Collaborative Learning

How to Upskill from Within and Turn L&D into Your Competitive Advantage

Nick Hernandez

• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781398610521
• eBook ISBN: 9781398610545
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Human Resource Management
• Index: Business

Collaborative Learning explains how to leverage the knowledge and experience of existing employees to upskill your entire workforce from within.

This practical guide explains the basics of collaborative learning, outlines its many benefits, and explores why it is needed in a nimble, fast-moving business world. It also explains the science behind shared expertise and how to encourage people to learn from each other. This book illustrates how a culture of collaborative learning can combat low learner engagement and employee burnout, as well as how it can guide the full employee journey from pre-boarding and onboarding through to promotion and progression. This book also explains why collaborative learning is not a top-down cascade of information from the most senior employee to the most junior, but is an inclusive approach to learning across functions and teams, across hierarchies, and across job titles or tenure.

This book is full of expert discussion about why collaborative learning is a culture enhancer and skills enabler, and contains advice for overcoming common obstacles when making collaborative learning part of a company's learning strategy. Packed with case studies and examples from global firms who have implemented and benefitted from collaborative learning including Mitsubishi Electric, Slack, AlphaSights, and Safran. This book is a blueprint for all L&D professionals who are looking to embed collaborative learning in the workplace and upskill from within, but aren't sure where to start.

Table of contents

• Praise for Collaborative Learning
• Collaborative Learning
• Contents
• Foreword
• 01 The courses you loved vs the experts you know
• 02 The collaborative learning blueprint for upskilling from within
• 03 Why we need collaborative learning today
• 04 The science of shared expertise
• 05 Territorial, defensive, siloed
• 06 Collaborative learning as a culture enhancer
• 07 How upskilling from within through collaborative learning can guide the employee journey
• 08 Common obstacles to realizing the value of collaborative learning – and how to overcome them
• 09 How the world’s leading experts are leveraging collective knowledge to solve impossible problems
• 10 Convexity
• 11 How can we make upskilling from within through collaborative learning more than just another hot L&D trend?
• 12 Does the shift to upskilling from within through collaborative learning spell the end of L&D as we know it?
• 13 How collaborative learning helps prove learning impact
• 14 How collaborative learning is transforming industries
• 15 The future of upskilling from within through collaborative learning
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgements
• INDEX
• Copyright Page