538 - Insourcing Learning and Training; 4 Day Workweek, Employee Reading Lists
August 21, 2008 Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - August 21, 2008.
#538 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
54,362 Readers - http://www.masie.com - The MASIE Center.
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1. 4 Day Work Week Experiment at MASIE Center
2. Employee Reading Lists
3. Insourcing: Returning Learning
4. Head Heart Hoof Has Great Race!
1. 4 Day Work Week Experiment at MASIE Center: We have started an experiment here at The MASIE Center - a modified 4 Day Work Week. Our staff is working one hour longer from Monday to Thursday and then doing 3 hours of telework on Friday. We are undertaking this experiment to respond to both the rising cost of energy (for both our commuters and building) as well as a desire to give employees more life/work balance options. We’ve just started the experiment and are focusing on key indicators of organizational performance, employee effectiveness and team morale. It has required a bit of technology shifting to give everyone full remote access and a change in our work tempo. I’ll keep you in the loop as we learn from this experiment.
2. Employee Reading Lists: A simple tip for learning departments is to compile a monthly list of books that your employees are reading. While I am not very interested in which books are on the NY Times Bestseller, I would be fascinated to know which books are recommended (or panned) by my peers at work.
3. “Insourcing” Returning Learning: While there is much talk and hype about Outsourcing Learning & Training, there is little written about the reverse trend. I am therefore pleased to announce that we will have a session at Learning 2008 that tells the story of a major bank that has triggered an Insourcing effort. We’ll discuss the process and context of bringing back the learning and training function after a period of outsourcing.
4. Head Heart Hoof Has Great Race! We had over 200 emails from TRENDS readers about the first race of our horse. I am pleased to tell you that he did GREAT! He came in second, with the first horse only one “head” ahead of him. Head Heart Hoof came out healthly, fiesty and honored to have done so well in his first outing at the Saratoga Racetrack. He’ll let you know the next time that he runs.
Elliott
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