Jul 27, 2020
John Helmer talks to Paul Matthews, Founder and CEO of People
Alchemy, about learning transfer, the business of ensuring that
what is learned results in real and measurable change in behaviours
and performance. Coming from an engineering background, Paul was
motivated to focus on this area by the high failure rate he
observed in organisational training initiatives.
01:58 How is Covid affecting Paul and his business?
03:12 Why is learning transfer important?
07:48 What is learning transfer?
08:36 What is the best way to make it happen?
11:42 Learning transfer: elephant in the room?
14:23 Who owns learning transfer?
16:12 How generic are the guidelines for good transfer?
21:20 L&D's lack of control
22:42 Measuring learning transfer
25:14 Can L&D get the data it needs?
28:23 Is Kirkpatrick still relevant?
31:46 Is workflow learning helpful for transfer?
36:50 Is he optimistic for the future of learning
transfer?
40:56 Top tips for learning transfer
Mentioned in the discussion:
Julie Dirksen on behaviour change (the elephant and the rider)
https://medium.com/learnmaps/designing-learning-experiences-for-elephants-cbebd272e942
Dr Ina Weinbauer-Heidel - 12 Levers of Learning Transfer
https://www.amazon.co.uk/WHAT-MAKES-TRAINING-REALLY-WORK/dp/3746996775
Evaluation models mentioned:
*Kirkpatrick
*Brinkerhoff
*Phillips
*Thalheimer
Here's a handy summary of learning evaluation models
https://elearningindustry.com/4-learning-evaluation-models-can-use
Contact Paul:
paul-matthews.com (Personal Website) peoplealchemy.com
(Company Website)
Twitter @PeopleAlchemy
LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/paulmatthews100
Download the new white paper from Learning Pool written by
John Helmer – 'Experience: Theory, design and supporting
technologies for an experience-based learning culture'
https://learningpool.com/theory-design-and-supporting-technologies-for-an-experience-based-learning-culture/
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Twitter: @johnhelmer
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