Training is anchored in the past. It cannot prepare for a disruptive future. ROI on training is easy to justify be because it should be able to prove greater efficiency. We need a different kind of learning to prepare us for disruption. Let's call it x-learning. How does x-learning differ from training? And how do your programs compare?

1. WHY TRAINING
FAILS!

2. …in preparing for the
(disruptive) future.

3. We need a different
kind of learning
to prepare for the
future!

4. THE LEARNING
SPECTRUM

5. Training is extreme red

6. It answers the
question:
"HOW DO I DO IT?"

7. TRAINING
Produces:

8. A sequential list of
actions the trainee
learns to perform.

9. Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
... ... ...

10. TRAINING
outcome:

11. "Oh, this is how
you do it, now I
can do it too!"

12. The more I train,
the better I
become!

13. So, here's the
problem with
training...

14. Training is anchored in
past experience!

15. No "ifs" and "buts" -
it's logic.

16. What is at extreme left?

17. Let's call it "x-learning."

18. X-learning answers
the question:
“What are my
assumptions?"

19. THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN TRAINING
AND X-LEARNING:

20. Training is "How?"
driven,
X-learning is "Why?"
driven.

21. X-LEARNING
Produces:

22. A list of questions to
interrogate the
environment.

23. - Question
- Question
- Question
... ... ...
(not necessarily sequential)

24. X-LEARNING
outcome:

25. “Oh now I understand, in
future I will be more careful
in coming to a conclusion."

26. TRAINING:
"How to do?"

27. X-LEARNING:
"How to think."

28. ASK: WHAT ARE THE
RIGHT QUESTIONS?

29. Consider...

30. 1: URGENT
IMPORTANT
2: NOT-URGENT
IMPORTANT
3: URGENT
NOT-IMPORTANT
4: NOT-URGENT
NOT-IMPORTANT

31. TRAINING:

32. 1. URGENT &
IMPORTANT

33. X-LEARNING:

34. 2: NOT-URGENT
IMPORTANT

35. Questions point to
the future.

36. They create
uncertainty...

37. They are our only
defense against
disruption.

38. Lord Russell, mathematician, etc.

39. “Most people would sooner
die than think - and…

40. …in fact they do.”

41. … and companies
become extinct
because they do not
think.

42. Companies become
great because they do
think!

43. HERE’S A GREAT
EXAMPLE!

44. Thomas J Watson
IBM’s founder…

45. …posted these notes:

46. So, here’s a question
for you…

47. How are your learning
programs distributed…

48. …across the learning
spectrum?”