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Digital Learning 2.0

Embracing a digitally-led future of learning requires L&D teams to look beyond current challenges and engage with the bigger picture - Digital Learning 2.0. So says Lynsey Whitmarsh, Director Strategy and Experience.

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What does the 'new normal' look like for L&D and the workplace?

Following the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent challenges, restrictions and disruptions around the world, HR and learning professionals are preparing for the ‘new normal’ in the workplace. But, with even more changes still on the horizon, should we be considering the ‘next normal’ instead?

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Make all your learning instantly available on-demand

The likes of Google, YouTube, Netflix, Amazon, iTunes, Spotify and BBC iPlayer have shown us how information and entertainment can be searched and accessed on-demand. Forward-thinking organizations are now applying this model to their learning.

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How to create a buzz around learning

Employees can sometimes feel like passengers - or even prisoners - rather than truly engaged participants in learning programs. If they've been sent a link, pushed to take part by someone else or if they're coasting through without really connecting with the content on an emotional level, it's unlikely they'll be engaged and apply what they learn back in the workplace.

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A checklist for digital learning

Digital learning can add value in organizations but only if L&D teams choose their platform and resources with care, says Lynsey Whitmarsh.

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Employee competencies & development for a digital age

Employee competencies and development are going to need to be a careful balance of different behaviors and skills in the digital and virtual working age we are now in.

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Onboarding and re-onboarding

Following the impact of the global pandemic and the challenges associated with returning to a new normal, there is an opportunity to review onboarding and reboarding practices – to reset them to be more successful.

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Diversity & inclusion

For almost 80 years, we have understood the motivating power of a sense of belonging. In 1943, Abraham Maslow posited that people were motivated by an ascending hierarchy of needs. Once our physiological and safety needs are met, the next most basic need has to do with what Maslow called love and belonging. In line with Maslow’s research, continuing studies show that when people feel a sense of belonging, they are more productive, motivated and engaged. The challenge for any organization is how to address individual behaviors that inhibit belonging and how to develop behaviors that support that sense of belonging. Hemsley Fraser can help your teams and employees understand their role in building a workplace in which everyone feels that sense of belonging and in which the importance of valuing the unique contributions of each individual is clearly articulated. We know you choose to do this because it’s the right thing to do, but we also help you articulate the sound business reasons for these actions.

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Preparing L&D Professionals for the Age of Self-Service Learning

In January 2020 at the Consero Corporate Learning & Development Forum, over 45 heads of learning from global organizations met to discuss the question: is the learning function dead in the age of self-service?

After all, with vast content libraries like LinkedIn learning and Coursera easily available, and with millions of “free of charge” learning resources accessible through Google and YouTube… L&D is no longer the single creator of content, nor is it the single delivery provider. What is the primary role of an L&D function in such a content-rich environment, and why should senior management invest in an in-house learning team?