Performance Matters Blog
Focusing on the Learner Experience, Not Courses
L&D professionals are often still order-takers. Employees don’t know how to do something, so organizations use training as a Band-Aid...
Survey Says… Training Needs Human Connection and Interaction
In early 2019, we conducted a survey to discover the learning preferences of professionals. While we learned a lot about...
Even Socrates went to the Marketplace: Soft Skills for ISDs and Other Thinkers
Like many intellectuals and creatives, we ISDs tend to be a bunch of beautiful eccentrics. That’s a great thing: our...
Implementing Agile on a Learning and Development Team
When you think about implementing agile methodologies, do you think of IT teams? If so, you are not alone. In...
Designing Technical Training With Precision
As the workforce continues to change, age, and retire, with new employees taking the place of long-serving technical workers, training...
Bridging the Skills Trade Gap: Ways to Ensure Future Success
The most pressing issue facing North American manufacturing is the lack of qualified technical labor. According to the U.S. Census...
Navigating the Challenges of Learning Innovation
It’s no surprise that innovation is a hot topic in the learning space. With new technologies, methodologies, platforms, processes, and...
Can You Train Someone to Be More Engaged?
Spoiler alert: Not really. Engagement is an individualized equation, reflecting an employee’s personal relationship with work. There will never be...
Don’t Assume Younger Learners Prefer to Learn Differently
“I know what I know.” The older and wiser we become, the more we stick with what we know and...
Learning and Collaboration Technology Conundrum – The struggle is real!
This week, six new interns started at GP Strategies. We are thrilled to have them here for the summer, working...
