The Working Week 132

No business functions have been immune from the effects of the recession, so what's the future looking like for learning and development over the next year or two? And what does this mean for those involved with it?

That's the subject of this week's show as Wayne talks to Nigel Paine, who headed up the BBC's learning and development operations between 2002 and 2006 and now has his own company focussing on creativity, innovation and learning.

As Nigel tells Wayne, the one thing that is certain is that things are going to change. Investment in learning and development will have to show a real return and demonstrate a real effect on business outcomes and performance rather than being allowed to get away with some of the nebulous outcomes that we saw in the past.

Another watchword will be speed of deployment and the integration of initiatives throughout the business. Boundary-limited elearning 'courses' will increasingly become things of the past as organisations cotton on to the value of environments that facilitate sharing, collaboration and informal learning.

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