This is an archive of blog posts from the MWL Magazine and the MWL Newsletter.
MWL Newsletter No 7
News and articles about Modern Workplace Learning (MWL) selected by – and with commentary from – Jane Hart for the week 26 March – 1 April 2017 From around the Web WATCH OUT, CORPORATE LEARNING, HERE COMES DISRUPTION Josh Bersin, Forbes, 28 March 2017 “The corporate training market, which is over $130 billion in size, […]
Creating a Culture of Collaboration Through Effective Office Design
As the space in which most employees spend the majority of their week, the working environment is of unparalleled importance when it comes to maximising productivity and positivity. The relationship between workplace and worker can have a direct impact on the work they produce – so it pays to think about the design of your […]
MWL Newsletter No 6
News and articles about Modern Workplace Learning (MWL) selected by – and with commentary from – Jane Hart for the week 19 – 26 March 2017 From around the Web HOW TO SURVIVE – AND THRIVE – IN A WORLD OF AI DISRUPTION – MIT Sloane Management Review, 1 March 2017 “The challenge we face […]
How does the role of the L&D department need to change?
[This article is adapted from two posts published on my own blog] A year ago I tweeted this question: What would happen if there were no Training/L&D department? Your thoughts for an article I am writing. Quotes will be cited. Thx — Jane Hart (@C4LPT) March 30, 2016 Here are some of the responses I […]
MWL Newsletter No 5
News and articles about Modern Workplace Learning (MWL) selected by – and with commentary from – Jane Hart for the week 12 – 18 March 2017 From around the Web THE OFFICE OF THE THE FUTURE WILL BE NATURAL, CHAIR-LESS AND DESIGNED FOR COLLABORATION – Fast Co-Exist, 12 March 2017 “”I would guess that in […]
MWL Newsletter No 4
News and articles about Modern Workplace Learning (MWL) selected by – and with commentary from – Jane Hart for the week 5 – 11 March 2017 From around the Web SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING by Jane Bozarth, 7 March 2017 “Recognize that, for whatever reason, motivated adults can do fine at setting learning goals, choosing resources, and […]
What does it mean to transform workplace learning?
When it comes to business transformation, a Harvard Business Review article, What do you really mean by business “transformation”? describes three different “categories of effort” as follows: OPERATIONAL – This is the use of new technologies to solve old problems. However, although operational change can drive business impact, it doesn’t bring about transformation. OPERATIONAL MODEL – This involves […]
Gamification is like Marmite. Love it or hate it
Gamification is another HR buzzword; in fact nowadays everything is being gamified. It is big business; gamification vendors abound, and there are plenty of gamification conferences too. But does it actually work? First of all, let’s be clear what is meant by the term gamification. It is not the same as games (or even game-based […]
MWL Newsletter No 3
News and articles about Modern Workplace Learning (MWL) selected by – and with commentary from – Jane Hart for the week 26 February – 4 March 2017 From around the Web THE FUTURE OF LEARNING: WHY SKATEBOARDERS SUDDENLY BECAME CRAZY GOOD IN THE MID-80S – Forbes Magazine, 26 February 2017 “Seeing Is Learning Another unintended […]
L&D’s biggest challenge and greatest opportunity: letting go
L&D’s traditional role has been to organise, track, monitor and otherwise manage training – firstly as it took place in the classroom and more recently in the form of e-learning. However, now that it is generally recognised that modern professionals learn in many different ways, it is not just a matter of force-fitting these new […]