How to Choose Technology for Your Learning Organization
Choosing the right technology for your learning organization can be a daunting and complex task. WeLearn discusses everything you need to know to make an informed decision.
Choosing the right technology for your learning organization can be a daunting and complex task. WeLearn discusses everything you need to know to make an informed decision.
Back in March I attended the Training Industry Inc, Future of the Workforce Conference, and had the pleasure of attending the session led by Sonia Malik @ IBM. Sonia presented on automation, the future of work, and building a skills revolution inside of IBM – her presentation was informative and very relevant for learning organizations today. If you are interested, you should check out the recording here. But I digress.
Are you getting lost in a literal spider web of tech? Don’t remember why you bought it? Or did it seem like a good idea when it was presented, but realize it doesn’t fit into your learning strategy? Or maybe you don’t know where to begin, lack a learning or tech strategy, and just feeling lost.
I was first introduced to the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail in my senior year of high school. A teacher of mine thought me as way too serious of humans and suggested I need to learn to have a laugh. She gave me a copy as a gift (VHS not DVD thank you very much) and it became one of my favorite movies.
As a child of the 70/80’s I grew up believing that if you wanted to be great – all you had to do was eat your frosted flakes every day. I was totally that kid that Tony the Tiger was created for! As an adult, I realize that being great is a somewhat more complicated proposition – individually and for organizations.
There is a classic line in the movie Back to the Future. It is the set up to the sequel when Doc and Marty are about to roar off to the far of future of 2015, and Doc says to Marty “Roads? Where we are going we don’t need roads”