Change Notes #30 April 14, 2021
Welcome to another Change Notes newsletter. Are you or your team looking to upgrade your digital skills? Seems like virtually everyone is in that same boat these days. That’s why we’ve rounded up these great resources for you this week including some great skills learning options from LinkedIn, ways to rethink your L&D strategy, applying agile concepts to change management, and more.
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5 Core Truths About Managing Digital Workplace Programs
How do you manage the digital workplace? This is a key question for teams delivering a digital workplace strategy and then making it operational. With the scope of the digital workplace wide and not always clear, as well as frequently involving multiple stakeholders and requiring significant levels of change, managing the digital workplace is potentially very challenging. Here are five key takeaways.
LinkedIn: Skills for In-Demand Careers
Last year LinkedIn identified 10 jobs as having the greatest number of job openings* that have had steady growth over the past four years, pay a livable wage, and require skills that can be learned online and offered free learning paths for them. Learn more and start upgrading your skills for free.
Improving Learner Engagement to Drive Performance
Research from Brandon Hall Group found that course-centric learning lacks a connection with business and performance outcomes. While course-centric learning defines much of corporate learning today, this approach cannot keep up with the speed of change, nor can it provide adequate performance support.
https://info.fuseuniversal.com/learner-engagement-and-performance-brandon-hall-research-paper
The Future of Change Management with Design Thinking
This insightful post by Dr. BehNaz Gholami looks at Design Thinking as the mindset shift needed to successfully guide organizations through the changes caused by the wicked problems they face. She looks at where we need to be and, at a high level, how design thinking can get us there.
https://www.changemanagementreview.com/the-future-state-of-change-management-with-design-thinking/
Effective L&D Requires More Than Just Courses
Many L&D programs are great at moving people through courses and tracking completion rates. But, courses alone are not nearly enough. If you really want to drive performance outcomes – and you should – you will need to broaden your thinking and your offerings.
About the Author: Mike Taylor
With over two decades of real-life, in-the-trenches experience designing and delivering learning experiences, Mike Taylor understands that effective learning isn’t about the latest fad or trendy new tools. Known for his practical, street-savvy style, Mike is a regular and highly-rated speaker at industry events and consults on organizational learning design and technology at Change 4 Growth in Columbus, Ohio. Mike holds an MBA degree from Ohio University and a master’s degree in educational technology from San Diego State University.