Transformation, Skills and Learning: how to address the future?

What does it mean to transform workplace learning?

Why do our classroom training methodology not produce any changes in the workplace at the end of the day? Is it not effective?

Of the many reasons that we can think of, it is important to know how we learn in this day and time. Just think about it, where do you go to learn "how to create an email marketing campaign" or "how do you input a formula in Microsoft Excel"? The answer is => We ask Dr. Google or Dr. YouTube. Most of us wouldn't be going to sign up for a face-to-face classroom on Email Marketing or Microsoft Excel if we are urgently in need for such skills and answers to our workplace needs. We want immediate answers and solutions that can help us in our daily needs.

Hence, due to this, learning in the workplace has changed.

Cegos Group has today unveiled the results of its international survey “Transformation, skills and learning: how to address the future?”.

The 2018 survey polled 2,227 employees and 316 HR & Learning Directors, all working in private-sector companies with 50+ employees in five countries: France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK.

Key findings at a glance:

– Technological developments and their impact on the management of human resources: 89% of European employees think that technological developments could change the content of their work.

– Strategic skills for the future: 49% Flexibility and adaptation, 45% Learning to learn, 41% Efficient organisation of work.

– Professional training: perception and usage: 53% of European employees would be willing to finance part of the cost of their training and 79% of European employees would be willing to take training outside of their work time.

José Montes, Cegos Group’s Chairman, gives some details about Cegos’ convictions:

“This latest edition of our research underscores the vital necessity for companies today to speed up skills development in order to tackle the current transformations in the world of work.”

Technological developments are challenging employees’ entire skills set, including technical, behavioural and business skills. A new framework is necessary to build up a smart and high-performing human & machine cohabitation.

“At Cegos, we believe that, as machines progress, the human aspects of work and associated soft skills are becoming increasingly important. Likewise, human interactions are fundamentally important for thorough, deep-seated learning. Lastly, people must be able to train in a smooth, efficient manner, which implies finding the keys to learner engagement and make learning solutions even more effective.”

Discover the complete results of our research in our dedicated press release.

Cegos Group partners with organisations across +50 countries in order to help them solve their exponential L&D challenges. Learn more about our global L&D solutions.

At the end of the day, it is important to realise that Learning is a Journey, not a one-off classroom training. Organisations need to transform the Learning Approach in order to better motivate your learners to acquire new skills and knowledge to be applied in the workplace. The transfer of learning takes time, and must be practiced on a regular basis, with constant reminders and guidance from the right Trainers and Coaches.

If you have read this post and found it useful, please leave me a comment below. Additionally, if you would like a one-on-one session for me to have a look at your organisation's current learning & development plan for 2019 or ask me any questions on how to increase your team's motivation to learn, drop me a PM :)

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Your Learning Partner,

Shawn D'Cotta

Resource Credits: Cegos Asia Pacific 2019.