transforming corporate learning to a competitive advantage

Does social learning drive business success or vice versa?

In a discussion with a peer L&D leader about how change social/ collaborative learningbrings about a power shift in knowledge distribution, I found myself a little surprised by his believe. He was convinced companies should implement social learning so that there is a more balanced level of knowledge in the organisation. That should be the reason

Why you need to be a learning organisation and how to get started

In 2017, Bersin by Deloitte did a research on learning organisation maturity and shareholder performance (High-Impact Learning Organisation). They found a +59% difference in three-year average share price and +107% difference in three-year average earnings per share between organisation with the lowest vs highest learning maturity. That in itself creates a strong case to review how learning

The Power of Mobilizing Employees to Create Training Content

PodCast Interview Kevin Anselmo with Patrick Veenhoff Podcast: Play in new window | Download How do we get more colleagues to engage with L&D resources? This is a common concern facing L&D leaders. Swisscom, the major telecommunications provider in Switzerland, has been able to address such a question by encouraging employees to create training content. Patrick Veenhoff,Head of

Corporate Learning as Competitive Advantage Enabler

Corporate Learning needs to learn how to transform itself from being a knowledge distributor to a competitive advantage enabler. The increasing speed, volume and uncertainness of skill changes that corporates are dealing with today already, demand a business-driven and learner centric approach that is continuously improved by data insights. Many speak about it, have great

How You Could Be Sabotaging High Achievers & Killing Productivity

Photo Source: https://unsplash.com/photos/VBe9zj-JHBs In a recent workshop I facilitated, a Senior management team needed to step away from daily business in order to give themselves the time to discuss and share ways of creating a common culture. Prior to bringing everyone together I interviewed each team member individually to better understand their respective responsibilities, get a

Nuts and Bolts of Employee-generated Learning

Introduction Today’s knowledge-intensive organizations rely heavily on an underlying wealth of knowledge to stay relevant in the business world. However, keeping up the knowledge currency to upskill the employees rapidly and sharing knowledge or passing it down to newer generations of employees is not always straightforward. In this context, we propose to implement an Employee-generated