One of the perpetual discussions in workplaces is that managers are often promoted because of their technical skills, and they then must learn the management and leadership skills they need on the job. 70-20-10 approaches to learning programs are requiring managers to become learning leaders and sometimes they just don't...

Learn about trends in digital learning and some of the next generation tools that can be used to improve learning outcomes.

Workplace performance gurus Rummler and Brache have said that formal learning accounts for 10% of the potential for changing performance on the job. Learning and development is looking for more effective ways to change performance, including adapting the 70-20-10 learning model and digital learning.

At Sprout Labs we often talk about the reason “the 20” is the middle part of the 70-20-10 model, and that learning from others and social learning is what holds workplace learning together. In our personal life, online social media has transformed how we communicate with friends and family, but...

70-20-10 blended learning ecosystems are more complex than traditional learning and development activities. They have more components and are connected in more complex ways. Evaluation methods such as post-course surveys don't work with 70-20-10 learning ecosystems, so we need different approaches and methods.For many learning and development professionals evaluation is...

Digital technologies can be an enabler for change, transformation and modernisation of learning. The future of workplace learning is the 70-20-10 learning model and a focus on learning while working. Digital learning is often seen as part of the formal component of the model only, but it can actually enable...

Robin has a PhD in creative interactive digital media and has worked in that field since 1993, training people since 1995. He has been involved in all parts of the education sector and established Sprout Labs in 2007.

When an organisation moves to a 70-20-10 learning model they often need to rethink how learning content is produced. Often, a content curation approach is taken.  Content curation can be a great way to support learning in the workplace – but effective and engaging content curation is often harder to...

In the Sprout Labs Learning While Working Manifesto we talk about challenges of what we are calling the 3Cs – Change, Complexity and Collaboration. Continuous learning and the 70:20:10 model is an ideal approach to dealing with these challenges.  Application of the 70:20:10 model is new mindset for learning and development.

The 70:20:10 learning model is a great way to explain how learning at work really happens, but it’s often not easy to translate into practice.