Chief Learning Officer - December 2008 - (Page 20)

The Future of Learning BY BRIAN SUMMERFIELD AND LINDSAY EDMONDS WICKMAN To ﬁnd out what we can expect in the corporate learning space during the next few years, the editors of Chief Learning Ofﬁcer magazine talked to some of the industry’s leading voices to uncover future challenges and solutions. Here are their thoughts on some of the most important trends on the horizon. Channeling Changes When we asked management guru and The One Minute Manager author Ken Blanchard what he thought the future of learning held, he provided an outline of the three major changes he sees coming: Changing Technologies • Engaging digital natives (younger generations) in creating the kind of learning experiences they are drawn to already • Organizations need to pay attention to how social networking, gaming and simulations facilitate real work • Increasing isolation and alienation because more people are working from home • Organizations need to be deliberate in strengthening relationships at work, even virtual ones • Productivity/relationship best practices for workers who work at home or independently Changing Demographics • Finding different work arrangements for baby boomers other than retirement • Organizations need to be more ﬂexible to keep needed talent: • Part-time arrangements • More ﬂexible schedules • Project work • Developing Gen X and Gen Y more rapidly to become leaders and managers • Organizations need to provide career planning and intentional development and give attention to what they want or need: • Boomers as mentors • Work-life balance • Larger meaning in work • Support more “intrapreneurship” to keep people from leaving Changing Workplace • Increasing need to provide just-intime solutions to problems rather than just-in-case training • Organizations need to provide shorter training and more follow-up • Create ecosystems that support rapid on-boarding of new employees, training with supervisor involvement, coaching and access to information through technology • Get away from one-size-ﬁts-all: People need their own career/development journey mapped out and supported • Custom-built life 20 Chief Learning Ofﬁcer • December 2008 • www.clomedia.com

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Chief Learning Officer - December 2008 Editor’s Letter Contents Connections Business Impact Best Practices Effectiveness Guest Editorial The Future of Learning CLO Profile Learning Opportunities Embedded in Social Networking ManTech Leverages Knowledge Management Approaches for Social Networking Agility Training for the Learning Organization Creating an Agile Organization With Learning 2.0 2008 Learning In Practice Awards Corporate Social Responsibility: How Can Learning Contribute? Union Fenosa Corporate University: How CSR Education Impacted the Bottom Line Training in the 21st Century: Everything Old Is New Again Zions Bancorp.: Connecting the Dots Case Study Business Intelligence Advertisers’ Index Editorial Resources In Conclusion

Chief Learning Officer - December 2008

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