MWL Newsletter No 51

Here are posts, articles and news about Modern Workplace Learning (MWL) selected by Jane Hart for the week 4-10 February 2018

From around the Web

5 ways leaders are different to managers  Stefano Trojani, World Economic Forum, 5 February 2018

“Leadership is a constant exchange between leader and follower. It is both verbal and non-verbal. The strength of the relationship depends on each party’s capacity to support the other. Being a good leader involves knowing one’s own strengths and weaknesses. It requires being able to listen and follow a subordinate, should their unique expertise afford them a temporary leadership role.”


Making a learner-centred culture a reality in the modern workplace  Richard Dando, PebblePad, 7 February 2018

“The new culture of anytime, anywhere learning is undoubtedly causing organisations to think outside the ‘LMS box’ and do things differently and do different things. At last week’s Learning Technologies event at London Olympia, we had conversation after conversation with a host of L&D professionals about how organisations can empower learners to take control of their learning without compromising or undermining the organisation’s L&D agenda.”


Social Learning is Personal  Helen Blunden, Activate Learning, 10 February 2018

“My best moments of personal learning was when I was in situations where I had to work with others, contribute and participate with ideas, experiment and play with scenarios, test out equipment, stretch myself out of my comfort zone and have those butterflies in the stomach moments.  THAT’S when real learning happens….and this doesn’t happen often enough in organisations which build their employees skills into making and taking orders over being the ones to actually drive any transformation to happen.”


In the MWL Magazine

The current and future work of L&D (survey)  Jane Hart, 5 February 2018

This is Part 2 of the L&D survey I am running.  This part looks at how much time you spend on a range of L&D activities, as well as how much time you would like to spend on them.


Modern Workplace Learning 2018

Paperback version now available.

These 3 e-books include some (updated) content from Jane Hart’s previous books as well as new material. 

Part 1: An Introduction to Modern Workplace Learning in 2018)  is FREE.
Part 2: Designing, Delivering and Managing Modern Training for the Workplace and Part 3: Supporting Independent Continuous Learning at Work can be purchased separately or collectively as Modern Workplace Leanring 2018 

Find out more about the Modern Workplace Learning 2018 here.


Next MWL Workshop

Designing and Delivering Modern Training for the Workplace

Next public workshop runs: 5 March – 13 April 2018

There will always be a need for the L&D department to organise training events and content- but these just need to be more relevant and appealing for appealing for today’s workforce.  This 6-week online workshop will help you consider a number of ways to design a range of modern training experiences.


How to Become a Modern Professional Learner

In the modern workplace there is no longer such a thing as a job for a life – only a life of jobs – so it’s up to everyone to continuously update their knowledge, skills and productivity and become an independent modern professional learner. This resource (written by Jane Hart) contains 100 short Tasks (based around the 10 Principles of Modern Professional Learning) to help you get the most out of your work life and take control of your career.

Find out more about this resource here


Jane Hart
Centre for Modern Workplace Learning

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