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The Learning Paradox: Why Traditional Training Isn’t Working

In today’s fast-paced business environment, where change is the only constant, even the most prestigious organizations grapple with a fundamental challenge: how to empower employees to translate training into action effectively.

Many companies invest heavily in learning and development programs, ranging from workshops to seminars, only to find the outcomes falling short of expectations. This learning paradox — where knowledge is gained but rarely applied — leads to inefficiencies that can stifle innovation, impact productivity, and hinder organizational growth.

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Debunking the Top 5 Learning Myths: What You’ve Been Told Isn’t True

There are numerous theories about how we learn best. Think you know how people learn? Think again. Some of the most common beliefs about learning—ideas you’ve likely heard in countless seminars, workshops, and training sessions—are flat-out wrong.

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The Evolution of Learning Platforms: LMS vs. LXP

In today’s fast-paced and ever-evolving professional landscape, the way we learn and acquire new skills has undergone a radical transformation. Gone are the days when a classroom setting or a single, standardized method of instruction was sufficient to meet the diverse needs of learners. As organizations and individuals alike seek more effective, engaging, and personalized learning experiences, the platforms that deliver this content have become crucial to achieving these goals. Two major platforms that have come to the forefront are the Learning Management System (LMS) and the Learning Experience Platform (LXP). Each serves a unique purpose, and understanding their differences, strengths, and weaknesses can help organizations choose the right solution for their specific needs.

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Lessons From The Cook-Off Challenge

One of the biggest challenges facing leaders who head Senior Management Teams (SMT) is on how to make them more cohesive – and into a high performing one. This challenge is all the more accentuated when either there is a new team being formed or there is churn in the existing team, leading to new members joining in.

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Increasingly used by organisations and training professionals across the world, experiential learning is here to stay. It allows for impactful training while being engaging for the learner. With a wide range application, experiential learning has found its way across sectors including team building, along with enabling learning and development.

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Mobile learning

It would seem that the world is finally getting back on its feet. With the pandemic becoming a familiar constant and precautions, the way of life – the new normal has arrived. And, most organisations are trying to find their footing. Some are gradually opening their doors, while others are still contemplating the way forward.

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5 Dysfunction of a Team, Good to Great, Superteams, and many other books share a lot of ideas that help convert a less productive team into a high performing one. These books offer various ideas and tools to guide managers and leaders to push their teams to move to the next level.

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Of late, we have had an increasing trend of clients requesting for Team building sessions to be conducted in Hindi or that interesting mix of English & Hindi, popularly referred to as Hinglish.

A few months back, I had this enlightening experience in Singapore. I was just heading out to join the group, when one of the organizers, a Singaporean Chinese, walked up to me and asked me in a worried tone: “Sid, do you know Mandarin?”.  I guess the answer was very self evident from my very Indian looks, because before I could answer her, she spoke again and this time sounding deeply worried “Sid, we have a situation. There are two ladies in the group who don’t understand English at all. They are only comfortable with Mandarin. Since all our staff understands Mandarin, will it be possible to get someone else, who could do this session in Mandarin?”. And then, perhaps so that I wouldn’t take it personally, she added: “We don’t want anyone to feel left out, you know. I hope you do understand”.

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