Learn Faster: A Case for Preparing for a Faster Rate of Change in Business, Knowledge, and Know-How

Topics: Learning Excellence, Align, Capability Planning, Strategy Integration, Performance Consulting, Measure, Business Outcomes

Overview

The current approach to corporate learning is about to be swamped under a tsunami of business change. It’s time for Learning and Talent Management teams to overhaul their corporate learning strategies. Or, if they’ve been focused on delivering programs and managing training operations, they need to develop one for the first time.? It all begins as leaders increasingly hear about the marketplace conditions and challenges of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. This paper is a case for preparing — on the basis of reasoned faith — for a faster rate of change in business, knowledge, and know-how. Corporate learning teams must begin to understand the dimensions of tough challenges that are confronting leaders and their workforces. They also must understand why these new challenges require new learning skills, new learning methods, and new approaches for prioritizing the learning function’s time, attention, and resources. In essence, it is time for learning and talent management teams to overhaul their strategies.