In December 2010 he was in Europe to, amongst other things, give a keynote speech at Online Educa in Berlin. His presentation contained some useful pointers on the elearning market and on the HR professional’s role in driving, building and sustaining a strong learning culture within their organisations.
Many of the recommendations on specific practices came from the Bersin & Associates 2010 report on High-Impact Learning Culture: The 40 Best Practices for Creating an Empowered Enterprise. Key pointers included:
• Working to create a strong culture of learning is a business strategy that deserves the attention of senior leadership
• Organisations can intentionally strengthen their learning culture by implementing very specific practices
• Leadership and management must drive the development and reinforcement of a learning culture
• Not all learning cultures are the same and will vary by business strategy
• High-impact learning culture practices create greater business efficiency and sustainable growth
• High-impact culture of learning practices create greater customer value. market leadership, and greater customer satisfaction
The highest-impact learning culture practices are dominated by three categories – empowering employees, encouraging reflection and demonstrating that learning is important to the organisation