Transforming learning into reality – this is the motto of Corporate Learning & Change GmbH. The company from Stuttgart supports its customers and their employees with the help of the blink.it platform to acquire new skills. The goal: to learn more focused and faster than competitors. In the interview, we asked L&D expert Thomas Possler: How does learning become a success factor?
Learning becomes an advantage over competitors – I have never heard that before. Isn’t it normally the strategy, budget framework, and quality of products that determine the success of a company? The latest blink.it use case clearly shows: It is the quality of further education that helps position companies at the top.
The Corporate Learning & Change GmbH (short: CLC) wants to pass on this approach to customers. Therefore, we inquired directly with the company and found out in a short interview with Thomas Possler (Learning Consultant at CLC) how successful further education works and what prerequisites should ideally be met.
CLC: Learning means change
About the person: For over 4 years, Thomas Possler has been a Learning Consultant at CLC. Together with the long-standing practical partner blink.it, the company implements projects for both internal knowledge transfer and external customers. The blink.it platform is used in both cases – for internal knowledge management (e.g., with screencasts) as well as for customer projects.
The company has developed online courses on the blink.it platform with up to 200 participants, enabling employees to seize new opportunities. By further education, the E-learning expert aims for change – with the consequence that participants can transform this change into an innovation advantage for their company.
Learning becomes a competitive advantage
Now the question arises: How can learning become a competitive advantage, and what framework conditions should be created for it? To answer this question, Thomas Possler has provided insights into the philosophy at CLC. Based on these insights, we have summarized three key tips for you: This is how you create optimal conditions for promising further education in your company!
1. Provide an E-learning platform
With the right E-learning platform, you make knowledge sharing easier for your employees – both formally and informally. Because through the platform, employees can document new knowledge and make it available to the entire team.
“We are always talking about mindset, skillset & toolset. Employees or the organization naturally need certain tools and learning content to learn. But that’s not enough. The respective mindset and openness to new things also play a significant role.” – Thomas Possler
Therefore, additionally create a learning culture within a company that motivates employees to successfully complete further education!
2. Implement the right learning culture in your company
The right learning culture in your company exists when you
… know your learners' needs.
… enable learning when employees need corresponding content.
… recognize that real cultural change ranges from the individual employee to the management level.
3. Set fixed time blockers for E-learning
If you establish fixed blockers in the calendar for E-learning, further education becomes an integral part of everyday work!
“I often see that participants in projects or tasks are not really progressing because they don’t have the active time, and when they do, it gets swallowed up by day-to-day business. Therefore, we agree on certain times that should be blocked to allow time for personal development.” – Thomas Possler
You see: Learning can also become a competitive advantage in your company! To ensure that knowledge is also stored sustainably, your E-learning offerings should contain not only theoretical fundamentals but also make connections to practice.
“Almost every one of our courses includes practical projects so that participants can also implement things and later have something tangible (e.g., a concept or guideline). This is not possible with typical digital learning formats. Therefore, we rely on blended learning, or a mix of self-learning formats, practice, exchange, and informal offerings.” – Thomas Possler
With the online course “Voice-Up,” CLC empowers other companies and individuals to use their voices more effectively in everyday situations. // Source: CLC
Find the right learning platform for your company!
Do you want to create a learning culture that contributes to the success of your company – but do you actually lack the time to engage more deeply with further education?
The central advantage with blink.it: The platform is so simple and intuitive that you as a course creator can get started right away – without having to spend a long time dealing with the use of the platform.
“I worked with other learning platforms before, but I already noticed at university that many did not really utilize these systems. At least back then they were very complicated and slow. The consequence was that many sought their own ways to put their materials online. When blink.it came along, it met my needs at work as well.” – Thomas Possler
The online course specifically for trainers teaches the basics of designing an online seminar // Source: CLC
However, especially the ease of use of the platform is crucial for CLC Learning Consultant Thomas Possler: "The operation was immediately self-explanatory and intuitive for me as a user and administrator. My participants also quickly get accustomed to operating it, as the usability presents hardly any hurdles. In addition, we don’t need IT to take care of stability, etc. If I do have problems, Lisa from blink.it or other colleagues from the crew usually respond quickly to help and resolve the issues – even if I caused them accidentally."
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The use case clearly shows: With the right learning culture, practice-oriented content, and an easy-to-use learning platform, you design further education in your company sustainably and effectively. Employees can leverage this knowledge advantage and drive innovations in the company. Thus, further education can also become a success factor in your company!
