The COVID 19 pandemic has made the world stand still, but we can take advantage of this serious crisis to do things that you think you could not do before. The virus has forced learning heads and business leaders to rethink the learning experience of the individuals employed by the company by adopting different strategies to improve productivity.  

Strategy 1: Redesign

Organizations as a learning perspective must create a response team. The team should be cross-functional in nature and members include learning officials, HR business partners, IT, and other operational departments. This team will be assessing current programs, deciding what is critical to learning success, and changing the program(s) and each program must discuss in detail. Members should determine what offerings are essential and easily adaptable to a virtual or digital-only format.

Strategy 2: Digital Learning

organizations must look for opportunities to create, grow, or enhance digital learning opportunities. According to Technavio (a UK based market research organization) report that the eLearning market is expected to increase in size by 2025 reaching $325 billion. So L & D heads to take inputs from the core team mentioned in the strategy 1, find new ways to create engaging experiences which are experiential and fun by incorporating more gamification, virtual reality and augmented reality for corporate learning.” 

Where required companies will create an ecosystem devoted to creating an AI-powered skills inventory, reskilling and exploring new private partnerships with traditional and non-traditional institutions of learning, as well as Ed-tech startups.” 

Summation 

Life as we know it no longer exists and a new one has taken its place due to the impact of the coronavirus. L&D department will play a major role in equipping their knowledge-based workforces with the thinking, the knowledge, the best practices, & the skills to achieve the organization’s goal. Learning must continue and teams need to be transparent and agile as the days and months move forward. Continue looking at new options and technologies to ensure your employees are able to develop and reskill in this new environment.