Performance Matters Blog
Stop Buzzwords. Start Application.
We may be confusing the market, the learners, and ourselves. There was a time—not that long ago—in which I was...
If You Love Your Learners, Let Them Choose: The Case for Pull Learning
For too long, training has been synonymous with tedious WBT sessions that learners click through and forget. They won’t retain...
Personalization on the Manufacturing Floor
It is ALWAYS all about me. We can picture our kids saying this, we can stereotype millennials who want this,...
Our Best of 2018
We made it! The year 2019 is here and while each new year holds promise and a vision for what...
The Sweet Spot for Learning Simulations
Last week I had an opportunity to consult with a colleague on an e-learning solution for a life sciences company....
Pause: The Power of Cultivating Space Between Words
“Human freedom involves our capacity to pause, … to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our...
The Learning Technologies Ecosphere: Creating a Sustainable Strategy
The Learning Technologies Ecosphere is a key part of the overall experience that we, as learning and development professionals, are...
Evaluation Isn’t Hard When You Focus on Outcomes
People often say that evaluation of learning is difficult. It can be hard to measure the impact of training using...
Shifting to an “On the Job” Mentality: The key to maximizing the satisfaction of your L&D team
I have the awesome responsibility to share and evangelize how to integrate technology into training and learning experiences, using an...
The End of Flash: What It Means for Your Learning Assets and How to Prepare
With the news that Adobe will stop supporting the Flash Player plug-in at the end of 2020 and browsers disabling...
Handling The Pace Of Innovation: HR at the Speed of Change
“The Only Thing That Is Constant Is Change” —Heraclitus In few places is this old saying more appropriate than in...
Tools for a Better Data Strategy
Awhile back I was consulting on a project where the client wanted to apply more science to their decision-making. Though...
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...
How Virtual Reality Can Make an Impact on Performance
The excitement of virtual reality (VR) has hit learning and development organizations. VR was once considered only for companies with...
Webinar Q&A | Anchoring Your Content Curation Strategy
The future of work and the digital era is getting a lot of attention in today’s learning and performance space....
How to Capture Innovative Thinking from High Performers
It seems wherever you turn, people are talking about innovation. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines innovation as “a new idea, method,...
Immersion: Technology or Real Life – Choose Your Own Adventure
With all of the different forms of technology in the learning space, such as virtual reality, augmented reality, simulations, and...
Use Workforce Analytics to Better Understand Your Core HR Activities
Erik Ebert is an SAP SuccessFactors Solutions Director for GP Strategies in Copenhagen, Denmark. For several years Workforce Analytics has...
Five Things Learning Professionals Want
Hint: It’s the same five things every other worker wants. No one would argue that competitive compensation, good health insurance,...
