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Are Chief Learning Officers Ready for Boardroom Conversations? | ATD

Jun 19, 2024 | td.org | MJ Hall

As learning professionals, we understand the value of learning and upskilling. We spend a lot of time improving our skills and the skills of our teams in topics related to learning and development—adult learning theories, instructional design and development, learning technologies, competency models, and more. However, we often forget the importance of preparing ourselves for our roles as strategic leaders within our organizations.
Learning About Learning: An Adventure of Discovery

May 21, 2024 | td.org | MJ Hall

One of the critical skills for being future ready in a world of constant disruptions and changes is continuous learning. As talent professionals, we create cultures and experiences to enable our employees to learn with an extensive focus on content, not necessarily the process of learning. Or stated another way, we are heavy on stocking the pond and light on teaching our employees to fish. And what about ourselves?
Generative AI: Seductive and Scary

Apr 16, 2024 | td.org | MJ Hall

Leave it to a theater producer to hit the nail on the head with a fitting title. As the ATD Forum delved into another member roundtable discussion, Elliott Masie used the words “seductive” and “scary” to describe the artificial intelligence (AI) phenomenon as we advance in the evolving world of organizational learning. Along with co-presenter Bob Gerard of Accenture, he shared ideas, experiences, and suggestions.
Puzzle, Problem, Challenge, or Conundrum?

Feb 7, 2024 | td.org | MJ Hall

There’s a role almost every employee shares, regardless of their industry, title, or level in the organization: working on issues that fall under the general umbrella of solving a “problem.” In the world of talent development and learning, a common way to describe the goal of a learning solution is solving a business challenge. There are many levels and types of such problems, including puzzles, simple problems, complex problems, challenges, tame problems, wicked problems, and conundrums.
Jump Start Your 2024 Learning Project

Dec 29, 2023 | td.org | MJ Hall

For years, we heard about the need for employees to expand their skill sets due to the VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity) world we live in. Then the pandemic hit. Change and disruption literally zoomed to a new high. Forward-thinking talent professionals have been aligned with these organizational challenges and advancing learning opportunities using a variety of terms such as reskilling, upskilling, preskilling, and future skilling.
The Skills Approach Conundrum: Expanding One’s Point of View

Dec 5, 2023 | td.org | MJ Hall

The headlines on building a skills approach are rampant! Every day it ranges from what technology to use to ideas for hiring based on skills not degrees. Among all these blogs and webinars, are you still wondering where to get started or what to do for your organization? Recently, the members of the ATD Forum held their annual fall lab. This year’s theme was Skills Agility: Using a Skills Focus to Design for Organizational Capability.
Peer-to-Peer Learning: A Force Multiplier

Oct 2, 2023 | td.org | MJ Hall

People are the competitive advantage in any organizational system. Leveraging their knowledge, skills, abilities, and motivation is critical. Creating a learning culture enables learning at any place and all the time. One way to multiply the impact of learning is by providing various opportunities for peers to learn with and from other peers. Peer learning is not a cut-and-dry concept. Any meaningful collaboration of peers at work can be considered peer learning.
Learning Culture: Structure, Strategy, and Practices

Aug 22, 2023 | td.org | MJ Hall

In a recent Forum blog about building a learning culture, we provided findings from a short survey with our members. Because of the high interest, we took this topic a step further and held a virtual roundtable discussion to further benchmark. Based on the results of the original survey, two members were asked to share specifics on their tactics. Additionally, the roundtable format provided the opportunity for everyone to ask questions and share their ideas.
Building a Learning Culture: Ideas From the Field

Aug 15, 2023 | td.org | MJ Hall

As part of our benchmarking process, the ATD Forum is currently focusing on ideas related to building a learning culture. As with most topics in the Forum, this starts with a member requesting information about what other members are doing via our content consulting service. While the member with this request had already researched the what and why, they were still wrestling with the hows, specifically structures and tactics used throughout an organization.
Build Versus Buy: Lessons From Peers

Jul 25, 2023 | td.org | MJ Hall

One of the most critical questions talent and learning professionals need to answer to close an identified performance gap is whether to build or to buy the expertise needed to design, develop, and deliver the most effective learning experience. This is not just an either-or decision. There are many variations, ranging from completely outsourcing to partnering with an external source for just some of the components.