“My flying has been mostly solo, but the preparation for it wasn’t.” - Amelia Earhart

“There is a lot of talk  about all the jobs are going to all go away, which probably won’t happen, but it’s also not true that there won’t be an impact” - Stacia  Garr, Berkley Haas Interview with Prof. Greg La Blanc.

Like a learning culture, your tech ecosystem already exists. It's growing and changing, with or without your input.

Personal and professional growth is only achieved when another person is with you on your journey.  

As learning leaders, it's easy to get tunnel vision.

The evolution of corporate learning has shifted.  

A learner’s reality is built through the senses, which convey perception to the mind.    

Additionally, reflection works with those perceptions to form ideas. Our senses are a fundamental function of learning, and how we harness and utilize it as learning leaders is critical to our success.   

#VR is allowing us to convey perceptions through the sense in a revolutionary way and has the potential to be a powerful learning tool in the #futureofwork.    

In this Learning Tech Talks, I’m altering realities with Guido Helmerhorst from Warp VR to discuss where VR fits in the L&D tech stack and how organizations are adopting the technology and some of the successes AND failures that have come with it.

The need to think about and design for the broader employee experience is real, but it isn’t new.  

People weren’t clamoring for a narrow but slightly refreshed piece of digital content buried in an LMS. Then suddenly, the world changed.  The conversation has been happening since long before entering the industry.  

What’s the problem?  

Some would point the finger at stakeholders. Some would point to a lack of access to tools or technology. Others might look around the room at their colleagues. A handful might take a hard look in the mirror.  In reality, it’s a complicated mix of all that and more.  So, what can we do as an industry to transition from IDs to XDs?  

In this Learning Tech Talks, I’m veering off the usual path for a  special practitioner episode with my friend Kason Morris about this complex challenge and what we can do to solve it.

Education as a benefit is an effective way to attract talent.

Unfortunately, many employer education benefits are unintentionally discriminatory in their design by assuming employees have the means to cover costs and wait to be reimbursed.

Moreso, we are finding that employees that are already educated have more access to education, and a large chunk of the American workforce is left out of this equation.

As learning leaders, we have an obligation to our learners to provide the necessary tools to complete their job, but also to provide opportunities for learners to excel beyond their role and place in the workforce.

In this Learning Tech Talks, I’m chatting with familiar face Matthew Daniel over at Guild Education about creating economic and talent mobility in communities by providing higher education to front-line workers.

***Apologies for my stadium audio...I limited my talking as much as possible, but JD Dillon sound fantastic***

Work is changing; people are changing; technology is changing.  And, the state of things continues to pour gasoline on the fire.  What does it all mean?  A lot of things, but one that's consistent is the landscape is rich with opportunity for our field to make a demonstratable impact on the performance of our organizations as well as the performance and well-being of our people.  In a last-minute shift, this Learning Tech Talks highlights some of the biggest happenings across all three areas based on a multitude of recent conversations and the latest industry data.