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Learn fast and prosper
Fast times require faster learning. Is your organization keeping pace?
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Because growth is shifting and disruption is accelerating, we must be the fastest learners, and the fastest at applying learning to deliver business
—F. D. Wilder, former senior vice president, Proctor & Gamble
Quick study
Top companies recognize that the fastest learners win.
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Interview
Building a ‘fastest learner wins’ culture
of managers were dissatisfied with their companies’ learning and development function
75%
of employees said they don’t have mastery of the skills needed to do their job
70%
Slow company
Yet most companies stumble with their efforts to learn.
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Harvard Business Review
Where companies go wrong with learning and development
% of talent developers
57
9
Spend more
Spend less
Online learning
38
21
Spend more
Spend less
Instructor-led training
Getting online
One remedy is to shift your learning budget online.
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LinkedIn
2020 Workplace Learning Report
Fast company
But learning fast requires a range of interventions in culture and organization. Here are five suggestions.
Always learning
Approach learning as a mindset rather than as a way to acquire a skill.
Value your failures
You’ve got to make sure that if you make mistakes, you learn from [them],” says Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.
Democratize knowledge
Use technology to make sure everything you learn is available to all.
Customers first
Use design thinking to build an adaptive learning process around the customer for everything your company does.
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Book
Fast Times: How digital winners set direction, learn, and adapt
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