Innovative Performance Support: Strategies and Practices for Learning in the Workflow

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"Innovative Performance Support significantly moves the learning revolution to the next level. It is the workplace, and the work itself, where performance support will make its mark, and Gottfredson and Mosher are the trailblazers."
--Marc J. Rosenberg, Marc Rosenberg and Associates

Research shows that 80 percent of learning in the workplace occurs on the job, rather than in formal training sessions.

Innovative Performance Support offers you a concise and comprehensive overview of performance support (PS) practices--ongoing, job-specific resources that ensure employees perform effectively on the job. From free, open-source applications like blogs and wikis to sophisticated new system software, this guide will help you implement the right PS strategy for your team.

Innovative Performance Support:

• Saves the investment in formal training and increases productivity
• Reduces the learning time required to achieve successful performance
• Supplements or replaces existing training programs
• Cuts down on the use of help desks and other traditional in-house support functions

Conrad A. Gottfredson and Bob Mosher break down the hows and whys of applying PS solutions to replace the patchwork of existing training programs that you might be using now. They show how leading firms deploy PS solutions to reduce costs, retain talent, and increase productivity and efficiency.


About the Author

Dr. Conrad Gottfredson, Chief Learning Strategist at Ontuitivehas 30 years of experience helping organizations in leadership development, organizational learning, instructional design, knowledge management, and content development methods. His consulting work has helped governments, non-profits, and multi-national organizations wisely employ emerging technologies and methodologies to help people achieve personal and organizational goals. He has pioneered methodologies for developing and delivering learning at the moment of need to those who need it, when they need it, in the language and form they require, from a single source of content. Gottfredson has a Ph.D. in Instructional Psychology and Technology.

Bob Mosher, Chief Learning Evangelist at Ontuitive, has been an active and influential leader in the learning and training industry for more than 25 years. He is renowned worldwide for his pioneering role in eLearning and new approaches to learning. Bob joined Ontuitive from Microsoft, where he was the director of learning strategy and evangelism. Before Microsoft, Bob was the executive director of education for Element K, where he directed and influenced their learning model and products.An influential voice in the IT-training industry, Mosher speaks at conferences and participates within industry associations such as Chief Learning Officer magazine, CompTIA, ASTD, The eLearning Guild and The MASIE Center.