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This is an archive of blog posts from the MWL Magazine and the MWL Newsletter.

Modern Professional Learning: Guidelines & Resources

Modern Professional Learning: Guidelines and Resources to survive and thrive in the modern workplace Take responsibility for your own self-improvement, learning and development – it’s your career so you need to be in control of it. Intermittent training is no longer enough, you need to be continuously curious and finding things out. Spend some time […]

MWL Newsletter No 17

News and articles about Modern Workplace Learning (MWL) selected by Jane Hart for the week 4-10 June 2017 From around the Web The future of the gig economy, John Hagel, 25 May 2017 “As I’m prone to do, I’m going to try to define a third path that will offer a different perspective on the […]

MWL Newsletter No 16

News and articles about Modern Workplace Learning (MWL) selected by Jane Hart for the week 28 May – 3 June 2017 Article of the Week Avoiding the Death Valley in Workplace Learning  Taruna Goel, May 2017 “Are you designing and delivering training but find that little or no learning is taking place. Are you trapped […]

Who’s responsible for Modern Workplace Learning? We all are!

Workplace Learning has traditionally been seen as the sole responsibility of Training/L&D departments, but in the modern workplace we are all responsible. Here I look at the roles of the individual/employee, the manager and the L&D department. Individuals/Employees In the modern workplace every employee needs to take responsibility for their own self-improvement; there is no […]

MWL Newsletter No 15

News and articles about Modern Workplace Learning (MWL) selected by Jane Hart for the week 21-27 May 2017 Article of the Week The Missing Piece in Employee Development  Nik Kinley and Shlomo Ben-Hur, 25 May 2017 “… organizations need to look beyond their simple two-step instructional models of change and development. They need to ensure […]

L&D Needs to Get In The Time Saving Business

Uber and Lyft aren’t popular because they are cheaper than a taxi or cleaner or even that they are better at getting around a city. They are successful because they save you time and make time saving more obvious. Click the app, pick a car, watch it get closer, get to your destination, get out. […]

MWL Newsletter No 14

News and articles about Modern Workplace Learning (MWL) selected by Jane Hart for the week 14-20 May 2017 Article of the Week Learning to Learn  Paul Taylor, 18 May 2017 “Technology companies also have an important role to play in addressing these challenges in conjunction with their partners by facilitating lifelong learning and retraining programs, and […]