Learning Campaigns: A marketing approach to Learning and Development 09 July 2019 David-Perks (0) Marketers and learning instructors have known for a long time that for a message to be retained, you need to 'tell them what you're going to tell them', 'tell them', and then 'tell them what you just told them'.Of course, there's much more to it than that, but there is merit to spaced repetition. Marketing techniques can be applied to learning to achieve high participation levels and high knowledge acquisition and retention.We've wrapped these techniques into learning campaigns to make it easy for leaders to adopt a marketing approach to learning. [More]
Learning in the moment without forgetting moments later - making micro-learning stick with assessments 21 May 2019 David-Perks Agile Performance Management, Product Announcements (0) Think about that youtube video that you watched to bake a cake or repair a thing. Could you do that unaided for a second time? We’ve been curious if micro-learning as quickly forgotten as it is consumed, and then relearned, or is the timeliness and relevance of micro-learning so meaningful that it cuts through and sticks with the learner for an extended time? We don't know the answer, and we're sure it's not black and white, but what we do know is how to make it stick. [More]
Goals: Are goals the only way (or even the best way) to motivate high performance? Give way to alternatives on your journey to Agile Performance Management 12 May 2019 David-Perks Agile Performance Management, The Journey (1) Goal setting has been the de facto standard for motivating high performance. Consultants and traditionalists advocate SMART goals, and startups favour the variant of Objective and Key Results (OKR's) made famous by Google. What if you've found goals don't inspire your people, or you've found goals are the predominant cause of stress in your workplace? Are there alternatives to goals and how can people do their best work without goals? We propose 2 alternatives. [More]
10 top strategies for creating micro-learning content that works. 02 May 2019 David-Perks Agile Performance Management (0) Micro-learning is getting a lot of good press but not all micro-learning is created equal. Talking heads, clickbait, advertorials, broken links, outdated advice and clutter are starting to tarnish public platforms that employ poor content curation. Here are 10 top tips to make sure your learning content is a hit with learners to stand above the growing crowd. [More]
Translating employee satisfaction into a better bottom line: The 4A Framework for productive employee experience 17 April 2019 David-Perks Agile Performance Management, The Journey (0) What are the essential ingredients to an employee experience that improves business results? We distil this into 4 pillars of employee satisfaction that will turn your employee experience into higher profits and greater loyalty. [More]