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Continuous Learning

Red Wire/Blue Wire & the Explosive Failure of Training

I have never met ANYONE on the operational side of the business who is satisfied with “potential”. No one on the operational side of the business gets compensated for “potential”. They don’t want a training graduate who knows that they need to use a shovel to dig a hole…they want somebody coming out of training who can dig a freaking hole…and more perfect the hole, the better.

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Continuous Learning

ECOSYSTEM: Is the Concept Jive, Jargon or Justified?

One of the more recent buzzwords surfacing in our L&D lexicon is “Ecosystem”, and I see it as having more significance to a sustainable learning and performance strategy than acceptance. “Why seek what you already have? Answer: It’s not really a question of having an ecosystem; the real question is – “Are you managing the one you have effectively and efficiently?”