Do abundant choices lead to L&D overwhelm?

Laura Overton and Michelle Ockers return with a question that turns out to be anything but simple: if L&D professionals have more models, tools, and frameworks than ever before, why do so many still feel stuck?

What they uncover is that the problem isn’t a lack of knowledge – it’s an excess of it. Drawing on twenty years of benchmark data and the principles at the heart of The L&D Leader, they introduce the TRI principle: Tuning in, Responding, Improving. Not as another model to master, but as a way of cutting through the noise and finding what actually works in your organisation.

When Michelle shares a story about a maintenance planning team she worked with, they discover that the breakthroughs we’ve already had in our practice often make more sense in hindsight than they did in the moment.

Resources

• The L&D Leader: Principles and practice for delivering business value by Laura Overton and Michelle Ockers (book) learningchangemakers.com/resources/the-ld-leader/

Research & Data

• The Learning Performance Benchmark – Laura’s 20-year study into what drives business impact in L&D

• CIPD L&D Research – cipd.org

• LinkedIn Learning Workplace Learning Report – learning.linkedin.com/resources/workplace-learning-report

Case Studies

• Multiplex — construction sector workplace behaviour strategy; an example of TRI principles in action (detailed in the book) learninguncut.global/podcast/139/

People to follow

• Charles Jennings — 70-20-10 framework – charlesjennings.com

• Cathy Moore — action mapping & performance-focused design – blog.cathy-moore.com

• Don Taylor — L&D trends & the Global Learning & Development Sentiment Survey – donaldhtaylor.co.uk