Experiential learning has become important for organizations to develop an immersive learning ecosystem, and there will be less reliance on management development programs and greater emphasis on mentorship. While new learning methodologies continue to evolve, organizations should reduce their reliance on traditional channels like management programs if they want to make their learning and development efforts successful.

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2. Experiential learning has become the buzzword, and organisations need to
build an immersive learning ecosystem
Lesser reliance on management development programs and greater emphasis
on mentorship will be seen in the coming months
While new methodologies continue to evolve, organisations should reduce
their reliance on traditional channels if they want to make their L&D
efforts successful.
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2014 is going to be an exciting and challenging year for HR,
learning and talent professionals – a year where it is going to be
increasingly difficult to attract, retain and develop talent. The
success keys for developing talent are passion, innovation and
engagement. Leadership will continue to be in short supply and
L&D professionals will need to adapt and innovate.
According to Deloitte’s global research – Human Capital Trends
2014 – leadership and retention are the top two challenges in the
priority list of all L&D professionals.
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The word leadership development for ‘senior members’ of
organizations in this day and era is perhaps a misfit, as I look at it.
Leadership through my lens is not a developmental piece, after a
certain stage in ones’ professional career it is more of an
evolutionary piece. Leadership is not about motivating teams or tribes
to drive results and pay the price with lack of peace, happiness and
joy. Leadership at all levels is about evolving and doing something
remarkable that will invariably lead to ‘Superior opportunities’ for
others. I am drawing on the ‘Theory of evolution’ that states ‘Evolution
occurs when the ‘Inherited characteristics’ of an organism change.
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Learning started as an informal process. And in the course of time,
as man became an evolved species, there came a need to
formalize learning. This came about in recognition of what the
unstructured, the informal can deliver (and not deliver); and this is
what prompted us to create opportunities and environments to
facilitate and enable the ‘learning process’ to a widespread
audience – by bringing together ideas, thoughts and experiences
from all over the world and making it an intrinsic part of formal
learning. This is precisely where the term ‘Pervasive Learning’
comes into picture.
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Ever wondered why an individual learns to drive a car by just not
reading about it in a textbook but by actually doing it? If this
pedagogy applies for driving skills, one needs to ask why the same
is not pertinent with education that forms the foundation for all
the skills required for life’s decisions. If we look back at the history
of education and training, in the last 150-odd years, we have
predominantly followed the “broadcast style” for imparting
knowledge and skills to students and professionals alike. There are,
however, some serious issues with this “one-size-fits-all” solution to
learning.
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The skill deficit is a challenge that Indian companies across sectors
are facing and will continue to face in the coming months. While the
government’s emphasis is on developing basic vocational skills to
make the potential workforce employable, the employability of
graduates and professionally trained candidates is also under
question. Besides that, Indian companies are facing a leadership
crisis at the middle management level. As a consequence of
these trends, training and development budgets are expected to
rise across all industries in the coming months.
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