Turning Learning into Action is of course all about change. We are in the middle of a big office tidy up and as I cleared the noticeboard the other day I found one of my favourite quotes about change ones mind about a certain point of view –
“Faced with the choice between changing ones mind and proving that there is no need to do so almost everyone gets busy on the proof.”
Often this is the first step to change and sometimes it the hardest.
What are you grappling with right now that you are resisting changing your mind on? Before you get busy on the proof look at it from all angles – is it time just to change your mind?
Changing your mind – the hardest first step?
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.