Welcome to eXplore – BLP’s new vlog series where we explore what’s possible in workplace learning. In this episode, Steve Boller interviews Nick Shelton, BLP’s Learning Interaction Design Manager. In the interview, Nick discusses the differences between 360-video and virtual reality and explains how 360-video can add the most value from a learning standpoint. He also shares his plans for his…

When a client or potential client asks me a question about measurement, I get excited. It tells me they see the learning solution we will create for them as connected to an important outcome. Clients focused on outcomes find it much easier to partner with us when we “begin with the end in mind” in the design phase of their project.   Measurement is critical to justify investments in training,…

We’d like to introduce eXplore – BLP’s new vlog series where we explore what’s possible in workplace learning. In our first few episodes, we’ll talk to some of the speakers and workshop facilitators who will be presenting at our upcoming eXLearn workplace learning conference happening September 4-5th in Indianapolis. In this video, we interview BLP’s CEO and…

In my previous post, I highlighted the first two of four principles related to design thinking in learning solution development that my colleague Laura Fletcher and I have honed. This post finishes things up with a look at our final two principles. Principle 3: Recognize learning as a journey. Design thinking often uses the concepts of user experience and user journeys to help frame an…

My colleague Laura Fletcher and I have spent quite a bit of time studying design thinking, a problem-solving technique. We’ve also spent the past 18 months using our company as a learning lab to evolve the use of its various steps and tools as we’ve developed learning solutions for clients. We both read this recent blog post about design thinking being a fad and the author’s dismissal of the…

If you spend any time on social media, you have probably noticed the buzz about design thinking. No matter what field you’re in, it seems like an epidemic taking hold of one industry at a time, the way 6Sigma and Agile methodology did in past years. If you follow BLP specifically, you know we have written blog posts, hosted a webinar, and written an eBook on the topic. Speaking from my own…

Login credentials are an important part of protecting our security. But they can also create a series of hurdles in an otherwise smooth workflow. How streamlined could our learning process be if we were to remove these hurdles? Take a moment to imagine a world in which everything your learners use is connected with a single sign-on. Your learner opens her work device and, as usual, is…