Is your training strategy rooted in the future or the past?

Is your corporate training strategy, technology, and methodology rooted in the the practices and thoughts of the past, or are they underpinned with the innovation that will be needed to carry your organization forward?

A Decade Past

A Decade Forward

80% classroom based 80% formal Centrally administered, instructor-led Centrally provided information LMS as a learning destination Isolated learning Hour-long learning objects Location-centric One size fits all Directed lab experience Closed educational resources Available at certain times Segmented by team function Global considerations emerging Just-in-case education and learning Company-centric education Country-centric language support Minimal Talent Management Support Some elective certifications provided “Behind our firewall” mentality

80% in the workplace 80% informal Self-directed learning Search based inquiries Social networks for learning Social / networked learning 5-minute or shorter video snippets Mobile-centric Individualized / personalized + games and simulations + open educational resources 24/7 availability of learning Project-based against company goals Global plus country localization needs Context sensitive – just-in-time Education to the “Extended Enterprise” Support of global languages Talent Management Support Key Mandatory compliance and regulations Software as a Service (SaaS) mentality

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