluate the success of project. Based on a decade of consulting experience with some of the the worlds leading organisations.
This article originally appeared in Training & Development magazine February 2014 Vol 41 No 1, published by the Australian Institute of Training and Development.
It has been reproduced with permission from the editor.
Speaker: Dr. Ross Parry, associate professor and deputy pro-vice-chancellor (digital), University of Leicester
Developing digital capability is a strategic priority for the University of Leicester as it works towards the ambition of becoming a "discovery-led university” that is “ever more focused on innovation" (University of Leicester 2015 Strategic Plan). The role of digital technologies in achieving this vision is articulated in greater detail in the university's digital strategy: Discovery-Enabling Digital 2016-2020 digital is at the core of how the university operates and the journey towards achieving its teaching, learning and research ambitions.
The university is taking a whole-organisation view of what this will involve (teaching and research, students and staff, academic and professional services) and is working on several co-ordinated and interlinked strands that contribute to the overall implementation plan. The university has adopted a customised digital literacy framework which is based on the Jisc building digital capability framework, and this provides a consistent framework through which digital training and skills development across the university can be delivered.
The university is also using the Jisc building digital capability discovery tool to support staff and students with their understanding of what digital skills they require to support their professional practice and future careers. Senior leadership support for such a large-scale digital initiative is vital and the university has recognised this by appointing a deputy pro-vice-chancellor to lead the work on the digital campus.
In this presentation Ross will share his experiences of leading this initiative and how he is working with teams across the university to achieve this vision for a digitally capable organisation.
Prime your Learning Culture with Social LearningAllen Partridge
about social learning, user generated content and gamification using Adobe Captivate Prime (LMS). These features are the headliners in the latest release. Along the way we’ll also discuss some cool new features in managing compliance.
Hive Based Learning Creates Competitive Advantagechrisjbautista
Outlines Frogkick\'s strategy for integrating performance support with knowledge management and social media channels. Our approach also creates a growing network of knowledge capital that evolves through peer and expert contributions.
Revisiting how mentoring can be integrated into organisational learning strategies in the modern, digital workplace.
This article originally appeared in Training & Development magazine October 2015 Vol 42 No 5, published by the Australian Institute of Training and Development.
Continuous learning has become imperative; many skills now have a half-life of just 2½ to 5 years. But employees are overwhelmed, distracted and impatient. Corporate learning (L&D) needs to adapt to the needs of modern learners.
How Technology Can Transform Learning - KNOLSKAPE Webinar SeriesKNOLSKAPE
We live in a golden era of learning. With rapid technological advancements, L&D professionals today have access to a plethora of choices to enable learning in their firms. However, challenges such as poor UI/UX features, low user engagement, dismal adoption and completion rates, etc remain. What kind of learning design can help overcome some of these challenges?
Vijay Kalangi and Subramanian Kalpathi help uncover some of the best practices when it comes to learning technology design, and also offer tips on what learning professionals can do to successfully adopt cutting-edge technology to enable learning for their organization.
Presented by: Ali Spittel
Presented at the All Things Open 2021
Raleigh, NC, USA
Raleigh Convention Center
Abstract: Programmers are constantly learning new technologies, especially in the rapidly evolving frontend ecosystem. As a result, developers often find themselves in a teaching role -- whether that means mentoring a colleague, writing blog posts, speaking at meetups, or even teaching more formally at a college or bootcamp.
So, how can you teach code more effectively? We'll go over strategies for breaking down information, explaining concepts without jargon, using relevant examples, and engaging learners so that you can be more effective the next time you are in a teaching position.
[Webinar] BYOL: Bring Your Own LearningDavid Blake
YouTube: http://youtu.be/SBGyZHjNzHI?t=1m
The BYOD trend brought a flood of both anxieties and benefits to the workplace. Now BYOL, "Bring Your Own Learning", is upon us and has brought anxieties as learning professionals prepare for the complexities, and work to unlock the benefits. Take an in-depth look at the data behind the BYOL "Bring Your Own Learning" trend.
This presentation covers:
- Consumerization of Learning
- "Autonomy Leads to Engagement"
- How to Manage the BYOL Shift
How To Successfully Deliver Your SharePoint Project In Ten Easy Steps - Symon...SPC Adriatics
In this session we’ll guide you through the process of delivering your SharePoint project from the very beginning to the very end, and beyond.
