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Why do so Many Companies Get Training Wrong?
Earlier in 2017 I was interviewed by the BBC for an article on workplace training and specifically, why companies get it wrong so often. As one of a few expert sources for the article, my entire...
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Teaching Thinking through Adapted Appreciative Inquiry
If you’ve been a reader of this blog for any period of time, you know that using questions is something we regularly advocate for, in order to change people’s thinking and thereby change their...
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Invest in Critical Thinking = HUGE ROI
Some organizations still believe training is a cost-center rather than a money maker. But the right training, applied at the right time, can have exponential returns! According to this short report on...
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Smart Pills – Is it Possible to Enhance Your Thinking?
Thinking – like any skill – requires practice to improve… right? What if there were a way to make yourself smarter with no effort? What if you could just pop a pill to increase cognition? The smart...
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Better Decision Making Through Reducing Bias
Lately we’ve been hearing a lot about the word “bias;” usually in the context of unconscious bias as it relates to talent management decisions in the realm of diversity, inclusion, and recruitment. If...
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A “Gut Feeling” or Intelligence?
The Power of Intuition Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink has been out for over a decade now, but it remains an engaging look at how we make decisions seemingly in the “blink of an eye.” Intuition is defined as...
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Teaching Thinking Through Synthesis
Synthesis According to Bloom’s Taxonomy Synthesis refers to the ability to put parts together to form a new whole. This may involve the production of a unique communication (theme or speech), a plan...
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Interview with Karl Kapp re: Gamification
The Gamification of Learning and Instruction What inspired you to write this book? Two things compelled me to write the book. The first is that I had been working on the concept of “gamification”...
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The Limits of Working Memory and Training Effectiveness
In this fascinating blog post from Patti Shank on the ATD site, she discusses the reasons we can’t have a one-size-fits-all approach to training. Aside from the typical learning styles excuse, Patti...
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How will YOU reinforce the learning, once the training is over?
The Training Doctor was once shown the door at a client site when our response to the question: How are you going to reinforce this learning once the training is over? was… “That’s not our job, that’s...
View ArticleClassroom based training is still the front runner of delivery methods!
According to Training Magazine’s 2014 Training Industry Report, nearly 47% of training hours delivered in 2014 were delivered via the classroom; this is in contrast to ATD’s State of the Industry...
View Article“Trick” for ensuring transfer of training
A great idea for ensuring transfer of training: DON’T give out certificates of achievement or attendance until 3 – 6 weeks AFTER the training. Create some type of on-the-job assessment which gauges...
View ArticleWho outsources training tasks – and to whom?
According to Training Magazine’s 2014 Training Industry Report 68% of Large Organizations (10,000 or more employees) outsource at least some of their course content development (although they predict...
View ArticlePrinciples of Adult Learning Theory
Adult learning is a relatively young field; it only became a formal field of study in the 1920’s. Prior to that, people rarely graduated from high-school, so little thought was given to educating...
View Article$881 per employee, per year, for training
According to Training Magazine’s 2014 Training Industry Report , the average company spends $881 on training per employee. Average number of employee training hours is 40.7 per year (up from 37.5 in...
View ArticleUnderstanding WHY you want to evaluate your training.
Understanding the types of evaluations you might conduct, and when and how to conduct them, is not as important as answering the question, Who cares? The various levels of evaluation become...
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Training Triage: Misunderstanding the term Self Directed
One of the things The Training Doctor specializes in is Training Triage – that is – why doesn’t training work? Throughout our 20+ years in business, we’ve discovered the answers to this question. This...
View ArticleJob Rotation Benefit the Organization in Many Ways
[Excerpt] Though job rotation programs are used to help employees understand multiple roles, they can also be the key component that helps an organization fully embed programs and a way to combat...
View ArticlePractice Makes Performance
There is a common assumption among the training that we “triage,” that simply giving people information will translate – not only to actual performance- but to successful performance on the job. What...
View ArticleWhen You are Asked to Design Training: Crucial Questions to Ask
A needs analysis is the first step in the instructional design process. It helps you to assess whether or not you truly have a training need. More often than not, requests from training come from a...
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