Learning and Development issues in Indian Context

Learning and development is the bedrock of talent management. It touches and is the key-driver behind, nearly all parts of the talent cycle and is actually a core enabler for delivering many of the talent processes. In the last two decades the Indian economy has witnessed tremendous change in terms of global competition and technological advancement. As a result of these changes a lot of organisations have had to undergo restructuring which has led to a significant transformation in the work practices. This has led to demand for new job skills,...

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50 BIG IDEAS TO CHANGE L & D

Our task is to take those 50 ideas to change Learning and Development. Explain how and why we can/have/should make it happen. Alternatively, why they shouldn't. So, the big 50… Make connectivity and sharing a catalyst for all learning. Stop claiming every person will be competent. Have people design their own quality criteria, and develop frameworks to help them understand how. Celebrate learning by celebrating performance. Don’t...

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Role of L&D in the 21C Workplace

It is increasingly becoming evident that L&D department in organizations can no longer function the way they used to, at least not if they want to be relevant and be a business partner to the organization. The impact of technology, globalization, ubiquitous connectivity, remote work and distributed work teams, and economy of individuals to name a few drivers have changed the face of workplace learning and performance dramatically. Workplace learning in many places is still struggling to come out of the Industrial Era where workers were trained...

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How Learning & Development Must Change: Three Challenges

“The three points of change have always been part of the L&D function, but today’s greater speed of technological change, combined with the increased importance of learning to the modern organization, means these three facets of the modern L&D department are crucial to its success.” The three challenges we face today The result is that L&D must change the way it operates in today’s world, in three ways. In particular: We must develop content collaboratively. The L&D department can no longer work at a remove from the rest...

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How Deloitte Made Learning a Game

“Training is a funny thing,” James Sanders, Manager of Innovation at Deloitte Consulting, told me recently. “No matter how easy you make it to access, or how brilliant the learning programs are, training is simply not the first thing people think of doing when they have some free time. Let’s face it, for most people, on a typical Sunday morning, if given the choice between ‘Am I gonna watch ESPN, or am I gonna do some training?’ training will not win out.” And yet, by using gamification principles, Deloitte has seen use of its Deloitte...

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CROSSWORD 17 (LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT)

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