The term ‘blended learning’ first appeared in the late-1990s when web-based learning solutions started to become more widely used and were integrated on one way or another with face-to-face methods. Of course the ‘blending’ concept has been around for much longer than the past few years. Apprenticeship training has ‘blended’ for centuries and the correspondence…
Extending Learning into the Workflow Many Learning & Development leaders are using the 70:20:10 model to help them re-position their focus for building and supporting performance across their organisations. They are finding it helps them extend the focus on learning out into the workflow. The 70, 20 and 10 categories refer to different ways people…
One of the major strategic objectives for many HR and L&D departments in 2016 and beyond will be to extend their focus and services beyond courses and out into the workplace. There are many reasons why this objective makes good sense. Firstly, we know that learning is a powerful and continuous process that occurs daily…
The first chapter of ‘70:20:10 towards 100% performance’ (the recent book by Arets, Jennings & Heijnen) is titled ‘the training bubble’. It takes a quick look at the history, the lure, and some of the problems that have been brought about by thinking only in the formal training paradigm rather than in the performance paradigm.…
Is Max Verstappen a ‘born’ Formula One driver? Does he have motor racing in his genes? According to psychologist Anders Ericsson his success is the alsult not of innate talent, but years of ‘deliberate practice’. This theory has turned the talent industry on its head. Excess capacity It’s not just Verstappen. Many people believe that…
