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LH #36 Got Any Other Numbers, Charles? with Charles Jennings

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John Talks to Charles Jennings, who is Partner, Strategy and Performance of Tulser / 70:20:10 Institute. Recognised as one of the world's leading experts on building and implementing learning and organisational performance strategies, Charles has led projects for multinational corporations, government agencies, not-for-profits, and other organisations for more than 40 years. He has also held several academic posts.
 
They discuss the influence of knowledge management, the conspiracy of convenience that hampers learning evaluation – and the 6-digit number that has played a significant role in his career, 70:20:10.
 
02:45 What was his reaction to the success of 70:20:10?
11:17 How has 70:20:10 changed workplace learning?
15:41 How did he come to be in learning technologies?
23:29 Influence of knowledge management on his career
24:45 Aims and thinking behind Tulser
28:31 The Conspiracy of Convenience
36:56 Learning in the post-pandemic future
 
Mentioned in the discussion:
The Conspiracy of Convenience: http://charles-jennings.blogspot.com/2010/04/five-barriers-to-effective-learning-in.html
The Principle of Identical Elements, Thorndike and Woodworth (1901): https://research-methodology.net/the-principle-of-identical-elements/
 
[Book] Transforming Performance Measurement by Dean R Spitzer: https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Transforming_Performance_Measurement.html?id=fyX7Frm5DeEC&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y
 
Contact Charles
Twitter: @charlesjennings
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/charlesjennings
Blog: charles-jennings.blogspot.com/
Website: http://www.duntroon.com/
 
Contact John Helmer
Twitter: @johnhelmer
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnhelmer/
Website: http://johnhelmerconsulting.com/
 
Download the new white paper from Learning Pool written by John Helmer & Ben Betts – 'Data & learning: A new common-sense approach' https://learningpool.com/data-learning-a-new-common-sense-approach/