A new Kineo Research Report

Brighton, January 2006 - "Trainers ignore informal learning at their peril" is the stark warning in a new Kineo Research Report. Kineo argues that many trainers are failing in their role as learning professionals by ignoring informal learning. Trainers can and should get involved in it, otherwise they are potentially ignoring 80% of the learning in their organisation.

Informal learning is increasingly the hot topic in the learning world. An example of the reason for this is the fact that almost everyone uses Google as a learning tool.

Informal learning is hot because it has become:

deep and pervasive (representing over 80% of learning that occurs in organisations, according to an ATOS KPMG Consulting survey)
uncontrolled (most is through colleagues and self discovery - without the training department in sight)
powerful (it is the driving force of the real learning culture of the organisation)

Kineo's new report sets out why and how trainers can manage the uncontrollable in their new report "13 Ways to Manage Informal Learning". The free, 38-page work focuses on ways to support informal learning and make it more effective. As its title indicates, the report sets out 13 practical steps to manage informal learning and to help learners become better informal learners.

The report is available free here