People, Power, & Performance Blog

They’re Not Judging Your Course. They’re Judging the Experience of Working With You.

They’re Not Judging Your Course. They’re Judgin...

Richard Sites

Every instructional designer wants to produce something that works. A solid learning product that helps people do their jobs better. A solution that feels thoughtful, clear, and relevant. That is...

They’re Not Judging Your Course. They’re Judgin...

Richard Sites

Every instructional designer wants to produce something that works. A solid learning product that helps people do their jobs better. A solution that feels thoughtful, clear, and relevant. That is...

Training Feels Like Action. But It’s Just a Guess.

Training Feels Like Action. But It’s Just a Guess.

Richard Sites

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.

Richard Sites

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

Quit Discussing Tools

Richard Sites

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

Richard Sites

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 Manual

No One Has Written Your Instructional Design Ma...

Richard Sites

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...

Richard Sites

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?

Why Do We Need L&D?

Richard Sites

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?

Richard Sites

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, Sanity, and Getting Things Done

Instructional Operation Principles: Speed, Sani...

Richard Sites

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...

Richard Sites

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...