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We all learn like children, and it's not usually through training! via @rogerschank
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Education Outrage: Pragmatic Learning: It's not "fun"
With this simple idea, I have told you all you need to know about training. Because we can build “on-demand online training” we can change the world of training significantly. This is what we have to do:
- We need to anticipate the needs of trainees
- We need to provide a way for them to satisfy those needs
- We need to provide people for them to discuss things with
Lecturing and training are rarely the right way for people to learn. People are motivated to learn when they need to know or do something in the moment. Providing just-in-time information, mentors and colleagues for conversation, and short, digestible resources are key.
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Only ask if the responses will change your behavior
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Are you asking questions capable of making change happen? After the survey is over, can you say to the bosses, "83% of our customer base agrees with answer A, which means we should change our policy on this issue."
It feels like it's cheap to add one more question, easy to make the question a bit banal, simple to cover one more issue. But, if the answers aren't going to make a difference internally, what is the question for?
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