Dr Denise MeyersonManagement Consultancy International

www.mci.edu.au

It’s all about following BCFprinciples =

better, cheaper, faster

What do you think the top 7 tips are for stretching that constrained training

budget?

Tip #1

Avoid scrap learning!

Research shows that …..

Over ___________ % of learning is not used and not applied

. Target the

right training to the right

people at the right time

The overall purpose of training is to ensure that change takes place in the

workplace

What is stopping

us?

ONE KEY OBSTACLE

We don’t recall what happened in the training room itself!

How many of you remember how you got to

work?

Reticular Activating System

We don’t pay attention to things in our environment that don’t change

Tip #2

Use the right learning tools:anything that makes

training stick

Keep itfresh and different

Tip # 3

Train your designers and internal trainers to the highest levels

OR

Choose external providers who are current and up to date

The importance of the role of trainer and designer

Help learners come to their own understanding

Learning includes pain

AHHA moment

Information is not communication

Inert knowledge is understanding key principles but not being able

to apply them

Help learners to un-learn things

- We have learnt the days of the week in sequence

- We are competent in that

- Are we competent when we need to do things in different ways?

Are you trapped in DDD?

Dinosaur Design and Development

Tip # 4It is all about A B C D

ctivities

ased

urriculum

esign

FollowThiagi!

Thiagi: “Anything you teach

can be taught through an

activity”

These activities are not class-room bound

Tip # 5

Workplace learning is part and parcel of workplace culture – it does not happen in

isolation

Another statistic to remember

___% of learning Happens on the job

___ % of learning Happens through coaching and mentoring

___% of learning Happens in the training room and in formal training

The statistics

70% of learning Happens on the job

20% of learning Happens through coaching and mentoring

10% of learning Happens in the training room and in formal training

On your to-do list

1. Train more coaches

2. Make use of subject matter experts

3. Invite management to participate

Tip #6Move in to e-learning, virtual + social

learningApril 22, 1993:

The day the browser was born

and the internet is accessible to all

800 million active users facebook –

more than 50% of these log on every day

800 million unique users of Youtube –

48 hours of video uploaded every minute

Kim Kardashiangeneration

1 billion tweets per week

Blended learning is

here for the long haul –much of it

is FREE!

Tip #7# 7 Tap in to Government funding wherever possible

Traineeship and apprenticeship funding

+ SSP funding

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