As internal or external consultants, we are often asked to explain what we mean by “human performance technology,” or “performance improvement.” Thanks to ISPI and especially to Lynn Kearny, we have a set of visuals* we can use to illustrate and explain the main concepts. In just two pages, Lynn has illustrated: Focus on Results… Continue Reading
We’re different. We each learn at a different pace. Remember learning spelling words in grade school? Some kids mastered all the words on Monday (the first day). Most of the kids could spell most of them by the test on Friday. A few couldn’t get half of them in a week. You can hardly blame… Continue Reading
I was working out the other day, and I was telling my trainer about the ADDIE model. (Obviously, I am the life of any party.) I’d just written the post about My Good Friend ADDIE. To explain what it is to my trainer (between lifting various weights), I outlined how he uses the ADDIE model… Continue Reading
By Calhoun Wick, Roy Pollock, and Andrew Jefferson With a strong focus on how learning assists an organization, this book gives beginning-to-end support for using learning-training-development initiatives to achieve strong business results. There are no isolated training events here. All six of the disciplines are pointed toward ensuring that what people learn will: Be essential… Continue Reading
Twenty-eight days to go. For many, there’s holiday joy and madness. Cards. Presents. Visits. Extra-great food. Here are some resources to help you get through… Calm That Stress Try the calm.com app for the benefits of guided relaxation. Plug in your headset and tune out for a few minutes. For iPhone or iPad, this free… Continue Reading
Tradition. Thanksgiving in the U.S. Great food. Family. Friends. A time to count our blessings. A lovely reminder to be grateful. Faith. Our great religious traditions encourage gratitude. Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever.” ~Psalm 30:12 Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks;… Continue Reading
Sadly, my good friend ADDIE has been getting a bad rap lately. Here are the kinds of things people say: Bad Rap #1. “ADDIE doesn’t exist.” Bad Rap #2. “ADDIE is too cumbersome and we need a more agile (successive approximation, lean, etc.) process.” Yes, ADDIE Is Alive and Well After an extensive search to… Continue Reading
Want to stay in business? Keep your job? No matter your performance improvement specialty, it’s helpful to know if your strategies and projects are making things better for your organization. Define Success Early. The best way to ensure that we can measure whether we succeeded or not is to figure out what we’re trying to… Continue Reading
By Piers Steel If we had a coin with motivation on one side, we’d find procrastination on the other. Almost everyone procrastinates. People who don’t procrastinate are so few as to be, well, odd. But some of us do it more than others. And, we can learn to do it less. It costs us: personally,… Continue Reading
Many years ago, Allison Rossett wrote this saying on a flipchart: “No Naked Training.” It’s the phrase I remember most from a day she spent with the Training Design & Technology folks in SunU. (Those were some pretty good days.) Obviously, this has nothing to do with wearing clothes. Learners and facilitators may (please) stay… Continue Reading