Beginning with fundamental questions such as “What is SharePoint?”, “What are you trying to do?”, and “How will you know when you’ve done it?”. We’ll discuss how to evaluate SharePoint and the Microsoft platform against other technologies and vendors, how to develop a robust business case and successfully navigate project approval processes, and how to run an RFP process and select the right partner to work with. We’ll share the secrets that sales people and SharePoint partners don’t want you to know! We’ll discuss project approaches and reveal tried and tested methods that will ensure that your project is delivered on time, to budget and to specification.
We’ll cover a wide spectrum of topics including requirements gathering, user centered design, change management and user adoption. Finally, we’ll consider how to evaluate the success of project. Based on a decade of consulting experience with some of the the worlds leading organisations.
This article originally appeared in Training & Development magazine February 2014 Vol 41 No 1, published by the Australian Institute of Training and Development.
It has been reproduced with permission from the editor.
Speaker: Dr. Ross Parry, associate professor and deputy pro-vice-chancellor (digital), University of Leicester
Developing digital capability is a strategic priority for the University of Leicester as it works towards the ambition of becoming a "discovery-led university” that is “ever more focused on innovation" (University of Leicester 2015 Strategic Plan). The role of digital technologies in achieving this vision is articulated in greater detail in the university's digital strategy: Discovery-Enabling Digital 2016-2020 digital is at the core of how the university operates and the journey towards achieving its teaching, learning and research ambitions.
The university is taking a whole-organisation view of what this will involve (teaching and research, students and staff, academic and professional services) and is working on several co-ordinated and interlinked strands that contribute to the overall implementation plan. The university has adopted a customised digital literacy framework which is based on the Jisc building digital capability framework, and this provides a consistent framework through which digital training and skills development across the university can be delivered.
The university is also using the Jisc building digital capability discovery tool to support staff and students with their understanding of what digital skills they require to support their professional practice and future careers. Senior leadership support for such a large-scale digital initiative is vital and the university has recognised this by appointing a deputy pro-vice-chancellor to lead the work on the digital campus.
In this presentation Ross will share his experiences of leading this initiative and how he is working with teams across the university to achieve this vision for a digitally capable organisation.
Prime your Learning Culture with Social LearningAllen Partridge
about social learning, user generated content and gamification using Adobe Captivate Prime (LMS). These features are the headliners in the latest release. Along the way we’ll also discuss some cool new features in managing compliance.
Minimizing Decision Fatigue to Improve Team ProductivityDerek Lee Boire
Presented on Friday, March 3, 2017 at the try! Swift Conference in Tokyo - in this talk I discuss how decision fatigue impacts our work days and how we can minimize this through increasing our team's communication. Through the context of a typical day at Pivotal Labs, I give examples of how our teams communicate as well as some technical solutions that we agreed to as a team for development in Swift.
A talk discussing how the features of the Swift language itself such as enums, protocols and operator overloading can help you write clearer better iOS app code!
How Content Strategy Drives the High Impact Learning OrganizationXyleme
According to research by Bersin, profits from High Impact Learning Organizations (HILO) grew three times faster than other organizations studied. So, what makes some Learning & Development organizations better than others? One core capability is Learning Content Strategy.
In this webinar, David Mallon, VP of Research at Bersin by Deloitte, will dive into the evolving nature of learning content and share findings from Bersin’s recent High Impact Learning Organization report. Joining David will be Michael Miller, Process and Standards Supervisor at Caterpillar, Inc. Together they will discuss how eLearning has become a small part of the larger pie that now includes the delivery of contextual-based content at the right time and in the right format to drive performance outcomes. Key takeaways for Senior Learning & Talent executives will include the methodologies used by HILOs to build a sustainable content strategy that helps companies solve business and operational problems.
SASUG April - Building Social Networks and the Social JourneyDavid Broussard
A review of what an Enterprise Social Network is, why we needs them, and how to embark on a Social Journey that will actually get you to your desired destination.
Knowledge Management (KM) Strategy for Wipro ConsultingRagesh Nair
I put together this very high-level KM strategy deck for Wipro Consulting, as part of an interview assignment. This is purely my vision and thought process, and does not reflect Wipro's opinions or strategy in any way.
The 5 Keys to Unlocking Next Generation Learning!Saba Software
The 5 Keys to Unlocking Next Generation Learning
Advances in technologies, including social, mobile, and even artificial intelligence, provide nearly countless possibilities to transform how we learn at work. But which of these advances gets turned in functionality that's actually adopted and proven useful?
