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POINT-of-WORK:  4-Phase Path to Sustainability

June 6, 2018
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| Categories: Change Leadership, Continuous Learning, Learning Performance Ecosystem, Performance analytics, point of work, Sustained Capability

In a recent post I introduced the four phases we must transition through if the end-game is sustainability of “anything” we launch in the organization. I’ve also been harping on Point-of-Work for years now and feel it necessary to clarify that Point-of-Work is NOT just a destination; it’s a dynamic discipline. I say this because Point-or-Work is comprised of multiple POINTS-of-Work and is further defined by multiple attributes that either drive or restrain achievement of sustainable outcomes of “anything”. Failing to address these attributes effectively and efficiently puts sustainability at…

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PERFORMANCE SUPPORT:  Start with a Learning Performance Assessment

May 9, 2018
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| Categories: 70:20:10, DPS, DRIVER, EPSS, Five Moments of Need, Learning Performance Assessment, Performance Assessments, Performance Support, point of work, Sustained Capability
Learning Performance Ecosystem

This post is a bit different in some ways. The topic is still Performance Support at the core, but I’m responding to the many comments and questions I receive about how to adopt a Learning Performance Paradigm. The Learning Performance Assessment (LPA) is a methodology designed to move beyond traditional Training Needs Assessment and evolve downstream to the Point-of-Work where bona fide business value generation is on the line. Before jumping in the paradigm boat and rowing downstream there is a strategic re-think to accomplish first…followed by some tactical skill…

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DRIVER – A Repeatable, Agile, Discipline to Enable Learning Performance Guidance

March 16, 2018
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| Categories: Digital Performance Guidance, DPG, Performance Support, Sustained Capability

Point-of-Work (PoW) is where measurable business outcomes are generated...or they're lost…if not lost...compromised. I hope you can agree that Workforce Performance has a direct line to productivity and profitability at PoW. That single fact seems straight-forward to this camper and that if we truly seek positive business outcomes as our end-game, shouldn't we focus our discovery and solution designs there first? It only took me 20 years to shift my thinking…and my results. (more…)

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Digitization of “Human Infrastructure”…or…Enterprise Systems/Apps: Which Should Take Priority?

February 24, 2018
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| Categories: Discovery & Consulting, DPS, EPSS, Performance Support, Sustained Capability, Technology, xAPI

There are plenty of positive discussions in the networking groups I follow regarding the shift to the cloud for digital integration across Enterprise Systems, Business Apps, and APIs. This is all good news, but I must ask this question - “What about the digitization supporting the “human infrastructure” tasked to perform effectively using this digitized business infrastructure at the Point-of-work?” Is the answer a chicken or egg debate? Methinks there is a priority we are missing here if our IT focus is exclusively “System/App/API-oriented”. (more…)

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Tribal Knowledge At Point-of-Work Should Not Be Your Default

February 20, 2018
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| Categories: Performance Assessments, Performance Support, Sustained Capability

I know this happens. Even after the best training it still happens. Why? Knowledge retention fails. Pure and simple. We deliver awesome training and our level one evaluations confirm this. Level two evaluations prove "they got it!" At least they were able to pass the test or demonstrate proficiency to graduate. But did they "get it" long enough to apply it at Point-of-Work and moment of need? (more…)

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Is Your Curation Tied to Intentional Design?

January 7, 2018
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| Categories: Continuous Learning, Discovery & Consulting, DPS, EPSS, Five Moments of Need, LES, Performance Assessments, Performance Support, Rants & Ramblings, Sustained Capability, Technology

I’ve written about Intentional Design previously and not surprisingly it targets both learning AND performance.  Maybe the better title for this post would’ve been Are You Curating for Learning or Performance? I chose intentional design in this title because it’s not an either/or effort…we should be curating for both…but methinks if traditional L&D is the curator-in-charge the focus is not going to include Performance…not Point of Work focused…nor Moment of Need responsive. That’s why I offer this thought…Are our curation efforts as intentional as our design? (more…)

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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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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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