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Learning at Speed

How to Upskill and Reskill Your Workforce at Pace to Drive Business Performance

Nelson Sivalingam

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Learning at Speed
The L&D Crisis+
Lean Learning Principles+
Strategy Formulation+
The Learning Ecosystem+
Minimum Valuable Learning+
Startup Tactics for L&D+
Measurement & Metrics+

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Question 1 of 8
According to the book, what is a primary reason why traditional Learning and Development (L&D) initiatives fail, similar to the startup Quibi?
  • A. They lack the budget to create high-quality, engaging content.
  • B. They try to solve problems that do not actually exist.
  • C. They rely too heavily on open-source, free learning materials.
  • D. They focus exclusively on qualitative metrics rather than quantitative ones.
Question 2 of 8
What are the three main principles of the 'Lean learning' mindset?
  • A. Action, continuous improvement, and outcome
  • B. Budgeting, stakeholder engagement, and deployment
  • C. Push learning, pull learning, and cohort support
  • D. Speed, high-quality production, and comprehensive coverage
Question 3 of 8
When a department requests a training course, what does the 'Lean L&D' approach suggest doing first?
  • A. Immediately enroll the team in a cohort-based training course to ensure speed.
  • B. Drill down to identify the root business problem rather than just fulfilling the request.
  • C. Calculate the Impact, Confidence, and Ease score of the requested course.
  • D. Recruit an internal influencer to market the new training course to the team.
Question 4 of 8
What does a 'pull' approach to Learning and Development entail?
  • A. Dictating exactly what employees need to know based on management goals.
  • B. Pulling resources exclusively from free, open-source platforms to save money.
  • C. Being worker-led and allowing employees to guide what they need to learn.
  • D. Forcing employees into mandatory learning sprints to pull up productivity.
Question 5 of 8
To maximize the impact of a learning solution, when is the best time to deliver it to an employee?
  • A. During the onboarding process on their first day of work.
  • B. At the end of the fiscal year during annual performance reviews.
  • C. During a designated weekly 'learning hour' away from their desk.
  • D. At the exact moment the employee actually needs to use the knowledge.
Question 6 of 8
How does the concept of a 'minimum valuable learning' product apply to L&D?
  • A. L&D should only spend the minimum required budget on external training vendors.
  • B. L&D should create a simple, functional resource quickly to gather feedback and iterate.
  • C. L&D should reduce the length of training courses to a maximum of 15 minutes.
  • D. L&D should focus only on the lowest-performing employees to provide minimum value.
Question 7 of 8
According to the text, how should an L&D team calculate which learning resource to develop first?
  • A. By multiplying scores for Impact, Confidence, and Ease.
  • B. By adding the cost of production to the estimated time of delivery.
  • C. By surveying the executive board and ranking their preferences.
  • D. By dividing the expected revenue growth by the number of employees trained.
Question 8 of 8
Why does the author recommend using 'influencer marketing' tactics within an organization?
  • A. To help the company's products go viral on external social media platforms.
  • B. To recruit new talent into the L&D department from successful startups.
  • C. To utilize respected staff members to overcome employee cynicism and promote L&D resources.
  • D. To convince executive stakeholders to increase the annual L&D budget.

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Learning at Speed Summary & Overview

Learning at Speed (2022) is your guide to professional learning and development in the modern world. By adopting a lean methodology inspired by startups, L&D can help businesses thrive.

Who Should Listen to Learning at Speed?

  • Learning and development professionals in search of new ideas
  • Managers looking to upskill their staff
  • Business professionals seeking to understand modern L&D

About the Author: Nelson Sivalingam

Nelson Sivalingam is the CEO and cofounder of the learning platform HowNow, which connects employees with learning resources. He’s also a performance and development strategist, industry writer, and conference speaker.

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