Key elements covered include:
• Community Learning: Interactive and just in time learning through collaboration and knowledge sharing
• Content Creation: Share any type of content and even create videos and screen recordings
• Personal Assistant: Automate recommendations of people, content and classes creating a relevant learner experience
• Mobile Learning: Making learning available anytime, anywhere
• Simplicity: Take the hassle out of learning management for administrators, managers and learners
Infusionsoft Socially Enabled Internal Communication ProposalKimberle Morrison
We're growing and needed a more effective and scalable way to communicate internally. This presentation outlines our process and the rationale behind how and why we decided to go with a socially enabled system for communication and collaboration
Charles Gould at Learning Live 2014: Total learning: learn faster, work smart...Brightwave Group
Total learning: learn faster, work smarter with four systems in one
We know that up to 90% of learning takes place outside formal training or e-learning, with the majority of learning coming from casual interactions with our colleagues and peers, or from purely informal, self-directed learning. But the learning industry is still struggling to develop innovative systems that integrate with how people learn today.
In this session Charles explores how a 'total learning' approach meets not only the needs of today's learners, but, crucially, how it can deliver real value for forward-thinking organisations. Charles demonstrates how Brightwave's total learning system – tessello – provides an environment that allows L&D teams to improve productivity, generate value and transform their position in the business.
The session explores:
● How technology that uses the Tin Can API delivers an enhanced learning environment – putting learners in control of their own learning and allowing them to record a wide range of online and offline learning (including informal) experiences
● How informal and social learning works alongside formal learning resources – without the need for a separate platform
● How powerful analytics provide rich insight into how learning is being experienced and applied – helping organisations make informed decisions to improve learning and ensuring it remains relevant and business focussed
● How to keep your best people engaged and in the organisation – providing learners with an environment that allows them to find information they need and when they need it, as well as connecting them to other experts across organisational silos, boosting engagement and so reducing staff attrition
● How improving the performance of your people, by helping them learn faster and smarter, boosts the performance of the organisation.
For more information on the Learning Live event, please visit: http://thelpiservices.com/conference/.
[NOTE: To learn more and watch a recording of this webinar, visit: https://www.watershedlrs.com/webinar-how-to-build-a-learning-tech-stack]
If you want to build and scale your learning programs for the future, you must start with a solid technology foundation. It's easy to get excited about the desired end product, and gloss over the most important details—the blueprint. To help you plan for a good program foundation, Watershed and Training Orchestra cover the needs of a good program blueprint.
Informal Learning: Broadening the Spectrum of Corporate LearningHans de Zwart
A keynote presentation for the 2010 Symposium of the Dommel Valley Group. Delivered on November 7th, 2010. It describes the DNA of the L&D of my employer, describes some very recent experimentation in the learning space and takes a sneak peek into the future of the learning function.
Defining Your Social Learning Strategy Mike Merriman
Defining Your Social Learning Strategy
One of the most efficient—and effective—ways to amplify and extend the value of your learning programs is to empower people to interact and share knowledge of their own, in addition to participating in formal learning programs. In fact, a social learning strategy is essential to bringing the power of learning to the forefront of your organization, and ultimately, maximizing the business impact of your overall enterprise learning initiatives.
Join Mike Merriman, Director of Strategic Services at Mzinga, for this session as he explains how you can quickly begin to put social learning to use—on its own, as well as blended with established formal programs—for not only your employees, but your customers, prospects and partners as well. This interactive sessions will include use cases that you can adopt for your own purposes, best practices, and real-world examples.
Mike Merriman
mmerriman@mzinga.com
Follow me @mmerriman
http://www.mzinga.com/company/executives.asp?pagen=46
Creating a Learning Technology Roadmap: Maximizing Efficiency While Boosting ...Cognizant
A centralized, learner-centric architecture -- based on a strategically-driven technology roadmap -- encompasses the functions, processes, methodologies, systems and tools necessary to provide knowledge when and where needed.
Staff Training: Get More From Your Staff Via e-Learning Webanywhere Ltd
This guide, From Training to Twitter: The social evolution of e-learning, looks at how e-learning is changing the way staff are educated in the workplace.
Through this presentation, we bring you insights into how high impact learning can:
» Increase efficiency, productivity and profit for an organization
» Increased employee satisfaction
» A developed sense of ownership and accountability
» An enhanced ability for workers to adapt to change
Learn more about:
» How people are leaning today
» What people are learning
» Transformative learning
» Evolving Role of L&D and Content
» Framework to create a High Impact Learning
Bersin by Deloitte_MakingLearningStick_DTM_June2013_v2
What's Your LMSs Status? Online Learning Conference 2014
1. What is your LMSs Status?
Brandon Williams | Associate | The Educe Group
Online Learning Conference 2014
Learning M. System
2. Brandon D. Williams
Functional and Strategic Consulting
– Focal points:
• Internal Social Collaboration Platforms and
Strategy
• Recruiting, Learning, and Performance
Management Systems
Session Information:
– Feel free to ask questions along the way
• I love being interrupted
3. Informal Polls to Start…
Who here uses a learning management system?
