Designed for Working
It’s crazy to think you can show slides for a few hours and have people emerge new and improved. Our theory is in order to change, people actually have to do something. Because involving people takes more time, most corporate training features lecturing with scattered participation. In our programs, we identified the most useful skills, cut the rest of the content, and devoted the saved time to participation.
It’s a question of whether you’d rather learn a lot and remember precious few things, or learn a few precious things and remember a lot.
Our Design Principles
1. Simple and remembered is better than comprehensive and forgotten.
2. Twice as much time should be devoted to active learning versus passive learning.
3. All learning styles should be incorporated.
4. Intuitive instruction leads to “aha moments.”
5. Meaningful principles connect to innate human values.
6. Classes should be enjoyable.
7. Participants should be challenged but never feel awkward.
8. Helpful skills apply to real-world problems.
9. Inspiring classes motivate application.
10. Successful courses focus on the needs of participants before, during, and long after time in the classroom.
11780
HOURS SPENT IN RESEARCHING AND REFINING (AND COUNTING...)
156%
PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN MINIMUM COMPETENCY FOR ACTIVE LEARNERS
336%
PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN GENERAL UNDERSTANDING FOR ACTIVE LEARNERS
70%
PERCENTAGE OF COMPANIES CITING EMPLOYEE ABILITY AS A TOP-5 PROBLEM