Too Busy For Learning?
- 1. Too Busy for Learning Too Busy For Learning? Breaking the “Busy Barrier” 1Too Busy for Learning
- 2. Too Busy for Learning Introducing the Speakers Too Busy for Learning
- 3. Too Busy for Learning Too Busy For Learning? Breaking the “Busy Barrier” 3Too Busy for Learning
- 4. Too Busy for Learning Are people really too busy to learn? Understanding busy people What does this mean for L&D? Today’s Webinar Too Busy for Learning
- 5. 94% work above contracted hours Bad News – People are Very Busy 13% of workers have a good work / life balance Institute of Leadership and Management, July 2014 UK HSE Labour Force Survey, Oct 2015 440k cases a year of workplace stress 9.9m days lost in 2014/2015 Work overload a main cause Too Busy for Learning
- 6. 70% experience stress from work MindTools.com, January 2016 (Sample size = 2,303) Bad News – People are Very Busy 22% of people “under extreme stress” American Psychological Association, January 2012 62% “often defer learning to focus on delivery issues” 66% of people too busy to do more learning at work MindTools.com, January 2016 Too Busy for Learning
- 7. Good News – People Want to Learn 97% Managers & Professionals “Responsible for my own development” (61.17% (1238) “Strongly Agree”, 36.17% (718) “Agree”, n=2024.) 97% Self-Directed Learning improves my business performance (51.63% (1044) “Strongly Agree”, 45.05% (911) “Agree”, n=2022.) 83% prefer Self- Directed Learning to Prescribed learning (83.11% (1722) Self-Directed, 16.89% (350) Prescribed, n=2022.) 46% use Self-Directed Learning during working hours at their desks (45.83% (967), n=2110.) Too Busy for Learning
- 8. MindTools.com, January 2016 (Q7, sample size = 2,069) Good News – People Want to Learn Too Busy for Learning
- 9. MindTools.com, January 2016 (Q7, sample size = 2,069) Good News – People Want to Learn Too Busy for Learning
- 10. Good News – They Spend a Lot of Time Learning MindTools.com, January 2016 (Q6, sample size = 2,156) Too Busy for Learning
- 11. Good News – They Spend a Lot of Time Learning MindTools.com, January 2016 (Q6, sample size = 2,156) Too Busy for Learning
- 12. MindTools.com, January 2016 (Sample size = 2,141 Good News – This Learning Benefits the Organization Too Busy for Learning
- 13. Too Busy for Learning This session is about how to do this There’s a massive opportunity if L&D can help them – in a way that suits their hyper-busy lives Too Busy for Learning People want to learn
- 14. Too Busy for Learning Understanding Busy People Too Busy for Learning
- 15. Too Busy for Learning Obvious: Always On, Global Business Too Busy for Learning
- 16. Too Busy for Learning Obvious: Life Outside Work (We all Have Personal Lives…) Too Busy for Learning
- 17. Too Busy for Learning Busy people (managers and professionals particularly) are often conscientious, putting customer needs ahead of their own… “60% admitted the pressure to work extra hours was in part self-inflicted.” ILM, July 2014. Self-development quite important, but rarely urgent. Compare this with customer demands! More Subtle Too Busy for Learning
- 18. Degreed, How the Workforce Learns in 2016, 1/2016; The Way People Learn is Changing Today’s Workforce Learns Sometimes AND All The Time Too Busy for Learning Conference & trade shows Instructor-led classes E-learning courses Coaching & Mentoring Live classes (external) Podcasts & audio books Online courses Live networking Webinars Online networks Apps Videos Books Articles & blogsWeb search Peer/team interaction EVERY DAY EVERY WEEK EVERY MONTH EVERY QUARTER ONCE A YEAR L&D-LEDSELF-DIRECTED
- 19. Too Busy for Learning What Does This Mean? When Busy People’s Learning Happens… Number of Responses MindTools.com, January 2016 (Q6, sample size = 2,156)
- 20. Learning Needs To… Be Front of Mind… Fit Needs of Busy People… Reflect the Way People Are Now Learning… Meet Corporate Needs as Well… Too Busy for Learning
- 21. Too Busy for Learning What Does This Mean for L&D? Too Busy for Learning
- 22. 1. CEB 2014 2. Degreed, How the Workforce Learns in 2016, 1/2016 The Way People Learn is Changing Too Busy for Learning Our teams are learning differently While L&D may have previously provided most employee learning, other sources now provide employees with more learning opportunities. Expectations are changing We need to acknowledge how people’s expectations have changed in how they should learn – their preference is social & search. 2 79% of learning comes from sources outside the learning and development function1
- 23. Stop Wasting Your Learning Investments – CEB What Are We Trying To Avoid? Too Busy for Learning We will all benefit from a cultural shift from learning participation to learning productivity. $5m Per 1,000 Employees 11% Scrap Learning
- 24. Too Busy for Learning “We define a learning culture as learning that happens anytime, anywhere, and anyhow. Learning is a mindset and a lifestyle, and for SAP, it is a key differentiator.” Manette Chadwick, VP & COO, Learning Center of Excellence and Execution, SAP. Too Busy for Learning
- 25. Source: CEB, More Learning Through Less Learning: Reframing Learning Culture, 7/2014 The best organizations build a culture of productive learning More Learning Doesn’t Always Mean Better L&D Too Busy for Learning Opportunity Personalize learning opportunities – don’t just increase available content. Capability Teach employees how to learn – don't just provide learning content. Environment Share ownership of learning environment– don't just mandate learning.
- 26. Too Busy for Learning Only 31% of organizations report having a culture of learning. ‘Building a culture of learning’ - ATD 2016 Too Busy for Learning
- 27. Too Busy for Learning Source: Bersin by Deloitte, 2013 Learning Culture Encourage Reflection Build Trust Demonstrate Learning’s Value Enable Knowledge- Sharing Formalize Learning as a Process Empower Employees 6 Essential Components of Learning Culture Too Busy for Learning
- 28. Source: Bersin by Deloitte, 2015 Corporate Learning Factbook, 6/2015 (-20%) Less training via ILT, vILT and e-learning +30% More learning via on-the-job experiences +13% More learning via collaboration and coaching +90% More learning via on-demand resources Higher Impact Learning Organizations Deliver . . Too Busy for Learning
- 29. Too Busy for Learning Finding the Right Information at the Right Time and in the Right Format. We can’t do that for our employees – we have to enable them to do that for themselves Curation & Marketing Too Busy for Learning
- 30. • A Global Broadcaster Wanted to Develop a Culture of Productive Learning. • Prescribed Training Interventions Had Delivered Limited Impact. • They Shifted Dramatically to a Shared Ownership of a Learning Mindset. • Individuals Felt More Empowered, Enabled With The Right Knowledge and Engagement Increased Significantly. An Example – Shared Ownership of a Learning Mindset 58 Minutes of Learning Too Busy for Learning
- 31. • Empower Individuals to Take Ownership of Their Development. • Right Size Resources and Weave Into Their Daily Workflow & Personalized Development Interventions. • We Have Seen at Least a 2x Increase to Individual Engagement. • Increased Value from Learning Investments. An Example – Empower Individuals in L&D's New Role Learning as an Individual Role Too Busy for Learning
- 32. Too Busy for Learning 1. People are motivated to learn. They’re just hyper-busy. 2. Traditional approaches don’t work well for busy people. They need a much faster and more flexible way of learning. 3. Busy people want to be in control. Share control and trust them. 4. Understand where they are, online and offline. Market vigorously to them, so that learning is at the front of their minds. 5. Make content easy to find, easy to access, and enjoyable, in small chunks of time. Key Take Aways
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