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It’s Time to Go Ninja!

January 3, 2018
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| Categories: Continuous Learning, Data Analytics, Discovery & Consulting, EPSS, Five Moments of Need, Learning Ecosystems, Performance Assessments, Performance Support, xAPI

Who “woulda thunk it” possible to be swept up…or is swept out more appropriate…into the chaos of three corporate downsizing events in less than seven years? Could that even happen to the same guy? Oh, but yes it can…and it has. You’re reading his words right now. January 26th was when I was jettisoned through the window of opportunity yet again. The frequency of being jettisoned could cause one to pause and reflect, asking “Why me?” and question “What did I do? …or not do?”  The first time around, I…

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Find, Build or Purchase Performance Consulting Skills Sooner Than Later

November 28, 2017
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| Categories: 70:20:10, Discovery & Consulting, Five Moments of Need, Performance Assessments, Sustained Capability

If the L&D organization could be seen as an archer their quiver would be filled with an assortment of learning solution arrows; some micro-learning, some adaptive, some virtual, some classroom ILT. The target toward which those arrows are fired represents the workforce. The ten-ring…the bulls-eye…on many of the targets may often represent the Point-of-Work. The tool used to ensure accuracy of those solution arrows is not the compound bow as you might think…it’s the performance consultant…who accomplished discovery to identify and prioritize the target(s) with precision of a Learning AND…

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Don’t Skimp On Discovery @ Point-of-Work

November 17, 2017
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| Categories: 70:20:10, EPSS, Five Moments of Need, Learning @ the Point of Work, PDNA, Performance Assessments, Performer Support, Sustained Capability

This post was triggered and complimentary to Bob Mosher’s post on 11/17…an important read that I agree with completely. What I offer today is an attempt to articulate a “Yes and…” in this post. The Critical Skills Analysis (CSA) used in the 5 Moments of Need methodology is extremely essential for distinguishing what can be addressed via formal training and what can...and should...be addressed in the workflow…not to mention where to focus priority. Check it out! (more…)

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L&D: Chasing Right Outcomes With Wrong Outputs

November 2, 2017
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| Categories: 70:20:10, Five Moments of Need, PDNA, Performance Assessments, Rants & Ramblings, Sustained Capability

One never knows how having a good conversation with a friend and respected colleague like Mark Britz can uncork a brilliant idea for a blog post that I had not planned to write. We were discussing the painfully slow adoption by L&D organizations of the illusive performance paradigm. We both blog and always search for the right words, and that’s when Mark dropped a statement that flung a craving on me to write this blog: “L&D is chasing the right outcomes with the wrong outputs!” (more…)

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