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Category: AGILE

POINT-of-WORK:  The Great Convergence of Thought and Action

April 12, 2022
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| Categories: AGILE, Analytics, Change Leadership, Connected Worker, Data Analytics, Digital Adoption Solutions, Digital Transformation, Five Moments of Need, Moment of Need, Performance analytics, Performance Support, Performer Support, point of work, Point of Work Assessment
Point-of-Work Dynamics

"GREAT" things are popping up lately, like the Great Resignation, Great Retirement, and the Great Reshuffle, as two examples. I am not swayed by the hype because these all point to one common denominator – Change...and the need to LEAD it. I believe we see the side-effects surface in the form of a Great Convergence of Thought and Action and forms influencers that directly impact Culture. In other words, resignations, retirements, and reshuffling within and among organizations are driving the need for a strategic re-think and adopting tactical actions that…

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POINT-of-WORK: Ground Zero for Workforce Transformation

October 13, 2021
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| Categories: AGILE, Discovery & Consulting, Point of Work Assessment, Transformational Change
Point-of-Work Dynamics

Considering most businesses have a distributed WFH workforce there are multiple transformations that must take place ranging from Cultural/Environmental changes to People/Capabilities; Workflows/Processes; Resources/Information; Systems/Technology; Impact/Analytics; and most importantly, Change Leadership challenges. Easy to see that we face a significant journey to adopt and sustain effective workforce transformation. My question is simple – Where do we begin? (more…)

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Why Adopt Point-of-Work Assessment Methodology?

December 17, 2018
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| Categories: 70:20:10, Accelerated Productivity, AGILE, Change Leadership, Continuous Learning, Data Analytics, Digital Transformation, Discovery & Consulting, Five Moments of Need, Intentional Design, Learning Performance Ecosystem, Moment of Need, Performance Insights, Performance Support, Point of Work Assessment

At conferences where I speak I always begin by asking, “How many of your organizations have a dynamic learning performance ecosystem in place today?” Rarely does a single hand go up. Some participants don’t know. Some are unsure. Some don’t want to embarrass themselves. And others simply think its BS jargon and suspect it’s a trick question. They would be correct…that it’s a trick question…not that it’s BS HR/L&D jargon. And then I share the following fact: (more…)

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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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DRIVER – A Learning Performance Discipline Based on Continuum Thinking at the Core

March 24, 2018
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| Categories: 70:20:10, AGILE, Digital Performance Guidance, Performance Assessments

In my recent post, “DRIVER – A Repeatable, Agile, Methodology to Generate Learning & Performance Guidance”, I’ve received many positive comments and a few great questions asking for more details. This post will attempt to slice into the anatomy of the DRIVER discipline and add some essential context…yes…discipline. I chose the word “methodology” in the original title, but upon reflection I can see how that might skew the perception of DRIVER to be some sort of tool. It’s not a tool. It is the only approach I’ve found after 30-plus years…

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Point-of-Work & ADDIE? Say It Ain’t So…

October 30, 2017
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| Categories: 70:20:10, AGILE, Data Analytics, Discovery & Consulting, Performance Assessments, Performance Support, Rants & Ramblings, Sustained Capability

My recent post  “70:20:10 – Myth or Legend?” roused a few readers to offer up some really solid comments, and there were a few that left me feeling like I was at a NASCAR race and just shouted “Ford Rules!” Now if you’ve never been to a NASCAR race, let me tell you this about that…every fan has a favorite make of car and nothing shall come between them and their brand…except maybe a case of Budweiser! And so it seems is also true with training design models. And rumor…

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Don’t Confuse READY…With READINESS…

October 12, 2017
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| Categories: AGILE, Data Analytics, Discovery & Consulting, EPS readiness assessment, EPSS, Micro-Learning, Performance analytics, Performance readiness assessment, Performer Support, Social Learning, Sustained Capability, Technology, xAPI

If I had to boil down all my bluster and passion in this blog to a single core statement, it would be this: Training, by itself, does not drive performance – it drives potential; …if you truly seek to sustain measurable workforce performance you must go to the Point-of-Work and plan to address diverse Moments of Need with accessible, effective and business relevant solution assets shaped by Intentional Design. (more…)

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7-Right Things Road Map for Sustained Workforce Performance

May 25, 2017
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| Categories: 70:20:10, AGILE, Continuous Learning, Discovery & Consulting, Learning @ the Point of Work, Learning Ecosystems, Micro-Learning, Performance Assessments, Performer Support, Sustained Capability, Technology

My most recent post addressed the concept of ACCESS to working knowledge at the Moment of Need and often at the Point-of-Work as being essential to drive tangible business results. In that post I included a list of 7-Right Things that, in essence, provide a road map of sorts to accomplishing holistic discovery and support for intentional design. Unlike the narrow scope of a Training Needs Assessment, tracking down the truth behind the 7-Right Things enables us to include the entirety of the learning and performance ecosystem we should be…

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The Consistency of Disruptive Innovation

November 1, 2016
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| Categories: AGILE, Change Leadership, Continuous Learning, Data Analytics, Discovery & Consulting, EPSS, Learning Ecosystems, LMS, Performance analytics, Performance Assessments, Performance Support, Performer Support, Rants & Ramblings, Sustained Capability, Technology

One of my favorite movies of all time is “Little Big Man” starring a very young Dustin Hoffman who was abducted as a toddler by Indians…yes, I know, Native Americans. He grew up through childhood to become a young adult brave, and had an adopted grandfather who was also the tribal medicine man. Whenever he was confronted with a challenge growing up the old man would always say…sweeping his arm wide, “Endeavor to persevere!”. When confronted with people who seemed bent on destroying him, the advice given by the old man…

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Leading Change as “Ordinary Work”

August 4, 2016
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| Categories: AGILE, Change Leadership, EPS readiness assessment, Learning Ecosystems, Learning Readiness Assessment, Performance readiness assessment, Performance Support, Performer Support, Sustained Capability

The dreaded “C” word…Change…is as continuous and variable as the day-to-day demands of doing business. Leading Change effectively is often the difference between maintaining competitive advantage and falling behind; the difference between maintaining compliance or exposure to severe penalties and business liabilities. I’m sure you can think of others. To be effective with addressing the continuous nature of Change is to "routinize" it by building into the organizational culture as “Ordinary Work”. That means adopting cultural mindshare that adopts a discipline and protocols of Change Leadership that are agile, resilient,…

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