Uploaded by Malingering
One of the key activities in improving quality is to eliminate waste. You may have been part of a Kaizen event that did this. Waste can be anything that isn’t necessary and in particular in speeding up learning, you’re looking for things that are a waste of time.
So where is the waste in education and training. One major source of waste is everything that is taught one day and forgotten the next. Think about your K-12 years and even your college years. How much were you taught that you no longer remember. For most people it’s a staggering amount. I took three different languages in school and today I can’t speak or translate any of them. While I might have had a good time in class, I consider it a waste. I guess I could have been wasting my time with something else.
But there’s more..books than noone reads, DVDs that noone watches and lectures that noone stays awake for.
Speeding up learning requires looking at each course or training event and looking at the retention rate. If it’s low, you need to toss it out or try something else.