Who here uses informal or collaborative technology within
their organization?
Are they integrated into a larger talent management suite?
*either together or in combination with Performance*
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4. The Big Picture: A Reminder
• “You’ve lost…that…learn-ing feel-ing…”
– Do we understand the importance of learning or have we been
wrapped up in buzzwords and trends?
– Do our sponsors “get it”?
• The purpose: Utilize these systems to empower, enable,
develop potential of our people
– Not just another IT project, not just business goals
– It behooves us to align our systems properly
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12. Web Based Training
Virtual Classroom
Reference Document
Instructor-led Training
Podcast/Video
13. LMS: Catalog Set Up
• How is your catalog structured?
• Does it allow learners to find training that will build
targeted skills and competencies?
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Cornerstone “Subjects”
Saba “Categories”
15. LMS 2.0: Catalog Set Up
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How is your catalog structured?
Does it allow learners to find
training that will build targeted
skills and competencies?
Saba “Categories”
Expert Search
Featured Categories/Content
Grouping by content type and user generated tags
16. LMS 2.0: Catalog Set Up
16
Grouping by content
type and user
generated tags
17. Evolution of LMS
1
7
Registration
and
Tracking
Curricula / Blended
Learning
Web Based
Training
Development Plans/Skills
and Competencies
Collaborative Capabilities
and Mobile for BYOD
Talent Management
Extended
Enterprise
20. Metrics in a 2.0+ World
• Focus:
– Less on utilization metrics
– More on the impact skill and training has on
employee and organizational performance
• Which metrics are more important for your business?
Traditional Business Metrics Traditional Learning Metrics
Revenue Hours of Learning Delivered
Profit Margins Participant Seat Time
Order Volume % of Passing Exam Scores
Customer Satisfaction Unit cost for learning developed
Defects Participant Satisfaction Ratings
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Source: “Begin With the
Business in Mind,” Matt
Donovan,
CLO Magazine, January 2012
21. Why adopt Web 2.0 for learning?
• Improve knowledge sharing
• Foster learning
• Provide more informal learning
opportunities
• Improving communication
• Finding resources more easily
• Boosting collaboration
• Building organizational relationships
2
1
I4cp/ASTD study sponsored by Booz
Allen Hamilton
22. Why adopt Web 2.0 for learning?
2
2
Basics Leading edge Future state
IBM Institute for Business Value November, 2012
Captures new
ideas from
anyone
Identify specific
opportunities where new
ideas could add value to
the business
Develop processes for
collecting internal and
external innovations on an
ongoing basis
Mine social interactions
to identify future
innovation needs and
trends
Use internal
communities
to innovate
Build platform where
internal communities can
come together to share
insights
Provide resources to
moderate communities
with the greatest strategic
value
Identify potential
community involvement
based on social
contributions
Enable more
structured
innovation
Conduct ideation events
involving employees
from across the business
Extend innovation events
to the larger stakeholder
population
Embed innovation
events and social data
into the ongoing
product development
process
23. The Evolution of Work
• From hierarchies to a more flattened structure
• From fixed working hours to flexible working hours
• From hoarded information to shared information
• From on-premise to the cloud
• From email as primary form of communication to
being a secondary form of communication
• From siloed and fragmented to connected and
engaged
2
3
The Collaborative Organization: A Strategic Guide to Solving Your Internal Business
Challenges Using Emerging Social and Collaborative Tools
24. Future of LMS: Integrated Talent
Management
1) Increase peer-to-peer learning.
2) Encourage the development of talent ecosystems.
“Companies are not making the headway they need to ensure that
they have adequate talent — managerial, technical, and
functional — in their people pipeline. Many are either ‘hit-or-miss’
in their people-management practices — or have identified their
priorities but aren’t translating plans into action.”
2
Mind the (Skills) Gap, Harvard Business Review
Creating People Advantage – BCG/WFPMA
37. Thank you for your interest!
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Contact Us
Brandon Williams
Email: bwilliams@educegroup.com
Phone: 301.760.3005
Twitter: @bdotw
Additional information and white papers can be found at:
www.educegroup.com
Editor's Notes
Social networks for individuals (around the world)
Source - http://socialmediatoday.com/node/195917
Fun site-evolving map of social networks
http://thenextweb.com/facebook/2013/01/02/world-map-of-top-social-networks-shows-just-five-left-facebook-dominates-127-out-of-137-countries/
Social networks for businesses
So I’ll say this UP FRONT to be clear – I agree with Dave.
