What Is Lean Learning and Why Is It Efficient?

 

Having its origin from Toyota's Production System, lean learning is a skill-focused concept, which is based on three principles:

• Focus on customer-defined value

• Improve outcomes, and

• Reduce waste and unnecessary costs.

This will result in a shorter operation with lower costs and continuous improvement.

Here is a list of lean learning applications for you to consider that work for the majority of today’s organizations

• Offering Microlearning: Create easily digestible, bite-size eLearning chunks on relevant topics, based on the employee's immediate needs.

• Transforming Course Content into Just-in-Time, Real-Life Experiences: Offer employees quick opportunities to apply the newly gained knowledge through training to their day-to-day tasks at work. Keep in mind that every person has a unique need, so training should be made readily available for all. For instance, on the uQualio eLearning platform, a QR code can be added to any video content, which users can scan to access the content, just when they need it; for e.g., while using a product or operating a machine.

  Empowering Workforce to Create Content: People tend to learn while they teach. The easiest way to learn a topic or concept is by reaching other people and learning from their real-life experiences. Providing an individual with the responsibility to teach others will enhance the current understanding of a specific process or concept. Incentivizing your employees for honoring and sharing knowledge with others in the team will keep them happy, motivated, and engaged, resulting in their professional growth.

• Moving from Credits to Results: If you want to practice lean learning, start by defining potential outcomes and establish them as business goals to be sought, rather than simply earning credits.

Lean learning entails employing knowledge to generate value, and not just acquiring that knowledge.

Regardless of the lean learning approach you choose for your company, stick to the following cycle:

• Learn the fundamentals of what is needed to be learned

• Apply it to real-world situations at work

• Gather feedback

• Adjust your understanding, and

• Repeat

Monitoring outcomes is an integral part of measuring success in L&D. Your L&D department can be either a boon or a bane for your organization. Being a corporate leader, you are required to understand what is working for you and what you need to change, while ensuring that your investment in L&D is paying off with measurable results.

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