🏢 Workplace Learning

Books on how organizations can foster continuous skill development, knowledge sharing, and adaptive growth — turning the workplace itself into a site of meaningful education.

The Skill Code

by Matt Beane • 2024

The ancient bond that built human skill is breaking under AI. Three elements can repair it.

3.57

235

🧠 Skill Acquisition 💥 Technological Disruption 🛠️ Apprenticeship Models 🤖 Human-Ai Collaboration 🔄 Organizational Change

The Skill Code

The ancient bond that built human skill is breaking under AI. Three elements can repair it.

by Matt Beane 2024

3.57

235 ratings

🧠 Skill Acquisition 💥 Technological Disruption 🛠️ Apprenticeship Models 🤖 Human-Ai Collaboration 🔄 Organizational Change

ADKAR

by Jeffrey M. Hiatt • 2006

Five stages that turn change resistance into daily habit, where top-down mandates alone fail.

3.85

1k+

🔄 Change Management 🧠 Behavior Change 🏢 Organizational Psychology 📈 Business Transformation 📢 Employee Engagement

ADKAR

Five stages that turn change resistance into daily habit, where top-down mandates alone fail.

by Jeffrey M. Hiatt 2006

3.85

1k+ ratings

🔄 Change Management 🧠 Behavior Change 🏢 Organizational Psychology 📈 Business Transformation 📢 Employee Engagement

Play to Learn

by Sharon Boller • 2017

The step-by-step playbook for designing learning games that slash training time and boost retention.

3.95

🎮 Game Design 🛠️ Instructional Design 🎲 Game-Based Learning 🎯 Serious Games 🏢 Corporate Training

Play to Learn

The step-by-step playbook for designing learning games that slash training time and boost retention.

by Sharon Boller 2017

3.95

42 ratings

🎮 Game Design 🛠️ Instructional Design 🎲 Game-Based Learning 🎯 Serious Games 🏢 Corporate Training

e-Learning by Design

by William Horton • 2006

Stop building courses that just present slides. The activity-first system for e-learning that works.

3.89

219

🎯 Instructional Design 💻 Online Learning 🏋️ Learning Activities 📝 Assessment Design 🖥️ Learning Technology

e-Learning by Design

Stop building courses that just present slides. The activity-first system for e-learning that works.

by William Horton 2006

3.89

219 ratings

🎯 Instructional Design 💻 Online Learning 🏋️ Learning Activities 📝 Assessment Design 🖥️ Learning Technology

A Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice 10th Edition

by Michael Armstrong • 1987

How ten HR disciplines become one strategic system: the practitioner's reference since 1987.

4.00

219

🧑‍💼 People Management 📊 Strategic HR 🔋 Employee Motivation 📈 Performance Management 🌟 Talent Strategy

A Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice 10th Edition

How ten HR disciplines become one strategic system: the practitioner's reference since 1987.

by Michael Armstrong 1987

4.00

219 ratings

🧑‍💼 People Management 📊 Strategic HR 🔋 Employee Motivation 📈 Performance Management 🌟 Talent Strategy

Telling Ain't Training

by Harold D. Stolovitch • 2002

Lecturing is not teaching. The architecture for training that turns adults into capable performers.

4.09

467

🧑‍🏫 Adult Learning Theory 🎤 Train The Trainer 🧱 Instructional Design 🎯 Learner Engagement 🔄 Knowledge Transfer

Telling Ain't Training

Lecturing is not teaching. The architecture for training that turns adults into capable performers.

by Harold D. Stolovitch 2002

4.09

467 ratings

🧑‍🏫 Adult Learning Theory 🎤 Train The Trainer 🧱 Instructional Design 🎯 Learner Engagement 🔄 Knowledge Transfer

The Adult Learner

by Malcolm Shepherd Knowles • 2012

Adults learn differently from children. The classic framework explains why, and what to do instead.

3.96

496

🧑‍🏫 Adult Education 🧭 Self-Directed Learning 🧪 Experiential Learning 🧩 Problem-Based Learning 🤲 Humanistic Education

The Adult Learner

Adults learn differently from children. The classic framework explains why, and what to do instead.

by Malcolm Shepherd Knowles 2012

3.96

496 ratings

🧑‍🏫 Adult Education 🧭 Self-Directed Learning 🧪 Experiential Learning 🧩 Problem-Based Learning 🤲 Humanistic Education

Know Can Do!

by Kenneth H. Blanchard • 2007

Monday morning kills every seminar. The antidote: follow-up that survives the workweek.

3.78

303

📋 Corporate Training 🕳️ Implementation Gap ✅ Accountability Systems 🔁 Spaced Repetition 🌟 Positive Reinforcement

Know Can Do!

Monday morning kills every seminar. The antidote: follow-up that survives the workweek.

by Kenneth H. Blanchard 2007

3.78

303 ratings

📋 Corporate Training 🕳️ Implementation Gap ✅ Accountability Systems 🔁 Spaced Repetition 🌟 Positive Reinforcement

The New Social Learning

by Marcia Conner • 2010

Social tools aren't just for marketing; they're how your workforce learns. The playbook.

3.79

145

👥 Social Learning 🧠 Knowledge Management 🔧 Collaboration Tools 🤝 Communities Of Practice 🎓 Informal Learning

The New Social Learning

Social tools aren't just for marketing; they're how your workforce learns. The playbook.

by Marcia Conner 2010

3.79

145 ratings

👥 Social Learning 🧠 Knowledge Management 🔧 Collaboration Tools 🤝 Communities Of Practice 🎓 Informal Learning

Informal Learning

by Jay Cross • 2006

Four-fifths of training budgets chase the sliver of learning classrooms actually produce.

4.03

🌿 Informal Learning 👥 Social Learning 🧠 Meta-Learning 🐝 Communities Of Practice 🧭 Self-Directed Learning

Informal Learning

Four-fifths of training budgets chase the sliver of learning classrooms actually produce.

by Jay Cross 2006

4.03

63 ratings

🌿 Informal Learning 👥 Social Learning 🧠 Meta-Learning 🐝 Communities Of Practice 🧭 Self-Directed Learning

Learning That CLICS

by Mary Slaughter • 2022

Most training ignores how the brain learns. CLICS fixes it with five principles.

4.50

📐 Instructional Design 🧠 Behavioral Science ⚖️ Cognitive Load Theory 🌱 Self-Determination Theory 🧩 Memory And Learning

Learning That CLICS

Most training ignores how the brain learns. CLICS fixes it with five principles.

by Mary Slaughter 2022

4.50

4 ratings

📐 Instructional Design 🧠 Behavioral Science ⚖️ Cognitive Load Theory 🌱 Self-Determination Theory 🧩 Memory And Learning

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