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Going Ninja & the Covert Art of Hiding 70:20:10

March 24, 2017
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| Categories: Discovery & Consulting, Learning @ the Point of Work, Micro-Learning, MOOCs, Performance Assessments, Performance Support, Performer Support, Sustained Capability

After surviving in the L&D profession for over thirty years, I continue to ponder what is it going to take to trip the trigger that deploys the training air bag? C’mon, man! We’ve tried everything known to humans so far…we gamify, we MOOC, we micro, we burst, we space, we go virtual, we go mobile, we asynch, bi-synch, tri-synch, and…and…and it’s still training, and we continue to follow the same road map to achieve the most effective training outcomes using myriad methodologies and technologies. How many times will we endure…

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“Confessions of a Performance Ninja”  is now on Amazon

February 4, 2023
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| Categories: Announcements, Continuous Learning, Discovery & Consulting, New Books, Point of Work Assessment, Point-of-Work Discipline, Transformational Change

“Confessions of a Performance Ninja”  is now on Amazon The author, Gary Wise, is a largely unsupervised corporate Learning & Development veteran courtesy of surviving twenty years in roles ranging from individual contributor to senior leadership. He spent an additional fifteen years as a hostage who now refuses to fade peacefully into retirement. (more…)

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POINT-of-WORK:   Step Away from the Stone

May 13, 2022
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| Categories: 7-Right Things, Discovery & Consulting, Point of Work Assessment, Workflow Learning

A recent post on LinkedIn tripped my trigger this morning, and despite the urge to rant, I will try to be gentle. No guarantees. The question posted asked for advice for someone new coming into Learning & Development (L&D). Here is what percolated into this savory reply, and I should add, this reply is not just for a newbie, but for incumbents and leadership as well. My advice is this, "Step away from the stone. Stop pushing until you confirm it's the right thing to do." Here's why... (more…)

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True Confessions from a Performance Ninja

May 31, 2017
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| Categories: Continuous Learning, Discovery & Consulting, Learning Ecosystems, Performance Assessments, Sales Training

This is a true story. No instructional designers or facilitators were harmed...threatened a little...but not harmed permanently. It was a Monday morning. Early. I’d already sucked down three cups of coffee…not counting the venti bold with a shot on the way to work. I could no longer hear the ringing in my ears due to the buzz in my brain now masking all other real or imagined internal bodily noises. (more…)

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Define the “DO” First

April 13, 2015
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| Categories: Continuous Learning

The title of this post represents the core concept behind effectively adopting a Performance Paradigm as opposed to a Training Paradigm where we often chase the "KNOW" as our first priority. Rest easy, friends because there may yet be a storyboard in the process...and then again...maybe not. (more…)

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Evolving Training Into the Perfect Hole

January 22, 2012
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| Categories: Continuous Learning, Learning @ the Point of Work, Learning Ecosystems, PDR Learning Continuum, Sustained Capability

Internal - External Ecosystem-040722A colleague recently asked me to respond to a question that has been a source of constant challenge [for me at least] in my last three corporate training gigs that span about 15 years or so. I cannot imagine my experiences are that dissimilar to many of us who work in the business of Training. Here was his question, “What’s the biggest hurdle to getting stakeholders (employees, employers, clients etc.) involved and engaged with workplace training – and how do you overcome it?” Personally, I believe this…

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New Book – Confessions of a Performance Ninja

November 11, 2022
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| Categories: A Different Mission, Learning Performance Ecosystem, Point of Work Assessment, Point-of-Work Discipline, Strategic Re-Think, Transformational Change
Point-of-Work Dynamics

SPECIAL OFFER: For my LinkedIn family and blog followers, I would love to have you with me on this journey as I write this book. I would be honored to have you offer feedback on short pieces I write. This short piece today is the second draft of a Foreword. In return for your time and insights, I will provide you a copy of the book at no charge when I cross the finish line in a couple of months. (more…)

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Confessions of a Performance Ninja – New Book Coming

November 5, 2022
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| Categories: A Different Mission, Point of Work Assessment, Rants & Ramblings, Transformational Change
Point-of-Work Dynamics

Foreword There is a prevailing myth that “TRAINING DRIVES PERFORMANCE,” which represents a false narrative that limits effectiveness when we depend on training for default solutions. The myth prevails because we in Learning & Development (L&D) have done an outstanding job of setting false expectations for our operational stakeholders that all performance issues default to training as the standard solution. They bought it, and sadly, so did we. In reality, Training only contributes to POTENTIAL. Why? Because performance does not happen until our workers return to their respective Workflows. Last…

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So…You Want to Become a Learning Performance Ninja – Good Choice!

April 27, 2018
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| Categories: Continuous Learning, DRIVER, Learning Performance Assessment, Performer Support, point of work

  This is a true story, a pivotal story in my career, that validated re-thinking the significance of adopting an evolved strategy using a tactical Learning Performance Assessment (LPA)methodology embedded in a Learning Performance Solutions Discipline called DRIVER...and of course, becoming a die-hard learning performance ninja. It was a Monday morning. Early. I’d already sucked down three cups of coffee…not counting the venti bold with a shot on the way to work. I could no longer hear the ringing in my ears due to the buzz in my brain now masking all other real…

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DRIVER: Enabling a Strategic Re-Think for L&D

April 7, 2018
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| Categories: AGILE, Learning Performance Assessment, Performance Guidance, point of work

A couple years ago I wrote a post “Performance Support & the Art of War” with references to Sun Tzu’s writings, and upon rereading am reminded of the significance between tactics and strategy. In short, it seems like strategy represents formalized thinking about what tactics are appropriate to acquire specific results/outcomes. The question that keeps surfacing is “What happens when proven tactics fail to render what strategic thinking and intent envisioned?” (more…)

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