I’ve been working almost exclusively for the past 2 years with organizations implementing so called social LMSs and they ALWAYS start with core LMS capabilities with expansions into collaboration – this is different from 4 – 8 years ago when we were all just talking about harnessing the power of informal collaboration within LMSs
http://www.wkrg.com/story/26381671/bersin-by-deloitte-anticipates-global-spending-on-learning-management-systems-to-grow-21-percent-to-more-than-25-billion-in-2014
Oracle-Taleo ($1.9bn), SAP-SuccessFactors ($3.4bn), IBM-Kenexa ($1.3bn).
That’s right. Three acquisitions of single LMS providers totalling roughly three-and-a-half times the market’s total forecast global value. Clearly the money men reckon the future of the LMS is not merely secure, it’s golden bright.
http://donaldhtaylor.wordpress.com/2013/03/18/does-the-lms-have-a-future/
What are some complaints you’ve heard from your users? It’s critical to have the “voice of customer” as a part of any LMS structure.
Blue – learner (INTERFACE)
Grey – Admin
SIMPLY IMPLEMENTING ANOTHER MAY NOT HELP
How is your catalog structured?
Does it allow learners to find training that will build targeted skills and competencies?
YOUR OWN content, content you’d otherwise find with colleagues or on GOOGLE (only industry specific), learning that otherwise would be pushed to you, collab etc.
Tracking and Registration – admins only, track ILT, reporting butts in seats, # of training hours
Web Based Training – self service
?= gamification? Mobilization?
Workplace agility starts with understanding how knowledge is captured and accessed in the organization. Go through matrix of structured to unstructured and formal to informal
Where does learning take place? How do employees get the information they need to do their jobs better?
Social Networking – can provide it but can’t make people use it
LMS – can determine it’s future
- Driving its future as well as it adoption – role of the learning organization, incredible opportunity for learning organizations to show connection to bottom line objectives – instead of ROI, it’s Impact on Business
Jacob Morgan, AUTHOR
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jacobmorgan/2013/09/10/the-evolution-of-work/
1) From hierarchies to a more flattened structure
2) From fixed working hours to flexible working hours
3) From hoarded information to shared information
5) From on-premise to the cloud
6) From email as primary form of communication to being a secondary form of communication
7) From siloed and fragmented to connected and engaged
How are you tracking your pipeline? Performance software/processes… but how are you tracking people developing into that pipeline through specific initiatives? How are you benchmarking/measuring their progress (especially poignant if you only have one-sided yearly reviews.)
Increase peer-to-peer learning. Just a few years ago, gaining new skills meant enrolling in night school or leaving a job to obtain an expensive graduate degree. Time and cost constraints limited these options.
Fortunately, new technologies and services deliver education flexibly, giving America new opportunities with “Education 2.0.” A diverse array of educational resources allow people to upgrade their skills, whether with a refresher on linear algebra through Khan Academy, mastering the basics of coding with CodeAcademy or pursuing actual course credit from an online institution. Learning is no longer relegated to specific hours or a brick-and-mortar location.
Teaching itself can also be crowdsourced. Peer-to-peer learning platforms like Skillshare, School of Everything and TeachersPayTeachers trust that often the best person to teach a lesson is someone who just mastered it.
Encourage the development of talent ecosystems.
When planning training, companies should embrace this axiom and consider their whole ecosystem - not just their full-time staff - and offer training to partners.
http://blogs.hbr.org/2012/09/mind-the-skills-gap/
Let’s take a quick look at a case study…
Quick intro of Educe and what we do
Here’s a snapshot of our team
- different generations
- different work locations
- different schedules
Our challenge – working effectively + productively
As we continued to grow, the question we started asking ourselves was where does our knowledge reside?
- important for getting the right information during engagements
- started asking ourselves about how we would onboard new hires
Each of these methods relies on two groups: knowledge seekers and experts. The knowledge seekers either proactively use organizational resources to find the knowledge they need (pull), or are provided information the organization determines should be distributed (push).
Recognized that everyone could be a contributor at some level, on some topic
Related to performance support, how do we support our organization during times of change?
Use social LMS as vehicle to quickly disseminate information, updates, etc. Doc management allows for smooth transitions. Business continuity, fast ramp up for new team
We approached this as a workplace solution effort.
Increased system usage – both volume and adoption
We have consistent processes where we did not before – performance, recruiting
Time to deployment for new hires on decrease