A Learning Transfer Dilemma

It’s not often I find myself in a Learning Transfer dilemma. Having worked in the field for almost 10 years I have pretty clear ideas of what works and what doesn’t but today I find myself being challenged…. and excited.

Congrats to the Kite team who have come up with a truly great concept… I think. Actually I’m sure it’s  truly great concept. I’m just not sure of the implications.

The Kite Foundation have an App / online based learning transfer tool designed for large program roll outs – what’s more it’s creating significant donations for every change that is put into place for charity. A charity that the corporation can nominate. It intrinsically links the ‘earning’ from the donation to following through with the actions you agree at the end of a training program. It’s connecting altruism and corporate social responsibility to behavioural change in a significant way.

I love the concept. I love the giving. I love that it’s a foundation which apart from a 10 pound license fee 100% of the ‘earned’ money goes to charity. I’m  intrigued to know how it works – does it get managers are participants talking more? Is it enough to give them a framework and a focus? Can bribery combined with altruism create sustained behavioural change?

Is a game changer emerging?

I’m setting out on a mission to talk to Robert Terry – Founder and Director of Kite to find out more.

To be continued…

Emma Weber is a recognized authority on the transfer of learning. As CEO of Lever–Transfer of Learning, she has helped companies such as Telstra, Oracle and BMW deliver and measure tangible business results from learning. She has also been a guest speaker at learning effectiveness conferences worldwide and authored the hugely successful book Turning Learning into Action. Much more detail around the issues and solutions examined in this article are available in the book – please feel free to download a free chapter. Emma and her team also developed Coach M, a coaching chatbot that delivers fully scaleable learning transfer. She is also a co-author of the books Making Change Work, and Designing Virtual Learning for Application and Impact. Her work and approach is also featured in Data and Analytics for Instructional Designers by Megan Torrance (Author), Foundations of People Metrics and Analytics – by Renjini Joseph and an ATD 10-minute case study series – Chatbot Coaching for Learning Transfer.