Karen King: How continuous learning can improve your business

‘Event-based’ learning less effective

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Employee learning has tended to be something imposed on staff rather than built around them but, writes Karen King, working practices evolve - and so should your business's approach to training

Should learning be something that is ‘done to' people - that is to say, they are booked in and then ticked off until the same time next year? Or should learning be so important, it should be lived, breathed and experienced? When put like this, to me - and I would hope to everyone else - the answer seems blindingly obvious. For too long, employee learning has been something that is scheduled, often taking place when classrooms were free rather than when people wanted or needed it. Not only does the world move far too fast for this to be suitable any more, however, you only have to look at...

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