Jay Titus
For years, business leaders have preached the power of learning and development. But let’s be clear: A company that has a well-funded learning program is not necessarily one that has a true culture of learning. The distinction is critical.
A culture of learning is not simply a corporate training catalog brimming with thousands of courses that, to be frank, not many may use. It’s not a set of PowerPoint presentations or TED Talks shared over email or posted to Yammer. And it’s certainly not just a “perk” touted in job postings.
A culture of learning is something deeper, more foundational. It is an ongoing, systemic approach to workforce development that sees skill gaps not as liabilities but as opportunities.
Many companies still view employee learning as a box to check, a series of training modules or upskilling initiatives aimed at fixing perceived deficiencies. But in organizations with a true culture of learning, continuous improvement is embedded into the very fabric of how work gets done.
A Deloitte study found that high-performance organizations with continuous learning cultures are 92% more likely to innovate, 37% more productive and 46% more likely to be first to market with new products. The key? A partnership between employer and employee that is based on trust, transparency and shared goals. Continue reading