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Andrew Mayo

By Andrew Mayo (October 2007 Issue)
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This is my 100th column to appear in the Training Journal, or TJ as we are now known, and it will be the last Final Word from me, as I pass over to a fresh contributor.

It is a time for reflection on what has been happening over the last eight years. It so happens that the first annual CIPD survey of training and development took place eight years ago and I looked this up, together with the latest one, to see what research tells us has changed. The answer is not very much. Interestingly, both surveys reported that on-the-job learning was considered the most effective way to learn – a subject that happened to be the one I took for my first-ever article. The main change is the greater familiarity and understanding of how technology can help us – and it has perhaps now found its place.

More interesting perhaps are our own learning journeys, and here we all have a personal story. I made a list of the areas where I now thought very differently from eight years ago, and it was a long list! I will just share a small number of these insights.

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