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Training Feels Like Action. But It’s Just a Guess.
If no one has taken the time to actually diagnose the problem, the training that gets built is just a dressed-up guess. And it might be a very expensive guess....
Training Feels Like Action. But It’s Just a Guess.
If no one has taken the time to actually diagnose the problem, the training that gets built is just a dressed-up guess. And it might be a very expensive guess....

Quit Discussing Tools
Imagine this. You hire a handyman to fix a few things around your house. You explain what’s broken—leaky faucet, busted cabinet hinge, a light fixture that needs swapping. But instead...
Quit Discussing Tools
Imagine this. You hire a handyman to fix a few things around your house. You explain what’s broken—leaky faucet, busted cabinet hinge, a light fixture that needs swapping. But instead...

No One Has Written Your Instructional Design Ma...
If you are looking for a book, a study, or a blog post to tell you exactly how to design your next project, you are going to be disappointed. I...
No One Has Written Your Instructional Design Ma...
If you are looking for a book, a study, or a blog post to tell you exactly how to design your next project, you are going to be disappointed. I...

Why Do We Need L&D?
Let’s go back to the beginning. L&D didn’t appear because someone thought corporate training was a great idea. It showed up because managers couldn’t do it all. Employees needed help...
Why Do We Need L&D?
Let’s go back to the beginning. L&D didn’t appear because someone thought corporate training was a great idea. It showed up because managers couldn’t do it all. Employees needed help...

Instructional Operation Principles: Speed, Sani...
Most instructional design work takes too long, costs too much, and ends up being overbuilt for a problem that already changed three times during development. That’s not a failure of...
Instructional Operation Principles: Speed, Sani...
Most instructional design work takes too long, costs too much, and ends up being overbuilt for a problem that already changed three times during development. That’s not a failure of...

We Outsourced Performance. That’s the Problem.
Somewhere along the way, we started outsourcing performance. Not to consultants. Not to software. But to departments. The responsibility for how people show up, learn, and perform at work has...
We Outsourced Performance. That’s the Problem.
Somewhere along the way, we started outsourcing performance. Not to consultants. Not to software. But to departments. The responsibility for how people show up, learn, and perform at work has...