“We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.” – Pogo

Then

In 1989, I was working with consultant Gloria Gery and a great team of learning technologists at AT&T to figure out our next step in electronic training. The next generation of what we then called computer-based training (CBT) felt incremental; we were looking for something bigger. We debated, tested ideas, and ran scenarios. And then it hit us – electronic performance support systems (EPSS) – or, simply, “performance support.”

We already had a project on the table: create a CBT course on test design and development for instructional designers and SMEs. What if we put the instructional component on the back burner, and, instead, turned the product into a “tool” (today, we’d likely call it an “app”) that not only trained, but provided a comprehensive knowledge base on the topic, along with an “advisor” that helped users make the right decisions about test development and delivery. Thus, the Training Test Consultant was born.

The project was both a success and a disappointment. It demonstrated a breakthrough paradigm shift in the training world, and Gloria went on to help define performance support globally. Everywhere we went it really looked like this new field was taking off big time.

But enthusiasm didn’t fully translate to real traction

 

http://www.learningsolutionsmag.com/articles/989/marc-my-words-the-fall-and-rise-of-performance-support

Tom McDonald’s Comments:

This is dead on that individual long term learning and application only occurs with ongoing, individual, performance support.

The research is solid that “85% of sales training initiatives have little to no impact on performance after 90-120 days.”

Two things solve this problem, long term:

(1) Integrating training (ongoing, individual, coached learning) with implementation (ongoing, individual, coached application)

(2) Appropriate, ongoing, personalized, performance support  [see (1) above]

There are no shortcuts to connecting, learning and application to strategic, individual and organization objectives.

The differentiation is the proven technology that enables this performance improvement process to be the most effective and efficient, consistent with defined individual and organization strategic objectives

Tom

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