As we close out 2020 and get ready for the new year, I wanted to recap the top articles that I have posted and shared over the past few months. These top fifteen articles (there are actually 21 since I reference a few bonus articles) are in no particular order, but they do represent those …
As we enter the final weeks of the year, many learning and development (L&D) leaders continue to ask: What will workplace learning look like in 2021? To shed light on this question, this study surveyed over 500 global experts to understand what L&D professionals can expect in the new year and how they can best prepare. It …
Most organizational leaders understand the critical role that learning and development (L&D) plays in enabling employees to learn, adapt, and acquire the skills they need to achieve company objectives. However, only 15 percent of leaders believe their organization has fully delivered on this capability. This in-depth article provides a series of tools and questions that can …
When organizations set their learning and development (L&D) priorities and budgets in 2019 for the 2020 year, no one could have predicted the extent to which the pandemic would rewrite those plans. Faced with new ways of working, shifting business priorities, and remote work at scale, many organizations have been faced with the decision of …
While HR and learning and development (L&D) leaders understand the importance of measuring and demonstrating the value of learning initiatives, doing so can be a challenge for many organizations. The reasons range from a lack of confidence in creating an L&D measurement and reporting strategy, imperfect data, the task being too big or complex, to …
As the pandemic continues to reshape how organizations prepare for the future of work, many firms are reevaluating traditional learning methods. And as noted in this article, many of these conventional and “passive methods of learning—from seminars to videos, from role-playing to all-day group training sessions—tend to be slow, don’t scale well, pull workers away from …
Learning and Development (L&D) functions have always had an opportunity to demonstrate its value in a “business-as-usual” environment. However, amid a pandemic and in a post-pandemic world, there is a significant opportunity for L&D organizations to deliver business value in a world where a) jobs have been redefined, b) skill requirements have changed, c) ways of working have been altered, and d) employee …
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to alter how and where work gets performed, and the skills that workers need in order to manage in this new environment. In this LinkedIn 2020 Workforce Learning Report, several insights are provided on how organizations can create a culture of learning, measure the impact of learning, and enhance learner engagement. And …
While smartwatches are heavily used for health and fitness, there is an opportunity to integrate this technology into components of organizational performance, group collaboration, and behavioral coaching. This article provides a few examples of how smartwatches can be used in organizations: 1) Watches could indicate which people in the workplace have the knowledge we need to …
As organizations continue to evaluate and measure the impact of learning and development initiatives, learning analytics can be leveraged to identify gaps for improvement and ensure that efforts are aligned to the business’ needs. Including case studies from companies such as The Gap, Hilton Worldwide University, and Seagate Technology, this book provides ideas on how …
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