The amount of knowledge available today, and its speed of change, is altering the way we work and learn. And this is not an incremental change. It is a revolution.
This experience of rapidly changing information is so commonplace that we barely notice it, but the internet is revolutionising workplace learning, and it’s a process we’re only just beginning. In his foreword to Next Generation Digital Learning Strategies (Ark Group 2012), Charles Jennings quotes Evans and Wurster’s 1999 book Blown to Bits:
The internet can blow away practically any business. The new economy is deconstructing the newspaper, auto retailing and banking business while creating new opportunities for others.
This is as true today as it was then – and it has particular relevance, as Jennings points out, to the world of learning, which is about to get completely blown away.
In today’s VUCA world – of volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity – it is simply not possible to gather information, assess it, manipulate and represent it to learners, as the L&D department traditionally has. Things simply move too fast. Former BBC CLO Nigel Paine has a particularly damning phrase for this in a recent blog:
What does it feel like when you’ve done a good day’s work in L&D? It’s satisfying. It feels good. Maybe you helped an organization do a better job, or stretch their budget further, or even helped some individuals achieve something they never thought they could. That’s a good day’s work.
This week at CERTPOINT we’re proud to have made a difference with one particular client.
This week we’re honored to have been selected by DCI Donor Services (DCIDS) as their learning management system (LMS) provider across its US family of organ and tissue recovery companies.
Founded in 1971, DCIDS has a simple vision it’s hard to match for importance. The company is committed to saving and improving lives … through donation and transplantation.
We’re proud to see that industry influencer Brandon Hall has highlighted our mobile sales enablement platform K-Tango as “one to watch” in Chief Learning Officer. K-Tango enhances product IQ in sales and support channels.
In his column “Innovations in Enterprise Learning”, Brandon examines well executed new ideas in mobile learning – pointing to K-Tango as an example of authoring tools to create learning apps.
Many multinationals say that implementing a new learning management system (LMS) is a critical priority in the coming year.
At Elearnity’s recent symposium, leading organizations including Lloyds Banking Group, BT, Rolls-Royce and Shell agreed that LMS is critical to maximizing their existing learning solutions and managing resources in tough economic times. The roundtable discussion, attended by CERTPOINT’s European MD Maria van Vlodrop, revealed that companies are starting to plan their next generation learning and talent systems, trying to make more of social tools. The challenge of better aligning learning and talent management was a key part of the conversation.
Other key topics included how to make learning systems more learning-centric, when mobile learning adds best value, and, what does next generation architecture look like?
Kenneth Fung, CERTPOINT’s EVP Corporate Strategy, and the team will be attending this year’s IMPACT 2012 from April 10-13 at the Renaissance Vinroy, St Petersburg, Florida.
Kenneth Fung
“Impact is a really outstanding event for HR, learning and talent management executives and their teams. This year’s theme, Building Business Agility Through People, echoes our own commitment to help businesses to transform successfully in the rapidly changing world. We’re looking forward to sharing our learnings with our colleagues across the industry.” said Kenneth.
There was lively debate at the 2012 Executive Knowledge Exchange when Certpoint’s Maria van Vlodrop and learning technologies thought leader Charles Jennings challenged traditional HR-led learning structures. Participants included Certpoint client L’Oréal, and learning leaders from global giants Deloitte, GSK, KLM, UBS, Ericsson, Hilton, Dow Chemical, Novartis.
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Charles argued that HR- led learning has traditionally focused on process management and control and should restructure to become a strategic business tool – pointing to business-led learning which conversely focuses on business support with business leader stakeholders.
How should traditional HR models restructure to grasp a unique opportunity to direct corporate learning across the whole enterprise?
Maria van Vlodrop, Certpoint Systems’ General Manager Europe, joins a stellar line up at the 2012 Learning Technologies Executive Knowledge Exchange when she explores the challenges faced by traditional HR together with learning technologies thought leader Charles Jennings of Duntroon Associates.
The session takes place on Tuesday 27 March 9.30-11.00 CET in Basle, Switzerland.
Does your LMS meet new technology and business expectations? How should L&D functions respond? What role should learning management systems play in creating a productive workforce?
Scot Lake, Brandon Hall Group’s Senior Learning Analyst, will explore the dramatic shifts in learning and development. He will reveal how the workforce is radically changing and how workers access and use knowledge in new ways to deliver value to the enterprise.
This free webinar, sponsored by CERTPOINT, takes place on Thursday March 15, 1:00-2:00pm Eastern (US &Canada). Please click here to register http://www.brandonhall.com/events/webinars/details/63-http-/go.brandonhall.com/Have_You_Outgrown_Your_LMS.html
How do new generation learning systems drive commercial growth?
Maria van Vlodrop, CERTPOINT’s European General Manager, will be sharing her views with thought leader Michel Diaz at E-learning Expo 2012 in Paris.
The conference takes place on 14 March at 11h30-13h00 CET – please click here to register: http://www.e-learning-expo.com/info_event/126/plateformes-lms–letat-de-lart.html
The world of mobile learning offers a great deal, but what are the pitfalls, and what are the best ways of exploiting the opportunities?
Join FEFAUR’s Associate Director Michel Diaz as he discusses the world of mobile learning in our complimentary webinar on 6 March from 14h30 to 15h30 CET
Please click here to register www3.gotomeeting.com/register/167729638
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