

How to Create a Learning Explosion
A learning organisation is one where learning is a value-added proposition and part of the organisational dna. This means it happens all the time, in different ways for different purposes. And a conventional face to face programme simply will not address all those needs, in every circumstance. But neither will e-learning, nor informal learning nor mobile learning nor any other kind of single solution delivery.
For complex needs, a multifaceted solution will have to be built, and the good news is, the tools to do that are available and within the grasp of every kind of employer: big or small, public or private.
This presentation will share with you the ways in which you can move along that path; illustrate the tools that have been used successfully, and the impact that this delivers. In this instance, 1+1+1+1 equals far more than 4.
In many organisations the knowledge sharing capacity is managed separately from the group which run skills development. They, in turn, do not communicate with those responsible for performance management and so on. So just having a capability does not mean leveraging that capability.
The explosion occurs when the separate elements are brought together and interact and are not kept in sealed compartments. I am the same person who was recruited, on boarded, developed and performance managed in my career and yet I am often passed from one group to the next, given contradictory information and asked to do things which simply do not add up.
This talk will show that a holistic approach works better; helps people perform better, and could create more engagement and commitment in your company. What's not to like about that?
Speaker's Bio
Nigel was appointed in April 2002 to head up the BBC's Training and Development operation where he built one of the most successful learning and development operations in the UK. This included an award winning Leadership programme, state of the art informal learning and knowledge sharing and one of the most successful and well used intranets in the Corporate sector. All this while managing the largest broadcast training operation in the world.
He left the BBC in September 2006 to start his own company that is focussing on promoting creativity, innovation and learning. He speaks at conferences around the world and works in the US, Brazil and Australia as well as Europe. He is also coaching senior executives in companies in Europe, Australia and the USA.
At Elliott Masie's Learning 2006 Conference in Florida he was awarded the title of Learning Thought Leader. He is now a Masie Learning Fellow.
He is a Board member of the online information site: Management Issues and writes regularly for Training Zone. He was acting, part-time Chief Executive of the BTSR (Broadcast, Training and Skills Regulator) until May 2007 where he introduced media sector training awards and produced a definitive state of training report in that industry.
He edited the Masie Book: Learning Strategies which was downloaded 15,000 times in its first days after release and authored a book on approaches to talent management: "Global Approaches to Talent" published by Ark in July 2011.
He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development and the Royal Society of Arts and has been a visiting Professor at Napier University since 1998.

